Letter
C, W. Foster to Edwin M. Stanton, March 8, 1865
WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT GENERALâS OFFICE,
March 8, 1865.
March 8, 1865.
Respectfully referred to Maj. Gen. E. A. Hitchcock, commissioner for the exchange of prisoners, Washington, D. C.
By order of the Secretary of War:
Assistant Adjutant-General of Volunteers.
WHEELING, January 31, 1865.
Hon. E. M. STANTON:
Will the orders of the Department allow the friends of our soldiers
in rebel prisons to send them Confederate money ?
Governor.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861–62. Summary: C. W. Foster forwards Governor Boreman's inquiry to Secretary Stanton regarding permission for sending Confederate money to Union soldiers held in rebel prisons.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 8
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