| Hd Qrs Army of the Miss |
| Tupelo Miss |
| June 15th 1862 |
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| Major Geo. Wm Branch |
| Act. Chief of Staff |
| West Dept |
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| Major, |
| I have the honor to apply for Capt. J.
W. Steele of Maj Meriwether's Battalion of Pioneers, to be detailed to
report to me for duty on the Mississippi and Alabama Railroad
{Alabama & Mississippi Rivers RR}, to the
charge of which I have just been assigned. |
| Very Respectfully |
| Your obt Sevt |
| P. H. Thomson |
| A. A. G. |
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