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<date when='1864-04-19'>April 19<hi rend='underline'><hi rend='sup'>th</hi></hi> <gap/>4</date><lb/>
Dr W<hi rend='sup'>m</hi> Forrester<lb/>
Surgeon 5<hi rend='underline'><hi rend='sup'>th</hi></hi> Ky Cav<hi rend='underline'><hi rend='sup'>l</hi></hi><lb/>
Murfreesboro, Tenn<lb/>
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<p corresp='TTP35097694P1' xml:id='OTP35097694P1'>Your communication of the <date when='1864-04-10'>10<hi rend='underline'><hi rend='sup'>th</hi></hi> inst</date> addressed to his Excellency the Governor, has been referred to me for reply. I have written Dr W A Locken formerly of the <unclear/> Ky Cav<hi rend='underline'><hi rend='sup'>l</hi></hi> to appear before <unclear/> Board at Louisville Ky preperatory to his appointment as asst surg of your regiment. He is represented as a young and energetic man and a graduate of <unclear>the</unclear> Louisville Medical College. If his examination proves satisfactory he will be commissioned and ordered to report immediately for duty.
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