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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Head Quarters, Superintendent 2d District, Petersburg, Va., Feb 7th 1866 Col. O. Brown Asst. Comr &c Richmond Va Colonel I have the honor to deliver into your custody by the bearer hereof (4) four prisoners, forwarded for trial before Mil Commission charged with the following offences, viz. James Dearing (white) Stealing Mules Richard Green (cold) Stealing Mules George Walker (cold) Burglary Robert Roberts (cold) Murder The proper charges and specifications will be forwarded at once. Would add that Dearing is a desperate character - his two accomplices in stealing the mules from me has, one been shot, the other drowned while attempting to escape I am Colonel Very Respy Your Obt Svt over