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Bureau Refugees Freedmen and A Lands 
Hd Q'rs A.S.A Comr. 5th Div 6th Sub Dist Va
Heathsville Novr 16th 1867 

Brig and Bvt Maj Genl J M Schofield USA 
Comdg 1st Mil Dist State of Va
General, 
I respectfully request that I may receive a leave of absence for (15) fifteen days, to visit my home in New York. 
I have been on duty at this place for nearly two years, and during that time, have had but one leave of absence, of ten days duration to visit my Family. 
I have the honor to be Genl
Your obt servt. 
E.W. Busby 
2d Lt V.R.C. & ASA Comr. 
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