Viewing page 205 of 260

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

Adjutant General's Office
Washington December 10th 1866

Major General O.O. Howard
Commissioner Bureau Refugees Freedmen and A. Lands
Washington D.C.

Sir

Referring to your endorsement of the 8th ultimo. I have the honor to inform you that Captain James A. Bates 43rd Infantry V.R.C. will be continued on duty in the Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands in the state of Virginia until further orders

I am Sir
Very Respectfully
Your obedient servant
sigd S.D. Townsend
Asst Adjt Genl.

official copy respectfully furnished for the information of Capt Bates (thro office Asst. Comr. Va

(Sigd) A.P. Ketchum
Act. Asst. Adjt. Genl.

Bureau R.F. and A L.
Washington Dec. 12th 66

Official
O Brown
Bvt. Brig. Genl. and A.A.A.G.

Transcription Notes:
---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-09-29 19:05:56