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Head Qrs- 3d Brigade 1st Division, 5th Corps. Near Warrenton Junction Nov. 4th 1863
Brig. Genl. John L. Hodsdon Adjt. Genl. of Maine
General, I have the honor to enclose to you, by permission from Corps Hd. Qrs, a copy of my official report of the battle of Gettysburg.
Had it been written for you I would gladly have given you some particulars which would have made you proud of our noble fellows from the state of Maine. But ever since that report was written I have had so much to do in all ways, that I could