Camp Taylor Virginia 1/23/1864 Letter from "2nd Lt. R. Hinctz" to Surgeon LaFar

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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.  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."
A letter datelined "Camp Taylor Virginia 23rd January 1864" written by a clerk on ruled paper and with a signature in a lighter ink--the signature of whom I believe to have been a commanding officer and that I make out to be (after considerable staring) "2nd Lt. R. Hinctz."  Mounted on 19th century ruled paper.  Some staining at the folds prior to mounting.
Text as follows:
Dr. T. A. Lafar:
So Ca. Depot:
Richmond, Va:
Dear Sir:
You letter informing me
that you have rec'd payment from
the "Express Co. for loss of bag, & that the
insurance to amt. of 0.00 is in
your hands subject to my order, is Rec'd.
Permit me to offer you my sincere
thanks for the kind interest & zeal which
you have manifested in my behalf on the
occasision.  Rest assured that I shal never
forget your kindess to an unknown soldier.
I am Dr.,
Very Respectfully,
Your obd't serant.
2nd Lt. R. Hinctz
P.S.
On opposite page,  please find an order
for payment of said amount to Lieut Hesslum,
P.D. A. & Recpt for same.
FYI, The receipt on the opposite page is not part of this listing.
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