HEAD-QUARTERS DISTRICT OF ALABAMA. Montgomery Ala., April 2, 1867. GENERAL ORDERS, No. 1. By direction of General POPE, the undersigned is charged with the administration of the Military Reconstruction Bill in this State….

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