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nterested and making the statements in their presence. Burnside said no, certainly not, and they went to the War Department, saw the Secretary and General-in-Chief, and in their presence he reiterated his remarks about want of confidence; that neither of them said a word with reference to the matter, and the conversation after that was an attempt to get orders to cross the river, or orders not to cross the river. Burnside also made in Washington, and at the time, the same statement to Mr. John Tucker, then Assistant Secretary of War, and I certainly placed implicit confidence in his story. You are entirely at liberty to make any use of this letter. Yours, as ever, Wm. F. Smith. Major-General Wm. B. Franklin, York, Penn. This letter was transmitted by General Franklin to General Halleck, with a letter of transmittal merely. General Halleck to General Franklin. [Personal and private.] Washington, June 5, 1863. Major-General Franklin, York, Penn.: General: Yours of t