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HEADQUARTERS
District Of Mississippi.
BUREAU REFUGEES, FREEDMEN, AND ABANDONED LANDS.  
OFFICE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER,
FOR THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
Vicksburg, Miss., Oct 25th, 1866.

Major Genl O.O. Howard,
Commissioner, Bureau RF&AL.
Washington, D.C.

General;
I am pained to announce that Capt. Silas May, V.R.C. Sub-Comr BRF&AL. Dist Grenada, in this State, died on the morning of the 23rd inst. at the village of Grenada. This leaves but one Bureau Officer in this District. Therefore, I have the honor to request that another Officer be detailed to report to me for duty, as there are but two officers in each of the other Districts and no one of them can be spared to fill this vacancy without