Letter

E, A. Hitchcock to Henry W. Wessells, January 20, 1865

Author

E, A. Hitchcock

Recipient

Henry W. Wessells

Date

January 20, 1865

Type

Letter

Agent of Exchange. Washington, D. C.

Agent of Exchange. Washington, D. C., January 20, 1865.

Brig. Gen. H. W. WEssELLs, Commissary-General of Prisoners:

SIR: You will please send to Fort Monroe for the disposal of LieutenantColonel Mulford, in pursuance of certain arrangements effected by him with the rebel authorities, the following-named officers, prisoners of war at Johnson’s Island, viz: Colonel Penn, of Louisiana; Colonel Powell, Fifth Texas; Col. A. W. Harman, Twelfth Virginia Cavalry; Col. Malcomb D. Graham; Maj. R. McCann; Capt. John Tayloe; Capt. Robert H. Davis; Captain Whitfield, First Alabama; Capt. J. R. Hutter, Eleventh Virginia Infantry; Capt. Charles B. Trevilian; Lieut. J. D. Van Benthuysen; Lieut. Charles Norvell, Twelfth Virginia Cavalry; Capt. Claiborne Snead, Third Georgia; Capt. J. Dudley Whitehead, Third Virginia; Capt. W. B. Seawell, Tweltth Louisiana Battalion Artillery; Lieut. William J. Stanford, Forty-sixth Alabama.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

E, A. HITCHCOCK,
* See Vol. VII, this series, p. 1159,
Washington CITY, D. C., January 20, 1865.

Editor's Notes

From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861–62. Location: Agent of Exchange. Washington, D. C.. Summary: A. Hitchcock instructs H. W. Wessells to send specified Confederate officer prisoners from Johnson's Island to Fort Monroe for transfer arrangements with rebel authorities.

Topics

1865 Civil War Field Reports Military Correspondence Military Operations

Sources

The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 8 View original source ↗