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Letter Excerpts — December 10, 1860
   

 

Camp Near Fort Fauntleroy
[New Mexico Territory]

December 10th 1860 [Monday]

I have just returned from a twenty two day scout. My command and myself in good health. and have but time to write you that I am here. and to say that Colonel Fauntleroy has granted me permission to avail myself of the leave of absence given by the War Department when the Navajo Expedition terminates. But the Expedition has not as yet terminated and I am as far off as ever from my sights which General Johnston first violated, and by so doing has caused my present condition.

 

 

 
The excerpt is from
A Soldier's General: The Civil War Letters of Major General Lafayette McLaws,
edited by John C. Oeffinger.
Copyright 2002 The University of North Carolina Press.
   
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