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[[preprinted]] War Department, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Washington, ^[[December 8]], 186^[[6]]. Special Orders, } No. ^[[181]] } [[/preprinted]] II Brevet Major [[underlined]] J. C. Mann, [[/underlined]] A.Q.M. will proceed without delay to Raleigh N.C. reporting on his arrival there to the Assistant Commissioner of North Carolina for assignment to duty. [[preprinted]] By order of Major General O. O. Howard, Commissioner. [[signature]] ^[[A. P. Ketchum]] [[/signature]] ^[[Act'g.]] Assistant Adjutant General. [[/preprinted]] Asst. Com'r N.C.