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mch 26/63 Office Chief Commissary of Subsistence Department of Arkansas and 7th Army Corps. [[stamp]] The National Archives of the United States [[/stamp]] Little Rock, Ark., March 4th 1865 Brig. Gen'l A.B. Eaton Com'y Gen'l Sub. Washington D.C. Sir: I have the honor to return the enclosed extract from inspection report of Col. D.B. Sacket, with my endorsement thereon as requested. Also a communication of Capt. D.P. Allen C.S.S. stating the manner in which & the class of contrabands to whom issues of subst. stores were made at Helena in 1864. Also statement of Major W.G. Sargent, the Supt. of Freedmen in this Dept. Very Respectfully, sir, Your obdt. servt. S. C. Benham Lt. Col.& C.S.
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