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Bureau Refugees. Freedmen and Abandoned Lands.
West Dist of Mississippi for assignment to duty. 
By order of Col. Sam'l Thomas
Stuart Eldridge
Lieut. & Act. A.A.A. Gen'l

Bureau Refugees Freedmen & Abandoned Lands
Office Asst Commissioner for Mississippi 
Vicksburg, Miss. February 22nd 1866. 
Special Orders 
No. 21 }

Private Thomas Conrad Co. B. 5th U.S. Colored Artillery (Heavy), is hereby relieved from duty at this Office and will without delay report to his commanding officer for muster out.
By order of Sam'l Thomas
Stuart Eldridge
Lieut. & A.A.A. Gen'l

Bureau Refugees Freedmen & Abandoned Lands
Office Asst Commissioner for Mississippi 
Vicksburg, Miss. February 23rd 1866. 
Special Orders 
No. 22 }

Acting Asst Surgeon Chas. Warren will report to his station at Jackson without delay.
By order of Col. Sam'l Thomas
Stuart Eldridge
Lieut. & A.A.A. Gen'l

Bureau Refugees Freedmen & Abandoned Lands
Office Asst Commissioner for Mississippi 
Vicksburg, Miss. February 26, 1866. 
Special Orders 
No. 23 }

I... Capt. J. H. Weber 64th U.S.C.I. Acting Asst. Commissioner, Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Western Dist. Of Mississippi, will turn over

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all records of his office to Lieut. S. G. Sevaine 58th U.S.C.I. Sub Commissioner Warren County Mississippi (who will till further orders conduct the Business heretofore coming before the Acting Assistant Commissioner Western District of Mississippi_ and report to this office for orders.
II... The Office of Acting Assistant Commissioner, Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Western District of Mississippi, is hereby abolished.
III... Capt. and Brv't Major G. S. Smith 3rd Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, is hereby relieved from duty in Southern District of Mississippi and will without delay report to this office for assignment.
By order of Col. Sam'l Thomas
Stuart Eldridge
Lieut. and A.A.A. Gen'l.

Bureau Refugees Freedmen & Abandoned Lands
Office Asst Commissioner for Mississippi 
Vicksburg, Miss. February 27, 1866. 
Special Orders 
No. 24 }

All members of the 64th U.S. Colored Infantry on duty in this Bureau at Davis' Bend, Miss. are hereby relieved and will report without delay to their Regimental Commander for muster out.
By order of Col. Sam'l Thomas
Stuart Eldridge
Lieut. & Act. Asst. Adjt. Genl.

Bureau Refugees Freedmen & Abandoned Lands
Office Asst Commissioner for Mississippi 
Vicksburg, Miss. February 28, 1866. 
Special Orders 
No. 25 }

I... The following named enlisted men, having reported to this office for assignment, will report without delay to E. S. Bedford, Agent Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands at Davis' Bend, Miss. for duty:
Corporal William Stokes C. Co. 5th U.S.C. Arty. (Hy)