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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 I was a deserter for the reason that you have told a portion of the Wagoners repeatedly that you did not consider us as deserters and we Should not be arrested 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
Lieut Webber says that he will Release me by your orders
once more I Plead for Protection
Chas A. Luce