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Office U.S. Military Telegraph. WAR DEPARTMENT The following Telegram received at Washington 11 am. Sept 9 1865 35 Laporte In. 8 Maj Gen Howard Olmstead declines erase his name. Shepherd 5/38 [[stamp]] U.S. MILITARY TELEGRAPH. O.K. SEPT 9 1865 [[/stamp]]