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SPECIAL ORDERS, ) WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL’S OFFICE,

February 1, 1865.

No. 51. Washington, February 1, 1865. * + * * * * *

61. Bvt. Brig. Gen. William Hoffman, U. S. Army, CommissaryGeneral and Inspector of Prisoners of War, will relieve Brig. Gen. H. W. Wessells, U.S. Volunteers, in charge of the office of CommissaryGeneral of Prisoners, in the city of Washington.

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By order of the Secretary of War:

Assistant Adjutant- General.

CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.—UNION AND CONFEDERATE.

WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington City, February 1, 1865.

Governor BOREMAN, Wheeling, W. Va.:

No objection is made by this Department to the friends of our prisoners sending them Confederate paper or anything else. Whatever is

sent to the exchange agent is transmitted to the prisoner to whom it

is addressed.