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WAR DEPARTMENT Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Washington, February 3rd. 1868 SPECIAL ORDERS } Extract No. 17 } II. Mr. L.W. Stevenson, Agent of this Bureau, will proceed to Austin Texas, reporting on his arrival to Bvt Major Genl. J.J. Reynolds, Assistant Commissioner, for assignment to duty. The Quartermaster's Department will furnish the necessary transportation. By order of Major General O.O. HOWARD, Commissioner. E. Whittlesey Actg Assistant Adjutant General. Ass't Comm'r of Texas
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