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From DigitalMaine Transcription Project
� to your views + your convenience to commission the officers I had the honor to recommend in my last, as it requires some time to get "mustered in" now, _ we need more officers to assist in managing the drafted men.
I have the honor to be Your Excellency's most obdt Servant + friend J.L. Chamberlain Col. 20th Maine Vols. Comdg. Brigade.
[written in reverse direction]
Col Chamberlain Aug. 19, 1863
relating to surgeon