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for a year past.

I am not aware that Capt Porter's fears of robbery of freedmen during Christmas week were realized.  But I am aware of the fact that the robberies committed upon them the previous Christmas were by U.S. soldiers; and that the same class has repeated the offence frequently since, not only upon freedmen but upon white persons also.  I do not mean this as any reflection upon the U.S. Army. But I mention it to show that Capt Porter would have more fairly discharged his duty if he had state that the soldiers were the parties who robbed freedmen.
I am general
Most Respectfully 
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