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letter to St. Louis, explaining Sheridan's mission to the South.
Of this letter General Sherman simply acknowledged the receipt.
General McDowell's case was still more delicate.
No officer likes to be set aside, especially by a secret order, and without a hearing.
Belknap threw his burthen on to Sheridan's back, by that clause in his letter which instructed Sheridan to see General McDowell in Louisville, and make known to him, confidentially, the object of his trip, if he saw fit to do so.
Sheridan preferred to keep McDowell in the dark.
The party of ladies and officers started from Chicago, and in five days they were in New Orleans, lounging about Canal Street, reading the proclamations of King Carnival, and asking dreamily when the next steamer sails for Cuba!
1875.
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