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A 463 E B #56
Athens, Ala.,
May 20, 1867.

Bingham D. H.

General Condition of affairs at Athens, Ala., and vicinity. Says the Military force is not sufficient in the State.- Has been holding Union Meetings there - finds the people - particularly poor whites and negroes very ignorant.

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Refd by Genl: Grant to Bvt. Maj: Gen: Pope
Gen Swayne

E B #56
Hd: Qrs: 3d Mty Dist.
Bureau of Civil Affairs
Atlanta, May 30 '67

Respectfully referred to Maj: Genl: Wager Swayne, 
Commdg: Dist of Ala.
By comd. Bvt Maj: Gen: Pope 
J. F. Milne
Chief of Bureau