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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, HEAD QUARTERS 2nd SUB-DISTRICT, VIRGINIA, Petersburg, Va., Sept 25th 1867. Bvt Brig Gen O Brown Asst Commissioner Bureau R F &c General I have the honor to respectfully ask of the General in charge of the War Office an appointment as Lt Col of Volunteers by brevet I have been nearly six years in service, have seldom asked a favor of the Government and shall cheerfully submit to my superior officers the merits of the case If my application is favorably considered I shall be grateful for this additional expression of commendation. before I am mustered out of service Being unacquainted with any representatives in Congress I have not asked this through that channel Very rsptly Your obt svt JR Stone Bvt Maj Cap't 24th VRC
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