Head Quarters            

5^th Army Corps

Camp near Falmouth Va

March 10 1863

 

Col Frank J. Parker

Colonel

        Your letter of the 24^th of February reached these Head Quarters during my temporary absence in New York.

 

                                    I was not sufficiently familiar with the condition of your regiment while under your command to enable me to give an "official" "opinion", but I have no hesitation in saying that sufficient time has elapsed since you left the regiment, for it to fall very materially from any standard of excellence it may previously have attained

 

                                    The inspection reports to which you refer I am unable to furnish as the Inspector General has no copies / of them in his possession.

 

I am

Very respectfully

Your Obt Servt

Fred T. Locke

Lieut Col Asst Adj't Genl

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