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Bureau of R.F&A.L. Hd. Qrs. Asst. Sub Asst. Comr 3rd & 4th Divisions, 8th Sub District, Virginia, Christiansburg, Montgomery County, Va.
March 31st 1868
Bvt. Capt. Will A. Coulter USA
AAA Genl.
Capt. I have the honor to make the following report of the administration of Civil Justice, in the counties composing the 3rd & 4th Divisions (Montgomery, Pulaski, Giles, Roanoke, Craig and Floyd) 8th Sub District, Va. for the past month.
No cases have come to my notice of injustice or partiality on account of race or color, either before the Civil Magistrates or the Courts: and as far as I have been able to learn, the complaints of Freedmen have received proper attention.
Quite a number of minor differences between Freedmen and the Whites have been satisfactorily adjusted at this office without recourse to the civil process of law. over 

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