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War Department,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Washington, July 18th, 1865.

Brevet Maj Genl A.J. Torbert
Com dg Army of the Shenandoah
Winchester, Va.

General
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 15th inst, requesting that an Agent of this Bureau be appointed for the Shenandoah Valley etc. I will be glad if you will select from the officers under your command one that is capable reliable, and a strong friend to the Freedmen, and who will see them protected in all the rights and privileges guaranteed them by law and the proclamation of the President, and detail