Letter from Stephen D. Cronin to William D. Stuart, 1863

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Written from Petersburg, Virginia. Letter requests to be absent from duty to see to business at home.

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English.

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Camp Near Petersburg, Va.

I respectfully ask permission to be absent from my duties for a few days for the following reasons. My property has been dwindling away daily since 25th Dec last, for want of my personal attention. My negroes are roaming through the country without a proper home and I will probably lose them all if I cannot attend to the matter immediately. I leave my company in command of the Capt. I have deferred asking leave of absence until now, because of there being only two (2) officers belonging to the company and the comdg. Officer of the Regt. deems it best that the vacancies of 2nd and 2nd jr. Lieuts. should not be filled at present, I presume because of the smallness of the Co. I reenlisted as a private and have never received a furlough or anything in lieu thereof and have never been absent without leave.

S. D. Cronin 1st Lieut.

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Confederate States of America. Army—Virginia Infantry Regiment, 56th
United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Personal narratives—Confederate
Correspondence

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