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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