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From DigitalMaine Transcription Project
Camp near Falmouth, Va. March, 2nd/ 63
Adjt. Gen. John L Hodsdon, Gen:
I have done my duty
as a soldier in the 2nd Maine regt since its organization in Bangor. I have been in every fight and skirmish that the regt has been in; have not been away from the regt since I enlisted.
A part of us voted when on Willits
Point to go for three years: I call it voting for we were not properly sworn in: we repeated no oath. As I am a minor and a widows son my brother signed papers consenting for me to serve two