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War Department
Adj't Gen'ls Office
Washington Mch 14/66

Maj. Gen. O.O. Howard
Com'r Bureau Refugees, Freedmen &c.
Washington D.C.

General,

I am directed to inform you, that the request of Col. Brown, Commissioner for the State of Virginia, that the muster-out of Chaplain Manly 1st U.S. Colored Cavalry be revoked, cannot be favorably considered, there being no precedent for such action.

I have the honor to be
Very Respectfully
Your Ob't. Servant
Sd. C.W. Foster
A.A. Gen'l Vols.

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