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of them around the stable and gave me a free opportunity to mingle with them in conversation. I often heard many of them speak in the highest terms of Mr. Tukey and so far as I recollect never heard one of them say anything against him and I know that his course here during his former period of service was entirely satisfactory to the union men and Freedmen and also forced the Rebels to respect him. During a portion of the time that Lieut Cook was here he boarded a Government horse in my Stable, which Horse he traded off with another man after he was relieved he came to me in a state of excitement and said some hard things against Mr. Tukey among others he said that Mr. Tukey had underminded him and lied about him and had reported him to Hd. Quarters and swore he would have satisfaction and said he meant to come back here

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---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-11-02 13:10:52 Feb.–Dec. 1868 Assistant Subassistant Commissioner F. S. Tukey