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28 615 & 616 S. W. Groesbeck (Signed) Lieut & AAA Genl Official W.H. Bower Lieut & A.A.A. Genl 45 - Bureau Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lds State of Tennessee Assistant Commissioners Office Nashville Febry 28" 1868 Palmer Lieut Col Fred S. Sub-Asst Commr Memphis Tenn. Colonel. Pursuant to a request of the Commanding General of the Department of the Cumberland - the Asst Commr directs that you will without delay procure one copy each of all the News Papers of influence in your Sub. Dist commencing with the issue of the 24th inst. and ending with the three next succeeding issues (making 4 copies).- Upon being obtained you will forward them immediately to the Asst. Adjt. Genl. Department of the Cumberland Louisville Ky, and report your action to this office giving the designation and the place where issued, of the papers so forwarded. The necessary expense will be defrayed from the funds of the Bureau. I have the honor to be Colonel, Very Respectfully (Signed_ S W Groesbeck Lieut 42nd Infy & A.A.A. Genl 617. Official W.H. Bower Lieut & A A A Genl 29 46- Bureau Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lds State of Tennessee Asst Commissioners Office Nashville Febry 28" 1868 Hough Col A. L A.A.A. Genl. Hd Qrs Department Cumberland Louisville Ky. Colonel. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26th inst. and to say that I have ordered the Officers and Agents, of the Bureau in this State to forward to Major General Thomas, the papers published in their respective districts, in accordance with his request. Those from Nashville will probably be forwarded to day or tomorrow. I am Colonel Very Respectfully You Obt Servt W. P. Carlin Bvt Maj Genl. Asst Commr. 618. 47- Bureau Refugees Freedmen & Abandoned Lands State of Tennessee Assistant Commissioners Office Nashville Febry 29" 1868 Palmer Lieut Col Fred S. Sub Asst Commr Memphis Tenn. Colonel. The Asst Commissioner directs me to remind you that the Clerk authorized by him to be employed in your Office during the illness of one of your other Clerks, was designed to be but temporary, and directs that you recommend his discharge immediately upon the return of the sick Clerk to duty I have the honor to be Colonel Your Obt Servt (Signed) S. W. Groesbeck Lt & AAA Genl Official W.H. Bower Lt. & A.A.A. Genl. 619 -
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Reopened - Military Records show W.H. Bower A.A.A.G. in Nashville, Tenn.