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Barnes, Stuart, Capt. Petersburg Sept. 10th 1865 States application for officers & men to relieve 24th U.S.C.T. was made yesterday. Genl. Gibbon will do the best he can Asks if communication has been received relative to the removal of City Point & Point of Rocks. Urges of consolidation at once as he cannot get the necessary guard at that place. Rec'd Hd. Qrs. Asst. Comm'r. 9/10/65
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Point of Rocks - in Chester VA -- "The Point of Rocks property served as an excellent observation point during the Civil War for the Union Army's General Benjamin F. Butler and also was the site of a hospital constructed for Union troops." wikipedia.
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