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been assigned as Asst Supt of this Sub District, and whom I relieved, to his great disappointment during the month of March, and who, after having been mustered out of service, was on my recomendation appointed Civil Agent at the Colony of Garland, not intirely satisfyed with his present position, has lately made threats, but more so his partner and boon, the Grog shopkeeper, to accomplish my ruin, at least to have me removed from the position I occupy and to place themselfes in the same. I am certainly at loss to know what charges these individuals will bring against me. Since I enlisted and entered as a private in the United States service, Spring 1861, I have always endeavored to be true and faithful to the Government and my duties, Without a blush, I may assert that only on account of my conduct in the field and the service in general, I soon gained my present position. Although wounded in several battles (Wilsons Creek, Tea Ridge Vicksburg)