This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.
Bureau R.F. & A.L. Office A.S.A.C. 2nd Div, 3d Sub Dist Ashland, Va. Dec 15th 1868 Bvt Maj Paul R. Hambrick. S.A.C. 3d Sub Dist. Va. Major. I have the honor to state for your information that this morning a freedman came to this Office, who had been beaten upon the head in a most severe and cruel manner. The author of the outrage was one Calvin Bullock. Overseer upon the place of a Mr Coleman, some three miles from this place. The complainant stated that the overseer charged him with having misplaced something which he denied having done whereupon Bullock seized a stick and knocked him several times on the head, making him senseless, in which condition he lay for nearly a half an hour. His Head was very badly bruised and cut. In answer to inquiries he stated that
Transcription Notes:
----------
Reopened for Editing 2023-12-09 12:25:06
----------
Reopened for Editing 2023-12-09 14:43:33