Our letters "crossed"--a thing that "happens" oftener than not in my
correspondence, when neither person has written for a long time. I
have drawn some interesting inferences from this fact, but have no
time now to state them. Indeed, I have no time to do anything but send
you the stuff on the battle of Shiloh concerning which you inquire.
I should write it a little differently now, but it may entertain you
as it is.
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Sincerely yours,
AMBROSE BIERCE.
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[Washington,
February 21, 1907]