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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Washington, October 3rd 1867,

Brevet Major General Wager Swayne,
Assistant Commissioner 
Montgomery Alabama.

General:
I am directed by the Commissioner to request you to furnish all the information you can to Hon Mr Shanks, Chairman of the Congressional Committee to investigate the treatment of Union prisoners. He will communicate with you.
The papers furnished will be sent direct, and not through this office.
Very Respectfully,
Your Obedient Servant,
E. Whittlesey
Acting Assistant Adjutant General