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            <text>Black Maryland Woman to the Adjutant General of the Army&#13;
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Balt Nov 11th 1864 &#13;
Adjt Gen Thomas &#13;
Dr sir, Not having heard from my Husband John Potter co G. 4th U.S.C.T. is reported Killed in Battle, please inform me if Such is the fact ore if in your powr please inf[rm?] me where he is. your Humble Sevt &#13;
Liomia Potter &#13;
no 242 Little Hughs &#13;
St. Balt City Md &#13;
please answr by rutrn mail&#13;
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we are all poor women from the Eastn Shore of Md Just out of Slavery please excuse us.&#13;
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Liomia Potter to Adjt Gen Thomas, 11 Nov. 1864, P-65 1864, Letters Received, ser. 366, Colored Troops Division, RG 94 [B-353].  Private John Potter, who was enslaved at the time of his enlistment in Baltimore on August 11, 1863, died of disease at Fortress Monroe on November 15, 1864. (Service record of John Potter, 4th USCI, Carded Records, Volunteer Organizations: Civil War, ser. 519, RG 94.)</text>
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