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[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]]

War Department,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Washington, October 6th, 1865.

Special Orders, }
No. 84 }

IV The northern counties of Alabama, now under the jurisdiction of Brig. Genl. C. B. Fisk Asst. Commissioner of the Bureau, for the States of Ky. and Tennessee, are hereby removed from his control, and assigned to that of Brig. Genl. Wager Swayne, Asst. Commissioner for the State of Alabama

All officers of the Bureau now serving in those Counties will report at once to Genl. Swayne for instructions

By order of
Major Genl. O. O. Howard, Commissioner &c 
Max Woodhull
Asst. Adjt. Genl

Brig Genl. Wager Swayne
Asst Com'r &c