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By the Freedmen in that Camp in ginning their cotton.
The Gins and machinery will be sold for the benefit of the Freedmen in the said colony.
By order of Colonel Samuel Thomas
J. H. Weber
Captain Acting Assistant Adjutant General 

Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
Office Assistant Commissioner for State of Mississippi
Vicksburg, Miss. Nov 17, 1865
Special Orders 
No. 51 }

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I.
Lieutenant Colonel R. S. Donaldson

Captain John Toms
II.
Major T. S. Free
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I... In compliance with orders from Head Quarters Department of Mississippi all officers and enlisted men of the 33rd Illinois Veteran Infantry on duty in Bureau R.F. & A.L. for State of Mississippi are hereby relieved, and will rejoin their command.
II...  Major [[underline]] T. S. Free [[/underline]] Acting Inspector General B. R.F. & A.L. will proceed to Skipwith Landing Mississippi and investigate the case of Colonel [[underline]] Bissell [[/underline]]  Mr. [[underline]] Hood [[/underline]] and Captain John [[underline]] Dent [[/underline]].
By order of Colonel Samuel Thomas
J. W. Weber
Captain & Acting Assistant Adjutant General

Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
Office Assistant Commissioner for State of Mississippi
Vicksburg, Miss. Nov. 20th 1865
Special Orders 
No. 52 }

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I.
Lieutenant Colonel T. B. Hood
II.
Chaplain J. Warren
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I... Lieutenant Colonel [[underline]] T. B. Hood [[/underline]] Surgeon in Chief Bureau R.F. & A.L. Miss. will proceed without delay to De Soto, La. Davis' Bend, Miss. and Natchez, Miss. for the purpose of arranging for the removal of the Freedmen's Hospital at those points.
II... Chaplain [[underline]] Joseph Warren [[/underline]], State Superintendent of Education, will proceed to Davis' Bend, Miss. for the purpose of

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inspecting the schools at that point.
By order of Colonel Samuel Thomas
Stuart Aldridge
Lieutenant Acting Assistant Adjutant General

Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
Office Assistant Commissioner for State of Mississippi
Vicksburg, Miss. November 24, 1865
Special Orders
No. 53.  }

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I.
James W. Davis
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I... Mr. [[underline]] James W. Davis [[/underline]] is hereby appointed attorney for the Freedmen's Bureau to appear before the courts of the State of Mississippi for the defense of Freedmen, where it may be necessary that this Bureau should furnish counsel, and will be recognized as its legal representation for the transaction of such of the business as may come before the Judiciary of the State.

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Lieutenant Colonel Donaldson
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II... Lieuttenat Colonel [[underline]] R. S. Donaldson [[/underline]] Acting Assistant Commissioner Northern District Mississippi will as soon as practicable make an inspection of his District, reporting thereon in full to this office.

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III.
I. H. Douglas
Lieutenant Colonel Donaldson
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III... I. H. [[underline]] Douglas [[/underline]] is hereby appointed Educational Inspector of Freedmen's Bureau Northern District Mississippi and will proceed with Lieutenant Colonel [[underline]] R. S. Donaldson [[/underline]] to make an inspection of said District.

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IV & V
Lieutenant Colonel T. B. Hood
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IV... Lieutenant Colonel [[underline]] T. B. Hood [[/underline]] Chief Medical Officer Bureau R.F. & A.L. for State of Mississippi will without delay make an general inspection of the medical affairs of this Bureau.

V. A roster of civilians employed in the Medical Department of this Bureau, group their names, date of entering on duty, rate of pay per month, stations, duties, and manner of payment, will be made out hereafter for every month and forwarded to this office on the fifth day of the succeeding month.
This report for the month of October is required, and will be made immediately.
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [[underline]] T. B. Hood [[/underline]] Surgeon in Chief will take such measures as will