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the Sheriff requested me as he was not a Soldier to turn him over to the Civil Authorities I told him if he could prove he used such language to take him as I did not alow any body with me to use such language to any one he was at once arrested by the Sheriff and placed in jail I visited the jail and found some ten or twelve Freedman confined tharein I did not make any Statement of the above facts to (Gen'l Steadman I Am Very respectfully Your Obdient Servt Thos [[?]] Lane 1st Lt [[137?]] USCT