Order
E, D. Townsend to Governor Boreman, February 1, 1865
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.
By order of the Secretary of War:
E, D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.—UNION AND CONFEDERATE.
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington City, February 1, 1865.
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.
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.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861–62. Summary: The War Department appoints Bvt. Brig. Gen. William Hoffman to replace Brig. Gen. H. W. Wessells as Commissary General of Prisoners and permits sending Confederate papers to Union prisoners.
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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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