Freedmen's Bureau Records: Oliver O. Howard to T.
Torbert, July 18, 1865
Summary:
Howard approves the detail of an officer to head a Bureau office in the
Shenandoah Valley and gives further instructions in the matter.
War Department,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Brevet Major General
A.J.A. Torbert
Commanding Army of the Shenandoah
Winchester,
Virginia
July 18th 1865
Washington,
General
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 15th
inst, requesting that an agent of this Bureau be appointed for the Shenandoah
Valley etc. I will be glad if you will elect from the officers under your
command one that is capable, reliable, and a strong friend to the Freedmen, and
who will see them protected in all the rights and privileges guaranteed them by
law and the proclamation of the President, and detail
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him for duty in
this Bureau in accordance with General Orders No. [unclear: 102] War
Department Current Series, copy herewith enclosed
with Orders to report to Colonel
Orlando Brown Assistant Commissioner at Richmond, Va. for instructions, etc. to whom your request
and communication have been referred with a copy of this letter.
Enclosed please find circulars etc. issued from this Bureau.
Very Respectfully
Your obedient servant
O.O. Howard
Major General and Commissioner
