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secure to him a commission of Lt. in one of the companies. Will you have the goodness to write him - or to me-on the subject.

Dear Sir at the first call for volunteers the people of influence in my town took a great interest in the encouragement of Volunteering- By that means a large number in population to the population of this place were enlisted - much larger than in any town in the vicinity of ( ? ) within the State out of a population of 959 = 62 went off with the first troops or soon after. Viz 46 in the 2nd Regt, 8 in the 6th, 2 in the 7th, 3 in the 11th, 1 in the 14th, 2 in the Calvary as appears by your printed report