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Chatham Four Corners
Col Co Nov 2nd 65

Maj. Gen Howard

Dear Sir.
Having received your Transportation about a week ago I was about Being ready to start, when I was informed by Mrs. E.M Sutherland who also received transportation from you that she had been to New York already to start from that Place when she was informed by Maj Gen Vliet in the later place that there was no more Transports a running to New Orleans As I promise Lieut E M Wheeler to be back in 3 or 4 months when my Health would be sufficiently well enough for me to return, I left a splendid school of 50 scholars in Assumption