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New York July 5 1866

To Bv't. Maj. General Wager Swayne
Ass't. Commiss'r.
Montgomery Ala.

General,
Permit me most respectfully to address you on my personal behalf, to apply for any position in the Bureau.
I would call your kind attention to the fact, that I have been serving with my regiment, 41st Regs. N.Y. 8. Vol ("De Kalb")in the field since its organization June 6 1861.

Having risen from the ranks to the position as a 1' Lieut, and R.Q.M. of same regiment, I mustered out of service on the 9th day of December 1865.

I have preformed the duties as RQM at Folly Island S.C., Hilton Head S. C. also as Post and Depot QM. at Petersburg V and City Parish V and refer with confidence to
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