United States, Georgia, Mitchell County, Camilla, 31.23129, -84.21046Howard, O. H.1868-09-21In this telegram dated September 21, 1868, Brevet Major O.H. Howard, a sub-assistant comissioner for the Georgia Freedman's Bureau whose assigned district included Camilla, writes to Brevet Captain M. Frank Gallagher, an adjutant to Caleb C. Sibley, Georgia's asisstant commissioner for the Freedman's Bureau. Howard briefly tells Gallagher that if troops are not sent to protect the freedmen in Camilla, he will resign his office in the Bureau.Digital image and transcription created by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001 of a photocopy held by DeSoto Trail Regional Library of an original record held by the National Archives.image/jpegtext/htmlcam018Forms part of United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. Records held by the National Archives.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Freedmen--Georgia--Violence againstMilitary assistanceReconstruction--GeorgiaPolitical violence--Georgia--CamillaGeorgia--Race relationsUnited States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned LandsGallagher, M. FrankTelegram: Albany, Georgia, to Brevet Captain M. Frank Gallagher, [Atlanta, Georgia], 1868 Sept. 21Text