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                                                                                         Albuquerque,  New Mexico

Illegible, March 22d 1865 

            My Dear Wife
                                          I have just made application

to Gen. illegible for a leave of absence, si Mar I can illegible go to Fort Union. I shall receive an answer by illegible day. Excuse the haste as illegible illegible is waiting for this letter. Love to the Wife illegible, and I am as Ever, 

                                                  George!

Albuquerque March 21, 1865