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Office Br. RH+AL Tuscaloosa Alabama Oct 31st 1868 Col. Edwin Beecher Ast,, Comr,, Bec. RH+AL [[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]] State of Ala. Montgomery, Sir, It again becomes my duty to Report the occurrence of another murderous outrage committed in this county on the night of the 17th Sept,, upon the person of a freedman by the name of Silas Carr, the F.M. with his family lied on the north side of the River about 2 miles from town on a little farm that he had been cultivating and had everything comfortable around him, his house is not within half a mile of any other house, and his character is entirely good so far as I can learn, no charge of any kind has been made against him (even the monitor man has not attempted to make any) the circumstances are as follows, on Saturday night 17th about midnight five White men came to his back door and demanded admittance saying that they were sent to search his house for guns + Pistols, he told them that he had none, they told him that he must open the door or they would burn him out, and did set fire to the House, he then opened the door + his wife went out and put the fire out, + came in