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Quarters Co "E" 6th Ju Cav Montgomery Ala Sept 26th 1865 General [[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]] In obedience to Orders received from Brig Genl Swayne Asst. Commissioner of Freedmans Bureau dated 1865 I marched with my Company from Montgomery to Troy Pike County Ala. I arrived at the latter place on the 7th Inst Sept. and reported to Judge Wiley Circuit Judge of that Judicial District. On my way from Montgomery to Livy I was informed that a negro man been murdered at or near "Orion Bridge" by one Winslow of Coffee County and the former master of said negro. On reaching Livy, I made inquiry relative to the case and found that the same rumer had reached the authorities and that the Coroner had Summoned a Jury for the purpose of having the facts in said case investigated and rendering a verdict thereon. Subsequent events and facts