[Sharpsburg, Maryland.]
We all expect to be on our way back in a few days. There is
much dissatisfaction at the prospect of returning to western Virginia. For my
part, I will not remain in western Virginia another winter for any
consideration whatever, if there is any way to avoid it.
. . . Our young friend, William McKinley, commissary
sergeant, would be pleased with a promotion, and would not object to your
recommendation for the same. Without wishing to interfere in this matter, it
strikes me he is about the brightest chap spoken of for the place.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and
Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 2, p. 361-2
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