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Fairfield Va
Mar 30 67

General Chofield Sir
I fell it my duty to aply to you for protection wihidtch [[which]] I have no doubt you will freely [[strikethrough]] give [[/strikethrough]] do when you find the situation I am in in the first place. I will state that I am a widdow with two small children and no way to make my living but by hard work and am with out any protection my husband was draged like a dog to fight in the confedrate armey when he was not able to perform his acustome labor at and without any warning so he could settle up his business and in that way he died and left [[strikethrough]] his [[/strikethrough]] everything unsettled the [[?]] why he was treeted so they consederd us Union people and for that

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