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sometime during the coming week. As affairs on[?] [?] are easy[?] as regards Major, altho [although], I am not entirely suited I think Captain Chaplains commission[?] had better be forwarded[?] as soon as convenient. He is quite popular[?] with the regiment, and will[?] I doubt not succeed in his new[?] military vocation.
We have in our lines[?] inside[?] the fort quite an intelligent rebel prisoner taken by the pickets[?] this morning. He has given us a vast amount of information, but we prefer not to [?] as truth all he feels inclined to impart. We[?] send[?] him to Washington in the morning. Nothing[?] [?] now[?] at the Seat of War
With much respect
I remain yours hastily
Colo Chas W Roberts