Viewing page 2 of 294

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

Office of Assistant Superintendent Negro Affairs
Norfolk Va June 6th 1865

Captain O. Brown }
A.Q.M. & Asst. Com.}
State of Virginia }

Captain:
I have the honor to report that Mr DeWitt, Overseer of the Whiteheads Farm No2. at Bernard's Mills, Nansemond County brought me information today, that an officer of the United States Army- a cavalry officer- grade unknown- supposed to be of the 3d Regt. New York Vol Cavalry at about 8 o'clock P.M. yesterday,5th inst, came upon the farm and in company with one Charles Cady -a civilian- visited the huts of the negros and told them that he intended to take them all to a farm above Suffolk and put them at work: and that if they would not work he would compel them -that he would lock them up at night in a stockade and if they should attempt "to run away he would shoot them right down" He also ordered Mr DeWitt to stop the rations of several

Transcription Notes:
---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-01-17 21:15:53 ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-01-17 22:21:43