| Engineer Bureau |
| July 30th 1864 |
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| Lieut Col Minor Meriwether Engr |
| Commissioners &c |
| Demopolis Ala. |
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| Colonel, |
| Enclosed you will find for transmission Mr
H. M. Scales appointment to the grade of 2d Lieut in the Provisional
Corps of Eng together with copies of special orders No 176, p. x by
which he is ordered to you for assignment. |
| By order Maj Genl Gilmer |
| J. H. Alexander |
| Maj & A. A. G. |
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