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le parties in the selection of officers. On the 28th of March, he wrote to Colonel Frank E. Howe, in New York, to recommend to the consideration of General Ullman, who was authorized to raise a colored brigade in the South, James Miller, of Salem, as a proper person to receive a commission. He was then serving in our Fiftieth Regiment, in the Department of the Gulf. Mr. Miller, he says, is the eldest grandson of General Miller, of the war of 1812,— the hero of Lundy's Lane. On the 31st of March, he wrote to Colonel Maggi, commanding our Thirty-third Regiment,— You must not resign. As soon as our Legislature adjourns, I am intending to visit Washington. I shall then do my utmost for your advancement. I want you to secure the good favor of General Hooker, and see if he wants help. You must make yourself necessary to him, by giving him to know your capacity, devotedness, and zeal. Colonel Maggi had resigned before the letter reached him. His discharge from the servic