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now rank & file about three hundred | now rank & file about three hundred | ||
and twenty men with all my | and twenty men with all my | ||
| − | convalescents when returned | + | convalescents when returned perhaps five hundred |
| − | + | competent to make me complete | |
I shall want (in the vicinity) of | I shall want (in the vicinity) of | ||
four hundred and sixty recruits. My | four hundred and sixty recruits. My | ||
| − | + | regt has just been inspected by | |
| − | Col | + | Col Webb chief of Party Staff and |
pronounced to be one of the best in | pronounced to be one of the best in | ||
| − | the Division, particularly in the | + | the Division, particularly in the cleanliness |
| − | of their | + | of their arms, etc. This to me as well |
as yourself is not bad to take. Maine | as yourself is not bad to take. Maine | ||
| − | + | regts I am proud to say [?] [?] | |
everywhere but I am very sorry | everywhere but I am very sorry | ||
that the old ones could not have | that the old ones could not have | ||
| − | been [ | + | been recruited more [?] |
the rebellion is not as yet ended and | the rebellion is not as yet ended and | ||
| − | there are still more fish | + | there are still more fish remaining in |
| − | the | + | the military pond. |
| + | |||
In Haste | In Haste | ||
I remain very respectfully | I remain very respectfully | ||
| − | + | Your obt Servant | |
Charles W. Roberts | Charles W. Roberts | ||
| − | Col | + | Col 2nd Maine |
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be an injury to the Service. I have now rank & file about three hundred and twenty men with all my convalescents when returned perhaps five hundred competent to make me complete I shall want (in the vicinity) of four hundred and sixty recruits. My regt has just been inspected by Col Webb chief of Party Staff and pronounced to be one of the best in the Division, particularly in the cleanliness of their arms, etc. This to me as well as yourself is not bad to take. Maine regts I am proud to say [?] [?] everywhere but I am very sorry that the old ones could not have been recruited more [?] the rebellion is not as yet ended and there are still more fish remaining in the military pond.
In Haste I remain very respectfully Your obt Servant Charles W. Roberts Col 2nd Maine