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0129 Corinth, Miss July 12th 1867 1st Lieut Jno D Moore V.R.C. Asst. Sub. Comsnr &c Sir Your communication bearing date the 8th inst came to hand in due season, in reply I have to say- 1st. That I never was in the Rebel Army either as an officer or a private and was at no time nor in any way employed by the Rebel Government. 2nd. I never favored, encouraged or done any thing in any way to aid, assist or abet secession or to promote or advance the cause of the Rebellion. 3rd. I pronounce the man or men who state that I ever asserted I would drive any, "Yankees who came here to teach the Negro either letters or politics", from the country, as base or vile villians who can not tell the truth as I pledge my word of honor I never made any such assertion nor even ever had such a thought