From the Richmond Dispatch, 1/6/1863, p. 2, c. 4
LOST – Somewhere in Richmond, on the 31st of December, 1862, or on the 1st or 2d of Jan’y, 1863, “SPECIAL ORDER, No. 82,” issued and dated about the middle of October last, and signed by E. S. Gaillard, Medical Director, by command of Major-General G. W. Smith. The above order entitles me to transportation for myself and supplies, as General Agent of Winder Hospital. The finder will receive a liberal reward by addressing me at Richmond, or handing said order to Dr. A. G. Lane, Chief Surgeon Winder Hospital.
A. T. McRAE
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