Battlefield Endorsement of Col H K Aiken, Butler's Cavalry, 2nd SC Cav 11/4/1864

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From the personal wartime papers of Dr. Theodore. A. LaFar of Charleston, South Carolina (born 14 October 1831 in Charleston and died 28 December 1912 in Chattachoochee, Florida and buried in the French Protestant Huguenot Cemetery in Charleston).
A Google search reveals the 1890 proceedings of the South Carolina legislature that accepted four South Carolina Confederate Battle Flags from Dr. LaFar on December 22, 1890 .  According to the minutes of the Legislature, LaFar had fled Richmond on April 2, 1865 and taken the flags with him.  The Legislature recognized and summarized his service as Director of the South Carolina Hospital Bureau ("SCHB").  Duties of the SCHB included "forwarding packages to soldiers in the field, establishing state hospitals, aiding prisoners in the hands of the enemy, receive the wounded after battle and to 'succor' a South Carolina soldier wherever found."
This is a small 3 1/2" x 3 1/4" piece of blue-ruled paper that is part of a field endorsement that appears to have been written on paper that had been spoiled from another use or was part of a group of larger orders/endorsements/records.  There is a small piece out of the lower left.  There is a tear that has been repaired (and stopped from getting worse) by an old-style stamp hinge.  This was found with other papers belonging to Butler's Cavalry Brigade.
Text as follows:
Hd. Qrs. Butler's Cav. Bgde Nov 4/1864
I fully concur with Genl Butler
in the importance of continuing
the work in which Dr. Lafar is
engaged for the benefit of
the Soldiers from So. Ca. and
trust his services may be
secured to us by the Hon.
Secty of War - Respectfully
H. K. Aiken
Col. Comdg. Bgde.
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