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Office of Asst Supt of Freedmen
Uniontown Ala Sept 26th 1865
Brevet Col C. Cadle
Asst Adjt General 

Col
I have the honor to report the condition of the freedmen of this post  I sent a report the tenth of the month stating the condition of afairs as I received them  I was ordered to take charge of this office the 4th of this month By Maj Royal Ohmsted Com Post  I found an aggregate of two hundred and five to isue to  they are quartered in a pice of Timber close to town with only Brush for a shelter and were unoccupied except for fatigue duty at the Post  The land that they are on belongs to a Sitizan of this place  There was now records of any abandoned Land here and I know of none and the only property that has been used by the late Confederate Gov is a Hotell that was used as a Hospital  it has been used as Head Quarters of the forces are a [[strikethrough]] The [[/strikethrough]] Post Hospital and is still used for that purpose  I canot find who the former owners wer but understand that there is an agent in Selma  I will find all the information that I can and will report it