| From the Shreveport {La.} Daily News |
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| May 31, 1864 |
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| Head Quarters, Trans-Miss. Dept. |
| Shreveport, La., May 30, 1864 |
| Special Orders, No. 133 |
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| V. All negroes in the employment of the
Shreveport and Marshall Railroad Co., through the military
authorities, will be immediately discharged, excepting such as are
held by special agreement of the Company with their owners. |
| By command of, |
| General E. Kirby Smith |
| S. S. Anderson |
| Ass't Adj't Gen'l |
| {Southern Pacific RR
in Texas and Vicksburg, Shreveport & Texas RR in Louisiana} |
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