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HEADQUARTERS
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
States of Texas.
Galveston, Sept 4th, 1866.

Col. C.H. Whittelsey
Ast. Adjt. Genl Dept. of Texas

Sir
I have the honor to request that a Leave of Absence of Thirty days with the privilege of an extension of Twenty days be granted me for the purpose of enabling me to visit my home in Pennsylvania

I have been in the service since the organization of my Regiment July 1864 without Leave of Absence, and have been paid up to July 31st 1866.

Very respectfully,
Your obt Sert
J Johnson
Capt. 114th U.S.C.I. and
S.A.C. B. of R.F. and AL