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Head Qtrs 20th Maine Vols
Camp near Falmouth Va
May 21, 1863

Brig Genl L. Thomas
Adjt Genl U.S.A.
             
General,

I beg leave respectfully 
to call attention to the case of 2d Lieut. 
Matteson C. Sanborn for 20th Regt. Maine Vols 
whose appointment was revoked by order 
of War Department -- Special Order No. 164. 
date of April 10, 1863 -- in consequence of his 
not having joined the regiment.

Lieut. Sanborn was Sergeant in the 
First Maine Battery, stationed near New Orleans 
and by reason of sickness he was unable 
to join this regiment until April 1, 1863.

His papers show that he was absent
by proper authority, although the 
evidence at the time did not reach 
the Adjutant of this regiment.

He is a deserving young man