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Hd Qrs. Post of Sparta
Sparta Ala. Sept. 9th 1865.

Brig. Gen'l W. Swayne

General:
In obedience to Gen'l Orders No. 6 dated District Hd Qrs, I have the honor to report that many irregularities exist here in regard to the negro, many are yet held to servitude without recompense, acts of violence on the negros are not infrequent - Negros running at large without home or employment, &c. I have no instructions of what course to present in such cases, I only have a small infantry force but sufficiently large to preserve order within reach. Any instructions you nay [[strikethrough]] be [[/strikethrough]] see proper to send me will be duly acknowledged
I have the honor to be General
Very respectfully
Your most Obt Servant
J. W. Davis Captain
21' Mo. I.V.V. Comdg. Post 

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