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Head Qrs  1st Brigade 1st Div. 5th Corps
A.P. Camp near Potomac Creek
May 16, 1863

Lt. Col. D.F. Sargent
2d Maine Vols

Col.

As you are
about leaving this command with your
regiment in consequence of the expiration
of its term of service I desire to state
to you my regret at parting with you 
and the Regiment which has so long
formed a part of this Brigade.

I shall hope however that the
country will not lose the valuable
service you have shown yourself
so capable of rendering and that
you may find some inducement to
return to a post of duty which you 
have so ably & so honorably filled.

If any word of mine can be at
any time spoken when it may be