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Hd Qrs. Reg. 20 Maine Vols.
Field near Hagerstown July 11 1863

Gen John L. Hodsdon 
Adjt. Gen. of Maine

Genl.

I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of a commission for myself
as Colonel of the 20th Regt. and for Maj. Gilmore
as Lieut. Colonel of the same. The commissions
will bear date May 20th 1863, from which time
there has been a vacancy in the office of Colonel,
and to which time we are mustered back, by the
regular mustering officer of the 5th Corps, Capt. 
Barnard. Our corps has been so cut off
from the Main army for two months past
that we have been some times three weeks 
without a mail and our baggage and papers
have not been up with us for nearly a month.
I shall lose no time in informing you of
the gallant front the 20th has had in all
that has been done here the moment I can
get time and paper. We are now making
rapid marches and expecting another big