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          HeadQrs 20th Maine Vols
             Camp near Falmouth Va
                           May 21, 1863

     Brig Genl L. Thomas
                Adjt Genl U.S.A.
                                General,
                                     I beg leave respect 

fully to call attention to the case of 2d Lieut. Matteson C. Sanborn for 20th Regt. Maine Vols whose appointment was revoked by order of War Department -- Special Order No. 164. date of April 10, 1863 -- in consequence of his not having joined the regiment.

           Lieut. Sanborn was Sergeant in the 

First Maine Battery, stationed near New Orleans and by reason of sickness he was unable to join this regiment until April 1, 1863.

            His papers show that he was ab-

sent by proper authority, although the evidence at the time did not reach the Adjutant of this regiment.

                He is a deserving young man