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Headquarters, Second Military District, 
Charleston, S.C. May 7' 1867. 
Commanding Officer, Post of Goldsboro, No. Ca.

Sir:
Referring to the report of outrages committed by whites against Blacks in the State of North Carolina, for the fifteen days ending April 30th '67 in which it appears that Henry and Rawson Dunham committed in Johnston County on the 19th of April 1867 an assault with a knife upon the person of Mike Saunders, colored; that although a warrant having been issued the parties have not been brought up for examination and that before the County authorities it will be difficult for this freedman to get redress - I have the honor to inform you that the Major General Commanding directs