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War Department Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands Brevet Major General A.C. Gillem Assistant Commissioner Vc. Vicksburg, Mississippi; General. I enclose you the report of T.W. Conway I have been requested by gentlemen to write to General Ord with regard to the manner in which he is reconstructing Mississippi: with regard to the selection of Registers, and upon other points. But as it is not my business proper I will only write to you. There seems to be an prevailing impression among some of the leaders that the Union element is not sufficiently fostered in Mississippi: that sufficient care is not taken to develop it. I have never thought that such a remark as that made by W. Conway with reference to yourself had the least shadow of truth. From my observation I have