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[Form 6.] 

War Department,
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
OFFICE CHIEF QUARTERMASTER,
Washington, May 24 1867

Bvt. Maj. Gen'l. N. A. Miles
Assistant - Commissioner, &c.
Raleigh N. C.

General: 

I respectfully forward herewith Transportation Orders, No. 579 & 580, for transportation of Destitute Freedpeople. the same having been requested by your communications to this office, of date May 21st & 22nd 1867.

By order of Maj.- Gen. O. O. Howard, Commissioner.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Henry M Whittelsey 
Bvt. Brig.- Gen., Chief Q. M., Bureau R., F., & A. L.