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Bureau R. F. and A. Lands,
LEXINGTON, VA., July 10, 1868.

LT. JACOB WAGNER

Military Commissioner:

LIEUTENANT:

I have the honor to request that I be furnished with a copy of the report of a Board of Investigation, of which you were Recorder, held at this place on or about the 3d of June last, to investigate and inquire into my conduct as an Asst. Sub. Asst. Commissioner Bureau R. F. and A. Lands. Such investigation was at my request, as appears in the letter written by me to Major General SCHOFIELD, which formed part of the proceedings. My conduct having been subjected to a thorough investigation, I deem it but just that I should be officially informed of the result.

I am, Lieutenant, very respectfully,

Your obedient servant,

DOUGLAS FRAZAR,
Asst. Sub. Asst. Commr.

The Board having concluded its investigation, respectfully submits the following

REPORT:

We are of the opinion that the charge of making an incendiary speech has not been sustained against Douglas Frazar, A. S. A. C. B. R. F. AND A. K. (late Col. and Bvt. Brig. Gen. Vols.); and that although be may have erred in speaking at a meeting held by a Conservative political speaker (which was, however, peculiarly a meeting of freedmen, as shown by Mr. McD. Moore's evidence), we can attach no blame to General Frazar's recital of his experience in other counties ; his words of encouragement to colored people, and an open expression of his opinions. His remarks in reference to "colored people being obliged to give way to the whites on the sidewalks and in stores," we believe to have been greatly misconstrued. The resolutions of a meeting of three hundred colored men, and the testimonial of Dr. Freeman, Assessor of Revenue, who is a loyal Virginian and a reliable gentleman, show that General Frazar's instructions to the freedmen have been such only as are calculated to be beneficial to the general good. The Board cannot trace any connection between General Frazar and the shooting show that he caused the colored people to congregate at the Court-House, on the day of Cæsar Griffin's trial, with arms. Efforts were made to find proof of this by the prosecutors of the charges, which were so entirely unsuccessful that we regard the charge[[strikethrough]]s[[/strikethrough]] as without foundation, and are of the opinion that but few colored people who attended had arms. It has been proven that General Frazar had at least one pistol on his person at the time, but the Board attaches no great impropriety to it, as he was the only Government official then in town, and considerable excitement prevailed. As an officer of the Bureau, the Board is assured that General Frazar has done his duty fully, but we deprecate that he took part in discussion at a political meeting, inasmuch as in doing so he has incurred the ill-feeling of many white people, which may be detrimental to him as a mediator between the two races. Attention is however called to the Circular, numbered "7," enclosed [[strikethrough]] to[[/strikethrough]] in General Frazar's defence, which he believed authorized him to be present and do so.

(Signed)           F. M. COOLEY,
Capt. 11th Inf. and Bvt. Lt. Col. U. S. A. Mil. Comd. 22d Div. Va

(Signed)           JACOB WAGNER,
1st Lt. 29th U.S. Inft. Mil. Comd. 24th Div. Va.

HEADQUARTERS FIRST MILITARY DISTRICT,
RICHMOND, VA., July 20, 1868.

Official copy respectfully furnished Douglas Frazar,A. S. A. Commr. Bureau R. F. and A. Lands, through Headquarters Sub-District of Lynchburg.

(Signed)           S. F. CHALFIN,
Assistant Adjutant General