Head Quarters E.C                 

Hilton Head S.C.        

February 2^nd 1862

                       

Major

           I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication, asking the acceptance of the resignation of your commission as Major of the 3^rd Regt. R.I.Vols. and to inform you that the General Comd^g has placed the following endorsement on said communication,

                                   

"I( should be very much disposed to [faded] the views herein expressed if Col. Blanding had arrived. But the [faded] of his service do not admit of [faded] of the Artillery at the [faded]

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Brig. Gen'l Comd^g

 

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L H Pelouze

 

Major Metcalf

3^rd Regt. R.I.Vols [faded]

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