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From DigitalMaine Transcription Project
Head Qrs 1st Brigade 1st Div. 5th Corps A.P. Camp near Potomac Creek May 16, 1863
Lt. Col. D.F. Sargent 2d Maine Vols
Col.
As you are about leaving this command with your regiment in consequence of the expiration of its term of service I desire to state to you my regret at parting with you and the Regiment which has so long formed a part of this Brigade.
I shall hope however that the country will not lose the valuable service you have shown yourself so capable of rendering and that you may find some inducement to return to a post of duty which you have so ably & so honorably filled.
If any word of mine can be at any time spoken when it may be