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HEDQUARTERS, BUREAU OF REFUGEES, FREEDMEN AND ABANDONED LANDS, STATE OF TEXAS, Galveston, Apl 20th, 1866 Respectfully returned to Capt Spaulding 7th U.S.C.T. Victoria Texas The man should be tried before a military commission. Lee appears to have acted only in self defense. By Order of Brig. Genl. Gregory Wm H. Sinclair AAG EB 17