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NARA 874

Louisville Miss
June 1st 1868

Barneone R.P.
Ret'd Registrar

Requests troops to preserve the peace &c &c

Louisville Miss Jun 1st 1868

Maj __ Smith
Commander Bureau &c
Macon Miss.

Dear Sir,
From information received from Maj Powers of Noxubee County, I am induced to request you to send a portion of Troops to this place, for the preservation of peace, and the protection of Union Men.
I understood from Maj Powers that if there was Serious apprehension of an outbreak of one portion of citizens against another and you were notified of the fact, you would Send Troops to Suppress such outbreak.

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