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Office Assistant Commissioner, State of Alabama,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Montgomery, Ala., May 12th 1866.

Brt Major Genl Chas R Woods
Comdg Dept of Alabama
Mobile Ala

General
I respectfully request that Capt E.B. Boyd A.Q.M. now on duty at Mobile be ordered to report to me. I have no Officer of the Q.M. Department and need the services of one to act as Chief Q.M.

I make the request for Captain Boyd because I am personally acquainted with him and know that he is competent to do the duty required, and is the only officer that I know of available.

Very Respectfully
Your obdt Servant
Wager Swayne
Bvt Major General.