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10th Regiment Cavalry
It is a cause of gratitude that I can commit your interests to the care of so brave and accomplished an officer and high minded gentleman as Major J. II Standish. I bespeak for him the same full and hearty co-operation which you have so generally granted to me. The term of my absence is uncertain, but whatever may be its duration, I shall ever follow your career with interest, and it shall be the source of my greatest joy and pride that I once had the honor of commanding so brave and gallant a regiment.'
" I will only add that while we sincerely regret the necessity of our Colonel's absence, we heartily rejoice with him in his promotion to so high and honorable a position."
The following incident growing out of this watch on the Catawba was gathered by the author in conversation with a citizen of Detroit,
American Civil War
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