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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Office Superintendent 2d District,
Petersburg, Va., Jan 21st 1866.

Col. O. Brown
Asst Commmdr 
Richmond Va

Colonel

I have the honor to inform you that the prisoners with the witnesses in the case of the Assault on Lt. Percy Halifax Co are in this City, with the exception of the principal R. W. Hobson

Will they be sent to Richmond at once for trial, or retained here?

Please inform this office as soon as convenient and oblige.

Very Respectfully
Your Obt Srvt
Stuart Barnes
Capt and A.Q.M.
Supt 2d Dist

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