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and sent him for trial to Vicksburg.

arrived, before the Guard did arrive Bobo escaped with or by assistance of a Citizen named M.A. Myers, whom I sent under Guard to C.O. U.S. Forces Grenada Miss for safe keeping till I could receive further instructions from Hd. Qrs. Vicksburg. immediately after receipt of instructions I sent Telegram to C.O. U.S. Forces Grenada to release Myers which was done, and on Myers return here, I put him under five hundred dollars bond to appear at the next term of the U.S. Dist. Court at Oxford Miss although the evidence against Myers might not warrant his trial by Military Commission.  I did not under instructions received from the Asst. Com'r feel myself at liberty to release Myers entirely unless ordered to do so.