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Bureau Refugees Freedmen and A Lands
Hd Qrs 5th Div 6th Sub Dist Va
Heathsville Jany 25th 1868.

Bvt Brig Genl O Brown,
Asst Comr. State of Va.

General,

In compliance with Circular No "6" dated Hd Qrs Asst Comr. Bur. R.F. & A.L. State of Va. Richmond Jany 29th 1866, I have the honor to report, that the feeling existing between the Whites and Blacks in this Division, has undergone no material change since my last report.  Ever since the Election of Oct. 22d there seems to have been a feeling of antagonism growing up between the two races, that was not observable before that time.

This feeling was no doubt caused by the failure upon the part of the whites, to control the votes of the Freedmen as easily as they had anticipated.  It is my opinion that the presence of the Bureau Officers, and the Military government of the State, alone prevents a course of injustice and wrong, that would culminate in open hostilities between the two races. 

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