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[[preprinted]] Office Sub-Commissioner Freedmen's Bureau, Meridian, Miss., ^[[16th September]] 1865. [[/preprinted]] Major W A Gorden A A A General Major I have the honor to request the detail of David Keplinger Private Co A. 26th Ind V V Infy for duty in Freedmens Hospital at Meridian Miss. He has been doing duty in the Hospital for the month and is an honest and faithful laborer. I am Very Respectfully Your obt svt [[signature]] C. W. Clarke [[/signature]] Lieut & Sub Commissioner Freedmens Bureau