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Opelika Ala Sept 20th 1865 Brig Genl W Swayne Asst Supt Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned lands Genl Special Order No 21 Sept 4th 1865 Hd Qrs Dist of Montgomery Ala Detailing me for duty with Bureau of Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned lands and ordering me to report to Brig Genl W Swayne By letter for instructions was received Sept 8th 1865 and on the 9th of September 1865 I wrote the required letter But up to the present date I have not received any instructions nor a reply Believeing the affor Said letter to Be lost or have been miscarried I again write you I have neither Books Blanks or Stationary I am Genl Vary Respectfully &c Spencer Smith 1st Lt 8th Iowa Inftry