Letter
Colonel to J. S. Palmer, January 8, 1865
HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI,
New Orleans, La., January 8, 1865.
Commodore J. S. PALMER, Commanding West Gulf Blockading Squadron, New Orleans: SIR: I have the honor to inform you that the officers and seamen of the U. S. Navy paroled at Camp Groce, Tex., December 15, 1864, and delivered on parole to Commander J. R. M. Mullany, U. S. Navy, at Galveston, Tex., December 19, 1364, have been duly exchanged by the delivery of equivalents at Mobile, Ala., on the 6th instant. The officers and seamen above referred to may therefore be at once returned to duty. I am, sir,
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
CHAS, C. DWIGHT,
Colonel and Agent of Exchange, Mil. Div. of West Mississippi.
Richmond, V. A., January 8, 1865.
Colonel and Agent of Exchange, Mil. Div. of West Mississippi.
Richmond, V. A., January 8, 1865.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861–62. Location: New Orleans, La.. Summary: Colonel Charles C. Dwight informs Commodore J. S. Palmer that U.S. Navy officers and seamen paroled in Texas have been officially exchanged and can immediately return to duty.
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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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