Washington Feby. 6^th 1864

 

Capt. Marston

            Dear Sir:         You will not think I disregard your wishes, when I return this furlough to you without taking it to the War Department. You see Capt. should I present this case I should establish a precedence that would keep me in that kind of employment all the time; for I now have frequent applications of this character.

 

            I would not like to present such cases as these, they should be carried to the Medical Department of the Army. We have received seven hundred sick from the Army & more are to come. Can you not get your man into the general hospital there & then after he is brought / to Washington or Alexandria I could immediately procure him a furlough.

 

            You see too, your own certificate "between fit for duty &c" would exclude him from a furlough under any general orders; there must be something more apparent, upon which to ground an application & much as I wish to oblige you & yr. friend, I cannot conscienciously do this.

 

                        With love to my [?] Dau.

                                    I remain Capt.

                                    very truly yr. friend

                                    Mrs. Chas. A.S. Sampson

 

Capt. D. W. Marston

            16^th Regt. M^e V. M.

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