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BOOKS: The Capture of Jefferson Davis

of unsoldierly selfishness in appropriating by deception the fruits of another's labors, and thus attaining unearned success, resulted in unnecessary bloodshed and a sacrifice of lives for which no atonement can be made. What may have been intended merely as an act of bad faith toward a fellow soldier, resulted in a crime, and for this closing scene of the rebellion, inglorious in itself, but historic by circumstances, it is difficult to repress a wish that accident had not afforded the Government a Representative above suspicion.

(Signed) O. H. LaGrange,
Colonel Commanding.

VIII.

Letter from General O. H. LaGrange.
259 W. 136 St., N.Y.,}
4th Feb'y, 1893.}

General Henry Harnden:
Madison, Wis.

Dear Friend: My recollection of the Davis capture is as follows: General Wilson sent for me and said: "Captain, Yeomans, of General Alexander's scouts,

BOOKS: The Capture Of Jefferson Davis

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