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U.S. Military Telegraph

By Telegraph from Washington, D.C.
To Commanding General
Dept of Va

The Secretary of War directs that all organizations of Colored Troops in your department which men enlisted in the Northern States be mustered out of service immediately.  The muster end will be by entire organizations including all additions thereto by recruits and from other sources.  The muster out discharges and payments will be made under the regulations promulgated in General Orders No ninety four (94) current series from this office.

Please forward to this office without delay a list of the regiments and independent companies to be discharging under this order, giving therein for each, the strength present and absent respectively.

Acknowledge receipt of this.

(Signed) Thomas M. Vincent
A.A. Genl

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