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and am not to be found at any of the numerous grog shops at City Point: The man that I arrested in now in front of the guard house chatting with the guard; he has since been released I am General Very Respectfully Your Obt" Servt J.A. Yeckley Lt and Asst Supt Bureau of R.F. and AL [[stamp]] RECEIVED OFFICE SUPT. 2 DIST. SEP 26 1866 [[/stamp]] Y. 5. 1866 City Point Va S. 216. R.F.&A.L. Va. Vol 3 1866 Dept. 24. 1866 Yeckley J. Arnold Lt & Asst Supt Reports an unprovoked assault upon Willis Wood col'd by two soldiers of the 12th U.S. Inf. He being the only Officer at the Post, undertook to arrest one of the men, but the Corp'l of the guard refused to recognize his authority having no information that he was an officer; the soldiers were drunk at the time and cursed him; the one arrested has since been released