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Petersburg Va Jan 5th 1866 Capt Barnes A.Q.M. Capt I resp. ask that transportation be furnished a colored servant now in my employ, to Columbia S.C. I would state that her parents live in Columbia & that they are sufficiently able to support her, whereas if she remains here she could get no employment as she now has a baby of less than a month old & would consequently have to be supported by the Govment Very resp your obdt servt W.H. Gibbes