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Regiment: 6th Michigan Cavalry
Battles Mentioned:
Historical Figures:
U. S. Sanitary Commission,
“Special Relief” Office,
389 H Street,
Washington D.C. May 23d 1864
Sir:
In the case of Francis
Roar 6
th Mich Cavy. I ex-
amined the rolls of the 6
th
Cavy to Feby 29
th and did
not find his name on any
roll of that Regt. On the
rolls of Grosvenor Hospital
to Feby 29
th I find him
mustered as present & paid
He is borne as Enlisted Jan-
16 1864 at Jackson. Attached
to Hospital Feby 15
th 1864
Remarks Paid one months adva
He was paid on this roll
for 15 days $6.511. I think
he never reported to the
Regiment as he appears only
as belonging to 6
th Mich Cavy
No Co given Upon examination
of the rolls of the Regt I find
the name of James R. Jones
Private in Co. “B.”
Borne as a “Recruit” Enlisted
at Jackson Jan. 16 1864
same place and day that
Roar was enrolled
Yours Respy
W. K. Neal
J. B. Abbott
Washington
D.C.
