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--$210 Reward — Absconded from the defensive works around Richmond the following free negroes, impressed from Richmond--

By the act of the Virginia Legislature, passed 12th February, 1864, to provide for the enrollment and employment of free negroes in the public service, these negroes being amenable to the rules and regulations of the articles of war, are deserters, and a reward of thirty dollars each will be paid for their apprehension and delivery to Capt W G Turpin at Engineers' office, corner 19th and Cary sts.

W H Stevens, Col. Eng. jy 30--ts
The Daily Dispatch: August 10, 1863. Richmond Dispatch. 2 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. August 10, 1863. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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