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NARA 184

Bu R F and A L
Wilmington N. C
October 12th 1868

Maj Genl L Thomas
Adjutant General U. S. Army
Washington D.C

General
I have the honor to request that I be relieved from duty in the Bureau of Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, and that I be allowed three months delay in reporting for duty to the Commanding Officer of my Regiment. I have been on detached duty for nearly four years, and during that time have never had a leave of absence or been absent from duty for a single day.
I have been on duty at this place;(well known as a very unhealthy locality): for two years and a half, and during the