This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.
Rock Island Ill Dec 25th 1865 Agt General Freedmans Bureau My Dear Sir Enclosed you will find a certificate of disability from P Gregg A.A. Surgeon U.S.A I do not think that the Doct is quite right as I feel that I will be able to come back and do duty. I do not think that I should be discharged as I have lost my helth in Servace. I would very much prefur remaining in servace, untill my Regment is mustered out which cannot be more than 3 months longer. I am poor and have a large family, and if I can be retained in Servace I should