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Hd. Qrs. Dept. of La and Texas New Orleans, La Aug 5th 1865 Special Orders No. 19. Extract. VI. Captain S.H. West, 63rd U.S.C. Infty. and Captain D.L. Jones. of the same regiment, are hereby detached from their commands, and will report for duty to Major George D. Reynolds, Act. Asst. Com. Freedmen for the Southern District of Mississippi, and for the Parishes of Concordia and Tensas in Louisiana. By order of Maj. Gen. E.R.S. Canby: Wickham Hoffman, Maj. Asst. Adjt. General Official (Signed) Nathaniel Burbank, 1st Lieut. Act. Asst. Adjt. Gen. [[stamp]] FREEDMAN'S BUREAU STATE OF MISS. REC'D AUG 18 1865 [[/stamp]] A true copy Geo. D. Reynolds. Maj. & A.A. Com. Freed. Bureau S.D. Miss. Stuart Eldridge. Lt. & A.A.A. Gen.