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Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Headquarters 4th Sub-District of North Carolina,
Office of Sub-Assistant Commissioner,

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Wilmington, N.C., Jan'y 2nd, 1868

Major Genl,
O. O. Howard
Commissioner Bur R. F. and A. L

General

  I have the honor to request information in regard to claim of Mark Battums, late Private 2nd Reg't U.S.C.T. This claim was for back pay and Bounty and was forwarded by R B Moore Attorney of his City in July 1866.

I Am General  [[Signature Cut Off]]

War Department,
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
CLAIM DIVISION.

Washington, D.C., Jan'y 7th 1868.

Mark Battums, Priv. 2nd U.S.C.T.
What Compy    The name Mark Battums
When died or discharged?    is not borne on the muster rolls of the 2nd U.S.Col'd troops on file in this Office. [[Signature Cut Off]] 

Transcription Notes:
Mark Battums name shows up as Bottoms, Battums, Bottums in other messages.