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�811 117 Copy Corpl Robert J. Files of Co B. 12th Me Regt recommended for discharge by Surgeon for disability contracted since enlisted (Consumption) has a furlough to leave Ship Island and return to Portland Me, to await formal discharge from War Dept where the papers have been transmitted by Brig Gen I. W. Phelps then comd'g Post (Signed) Wm K. Kimball Lt Col Comd 12th Regt Maine Vols
Approved and respectfully transmitted for approval of Maj Gen Butter Comd'g Dept of the Gulf - (Signed_ G. F. Sheply Acting Brig. General Comdg 3d Brigade
App'd" By order of Maj Gen Butter (Signed_ Geo C. Strong A.A. Genl
H'd Qu Dept of Gulf Ship Island Mch 24th/62
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