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I send the mothers papers for the $5.13 | I send the mothers papers for the $5.13 | ||
due Warren J. Devereux, late private Co. B 2 Me Regt, | due Warren J. Devereux, late private Co. B 2 Me Regt, | ||
| − | he died in prison at Richmond | + | he died in prison at Richmond [Jan? ] 4/62 Mrs D. has |
| − | recd the pay and Bounty | + | recd the pay and Bounty Though Bro Abbol [ on]-- |
| − | it is right. I am not sorry the rolls show Geo.A. | + | it is [right]. I am [not] sorry the rolls show Geo.A. |
Devereaux, whose papers you returned to me is not | Devereaux, whose papers you returned to me is not | ||
| − | entitled to the State and be to | + | entitled to the [State] and be to Bounty thought I could |
| − | not see how by his discharge he could be ex- | + | not see how, by his discharge he could be ex- |
cluded and really now, I can not think he | cluded and really now, I can not think he | ||
| − | brings his case technically within | + | brings his case technically within both this letter and |
| − | the shield of the law---he did | + | the shield of the law---he did pass the final ordeal |
| − | + | was accepted and mustered into the U S | |
| − | service-- | + | service--and filled one of [ s] quota--after this |
| − | he | + | he was taken sick and discharge for the season-- |
| − | It was a sickness not on him when he [ ] the | + | It was a sickness not on him when he [ ed] the |
service--it was a new matter--and in the same | service--it was a new matter--and in the same | ||
so far as his legal rights are concerned a | so far as his legal rights are concerned a | ||
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Bangor, Oct 11 / 62
Bro. Hodsdon -
I send the mothers papers for the $5.13 due Warren J. Devereux, late private Co. B 2 Me Regt, he died in prison at Richmond [Jan? ] 4/62 Mrs D. has recd the pay and Bounty Though Bro Abbol [ on]-- it is [right]. I am [not] sorry the rolls show Geo.A. Devereaux, whose papers you returned to me is not entitled to the [State] and be to Bounty thought I could not see how, by his discharge he could be ex- cluded and really now, I can not think he brings his case technically within both this letter and the shield of the law---he did pass the final ordeal was accepted and mustered into the U S service--and filled one of [ s] quota--after this he was taken sick and discharge for the season-- It was a sickness not on him when he [ ed] the service--it was a new matter--and in the same so far as his legal rights are concerned a though it had come on him two years and ten months after he [ ]. I the service Is is just so? --Truly yours C.P. Brown