E. A. Hitchcock to Henry E. Paine, January 3, 1865
Washington, D. C., January 3, 1865.
Brig. Gen. H. E. PAINE, New York: The Secretary of War directs that you will suspend General Beallâs parole and place him in Fort Lafayette as a prisoner of war until the
âSee Vol. VIL this series, p. 1198.
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arrival of cotton from Mobile, when his parole will be renewed and he will enter upon the business as agreed upon between General Grant and Mr. Ould. You will remain in New York and await the arrival of the cotton. H. W. HALLECK, Major-General and Chief of Staff.
WASHINGTON CITY, D. C., January 3, 1865. Maj. Gen. E. R. S. CANBY, Commanding, de. :
SIR: The Secretary of War directs me to inform you that Admiral Buchanan is held subject to exchange like other prisoners of war, and he desires this to be made known to the rebel authorities west of the Mississippi River in order that a misapprehension on the subject may be corrected.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Major-General, U. S. Volunteers, Commissioner of Exchange.
P. S.âI presume, general, that the object of this notice is to remove
an objection which it is said has stood in the way of the exchange of
some naval prisoners (Union) held in Texas. You can act, therefore, in
the case as if this information had been communicated prior to the
interruption of exchanges.
ETASHS