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18. Office U.S. Military Telegraph, WAR DEPARTMENT. The following Telegram received at Washington, 320 PM. Dec 21 1865. Charleston 20 Dec Maj Gen O O Howard Informal possession of certain abandoned Rice Plantations was given when you were at Savannah. Must the owners of such plantations make agreements with the resident freedmen before full possession is given. A P Ketchum Capt &c 31/388 pd [[stamp]] U. S. MILITARY TELEGRAM P.M. Dec 21 1865 [[/stamp]]