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Civil War Cavalry
To the Editor of the Nation:
SiR —Under ordinary circumstances the recent death of an author should, perhaps, in a measure shield him from severe criticism, but when a man puts on record and calls history such wild and reckless statements as the late General Richard Taylor has uttered, his writings should not be suffered to pass unchallenged.
Except to the readers of that magazine it is not generally known, probably, that General Taylor preceded his recent extraordinary book (which has been so justly rebuked at all hands) by a series of articles on war subjects in the North American Review-. These were, most of them, characterized by the same spirit which pervades his book, and seem to have been fired off as "range-finders, " as it were, before opening fire with all his guns. It is one of these to which attention is invited in this note.
Michigan Cavalry
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