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WAR DEPARTMENT, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Washington, April 7" - 1868. SPECIAL ORDERS No. 42 Extract. Mr. E. G. Townsend, Agent of this Bureau, will proceed without unnecessary delay to Richmond Virginia, re-porting upon his arrival to Bvt. Brig. Genl. O. Brown, Assistant Commissioner Bureau R. F. and A.L. for assignment to duty. The Quartermasters' Department will furnish the necessary transportation. Reported May 1st 1868 By order of Major-General O. O. HOWARD, Commissioner : Asst. Commissioner of Virginia E. Whittlesey Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.