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War Department, 
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 
Washington D.C. June 20th, 1865. 

Special Orders
No 14

I. Captain Charles B. Wilder A.Q.M. having reported to the Chief of this Bureau in accordance with orders from A.G.O. is hereby assigned to duty. 
He will at once proceed to Fortress Monroe Va, and report by letter to Col. O. Brown, Asst. Commissioner at Richmond Va. under whose direction after performing the duty herein assigned him he will be. 
He will there without delay proceed to Taylors Island Dorchester County Md. for the purpose of settling as far as possible, as an advisory officer, a difficulty existing between freedmen and their employers in regard to wages. He will make a full report of his action in the matter to the Chief of this Bureau and will as soon as practicable return to Fortress Monroe