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Head Quarters
2nd Regt Maine Volunteers
Porter's Division
Halls Hill Va
Dec. 8th 1861

Dear Sir

Your last letter came
duly to hand am glad to hear
that there is a prospect of my
regiment being speedily filled up.
If I do say it I consider it worthy
of an increase as to numbers, but
I know the difficulty that has
heretofore [?] the recruiting of
regts already in the field.  I shall
forward by express tomorrow
the blanks sent by Adj. Gen'l Hodsdon
carefully filled out, [?] the changes
and the present state of my regt. up 
to date, as to a chaplain I have
come to the conclusion that I had
perhaps better wait a little longer as I