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Marshall Harrison County Texas
November 1st 1865

Brig Genl E. M. Gregory
Asst Commissioner Bureau Refugees &c
Galveston Texas

Sir:
In compliance with Par 173 Revised Army Regulations I have the honor to report that in accordance with Par. 1 Special Orders No. 1 Headquarters Bureau of Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Texas, Galveston Oct 6th 1865, I left Galveston Oct 8th reached Houston the 9th when finding it impossible to go to Marshall overland, returned to Galveston Oct 11th. There being no Steamer for New Orleans I was compelled to wait until the 14th of Oct when I embarked on Steamer Rebecca Clyde reaching New Orleans Oct 17th embarked at once on steamboat Sonora and reached Shreveport La Oct 26th thence overland to Marshall a distance of forty miles, arriving October 27th 1865

I am Very Respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
H. Seymour Hall
Brevet Colonel U.S. Vols
Asst Supt Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands  

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