![Transcription Center logo](/themes/custom/tc_theme/assets/image/logo.png)
This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.
War Department Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands Washington, December 21st 1865 Col. O. Brown Asst. Commissioner State of Virginia. Colonel. Try and struggle on till action is taken by Congress. I find that the President has not the power to set apart the lands. I will bring the matter before Congress as soon as possible. Please inform Capt. Wilder. Respectfully O.O. Howard Maj. Gen. Comr.