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BUREAU OF REFUGEES, FREEDMEN AND ABANDONED LANDS,
HEAD QUARTERS, SIXTH DISTRICT, VIRGINIA,
Winchester, Va., Dec 11th 1865

Col O. Brown, Asst Comr
Richmond Va

Colonel
I have the honor to state that the condition of the Freedmen in this District is substantially the same as at my last report.

Bureau affairs have undergone some changes, I having at last secured the presence of a company of Infantry at Harrisonburg which gives me effective jurisdiction in the large county of Rockingham.

Lt. Tubbs at Lexington reports the withdrawal of troops from Botetourt Co and says that without them he can do nothing in that county. I am also led to believe that the troops are taken from Bath and Highland counties in which case it would be simply useless to attempt the maintenance of agencies there.

In the counties last named there are but few freedmen and their relations to the whites generally understood and observed. In Botetourt they are in larger numbers and need instruction and protection

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Lt. Tubbs confirmed agent at Lexington, per Staff Roster ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-08-07 14:48:25