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War Department,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Washington, September 19th, 1865

Special Orders, No. 70

II.  The Counties of Alexandria, Fairfax and Loudon Va. are herby detached from the District of Virginia, and anexed to that of the District of Columbia.  Colonel John Eaton Jr. Commissioner &c.

By order of Maj. Genl. O. O. Howard

Max Woodhull
Asst. Adjt. General

Col. O. Brown
Asst. Comm'r &c