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M96

Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands.
Office Assistant Commissioner.
For State of Mississippi.
Vicksburg, Miss. November 24, 1865.

Major General O.O. Howard
Comr B.R.F.and A.L.
Washington D.C.

General
   I have the honor to transmit herewith a copy of a letter addressed to Major General T J Wood Comd'g Dept. at his own request.  He wishes to reduce the number of garrisons in the State and at the same time accommodate the Bureau.
I am
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servant
Saml Thomas
Col and Asst Comr State Miss