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Head Quarters Department of Virginia Seventh Army Corps

Fort Monroe, Va. Apl. 28th 1863

To General Harry A. Wise, or the Commanding Officer, of the troops on the Chickahominy Sir: The Town of Williamsburgh has been occupied as you are aware, by the troops un- der my command as a [fricket?] station or outpost of Yorktown. A large portion of the inhabitants are known not to be well disposed to the Government of the United States. They have nevertheless, while quietly pursuing their domestic avocations, been unmolested, and have been permitted to supply themselves with the necessaries and comforts of life at Yorktown and Fort Monroe. The [?] at Williamsburgh has been [?] under the superintendence of an Army Surgeonand its three hundred helpless inmates sup- plied, at the expense of the United States, with every thing necessary to their comfort and with the re- medial treatment they require. While exercising these