Letter

Alex. J. Perry to Joseph Wessells, January 14, 1865

QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL’S OFFICE,

January 14, 1865, Respectfully returned to Brigadier-General Wessells with information that the requisition referred to within was not received at this office, and with request that, if approved, he will make requisition on this office for such articles as in his opinion should be sent to the prisoners of war at Elmira. By order of Quartermaster-General:

ALEX. J. PERRY,

Colonel, Quartermaster's Department.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861–62. Summary: Alex J. Perry informs Brigadier-General Wessells that a requisition was not received and requests a formal requisition for supplies to be sent to Elmira prisoners of war.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 8 View original source ↗