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WAR DEPARTMENT
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
Washington, March 5, 1869

Brevet Brig. Genl. O. Brown
Asst. Commissioner
Richmond, Va

General:

You are hereby requested to take the proper measures to close up the operations of your Department completely on the 30th proximo. The schools of course will continue as by law, but the Superintendent will report directly to this office for specific instructions. All officers of the Army will be relieved from duty on or before that date, and all other employees discharged. The