Headquarters Provost Marshal's Office
Washington, Jan. 27th, 1863.
My dear Lusk:
I have received yours of Jan. 24th and gone to see Stanton
about it for the third time. He answers that until it is certain that the army
is not going to move, he cannot give you leave, but that you deserve one, of
all officers, and that in three or four days he will know whether you can be
spared. So cheer up old fellow, I'll hang on and make life a . . . to him until
he does. . . . (Corner of letter
torn off)
Very truly,
W. E. Doster.
SOURCE: William Chittenden Lusk, Editor, War Letters
of William Thompson Lusk, p. 275
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