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Excerpt from Diary, Vol. 2: From November 18, 1862, to October 18, 1863
At the beginning of this month, I wrote to the French minister, M. Mercier, a friendly and respect ful note, warning him against meddling W1th politi ciane and busybodies. I told him that, before he could even suspect it, such men would bring his name before the public in a way neither pleasant nor profitable to him. M. Mercier took it in good part, and cordially thanked me for my advice. Nov. 19. - Burnside means well, and has a good heart; but something more is required to make a capable captain, more especially in such times as those in which we are living. It is said that his staff is well organized God be praised for that, if it really is so. In that case, Burnside will be the first among the loudly-lauded and self-conceited west-point men, forcibly to impress both the mili tary and the civilian mind in America, with a whole some consciousness of the paramount importance to an army of a thoroughly competent and trustworthy staff. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
