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Why am i Confined in Jail for Desertion as a Soldier did I not enlist as a wagoner[?] I Ask you in the name of Humanity to help me out of Confinement if I am to Be[?] pressed[?] in to Service why not do[?] it in a legal way and not keep me in Confinement day After day

I did not think of this when I enlisted under you in[?] 1861 I have been at home Since Jan[?] 1862 And have not Supposed that given a deserter for the reason that you have told a portion of the Wagoners R[?] that you did not consider us as deserters and we Should not Be[?] [?] And[?] if we were that you would protect us[?] Are we to Suffer disgrace by being wrongly Enlisted

Why not give us our liberty or discharge[?] and not keep us in Confinement

S[?] Webber Says that he will Release me by your orders

once more I Plead for Protection

Chas A.[?] Luce[?]