Letter
A. A. Gibson to Commissary-General of Prisoners, January 10, 1865
HEADQUARTERS FORT WARREN, MASS.,
January 10, 1865.
January 10, 1865. Respectfully furnished to the Commissary-General of Prisoners in explanation of the telegram sent eee in reply to the telegraphic inquiry of what prisoners (officers) are in close confinement and if any are in irons.
A. A. GIBSON,
Major, Third Artillery, Commanding.
a Through this prisoner the plot to escape was made known. He is in confinement
with the others at his own request to avoid suspicion.
Hpers. O. S. MIL. PRISONS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
a Through this prisoner the plot to escape was made known. He is in confinement
with the others at his own request to avoid suspicion.
Hpers. O. S. MIL. PRISONS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861–62. Summary: Major A. A. Gibson reports to the Commissary-General of Prisoners that an officer prisoner, held in close confinement and irons at his own request, revealed an escape plot at Fort Warren in 1865.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 8
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