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on any account, strive to dispel the feeling,
but go on "seeking " until you find, [underscored] bearing
in mind that the Lord is "faithful and
true," and that "whosoever [underscored] cometh unto
God thro' Christ, He will in no wise ['no wise'] underscored] cast
out."
Would you like you to have me return now?
I can, I think, procure my discharge, and
having been thro' a severe battle and done
my duty there, I do not see where the dis-
honor can be in leaving a service where
my deafness renders promotion hopeless.
No man (or officer) in this regiment has
been more unsparing of himself in the
discharge of his duty than I have, yet
no man has been treated more shamefully,
and only a sense of the dishonor of leaving
before a general engagement has kept me
where I have been exposed to such indignity.
Our present Adjutant (Lieut. Warner) is a [boar-?]
[ly?] disposition and education – a narrow-
minded, easily humbugged, and brutal black-
guard, & I threw up the situation of clerk in con-
tempt, threatening him and the Colonel with a
general court martial.
Our division is now commanded by Brig-
Gen. Kearney, a hero of the Mexican war. His
name is historical already. Hamilton, and our
Lieut. Col. (Egan) are under arrest for treason
at the Rip-raps. They had communication with the
rebels at Yorktown, & told them of the positions of our
camps, so that they could shell us, & also betrayed
McClellan's intention to attack a detached
fortification of great importance.
I must close. Give my love to all, &
believe me,
Ever yours
J H B Jenkins.
Miss Mary A. Benjamin
care of John Lewis Jenkins Esq.
Smyrna, Del.
