From the Richmond Dispatch, 5/26/1863, p. 2, c. 4
ESTRAYED OR STOLEN – $50 REWARD. – Estrayed or stolen, on Sunday evening, May 24th, from opposite Battery No 5, two HORSES; one light bay, both hind feet white, blaze face sear on left shoulder; the other a dark bay, one hind foot white, blind in right eye. The above reward will be paid for the return of both horses, or $25 for either, to Mr HALE, at No 5 Battery.
my 26 – 2t* JOHN B FOSTER