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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen & Abandoned Lands, HEAD QUARTERS ASST. COMMISSIONER, STATE OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Va, 4th September 1865. Colonel Edward Smith Asst. Adjt Genl Col:— I have the honor to request that the following named officers be detailed for duty in this Bureau and ordered to report to me by letter, — Capt. Sam'l Gilmore, 39th Illinois Regt recommended by Bvt. Brig. Gen. O. S. Mann, Capt. J. A. Blake, 3rd Pa. artillery recommended by Maj. Gen Miles. Very respectfully your obt. servt. O Brown Col. & Asst. Commr.
Transcription Notes:
Adjt = Adjutant
Bvt. = Brevet