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GEN. COWDIN
AND THE
FIRST MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT
OF
VOLUNTEERS.
BOSTON:
J. E. FARWELL AND COMPANY, PRINTERS,
37 CONGRESS STREET.
1864.
PREFACE.
At the urgent and repeated solicitations of many friends, I have finally
consented to give to the public a few statements concerning the treatment
which I have received from a few high official dignitaries, representing
the State of Massachusetts. I do not wish to be egotistical or extravagant
in my expressions, but to state the facts simply as they are, leaving the
public to decide whether one who has sacrificed his business, the comforts
and pleasures of home, and friends, for the defence of his country, has
deserved such unkind and ungenerous usage.