Letter
Ethan A. Hitchcock to Henry W. Wessells, January 16, 1865
Washington, D. C.
Washington, D. C., January 16, 1865.
Brig. Gen. H. W. WESSELLS, Commissary-General of Prisoners :
SIR: You will immediately take proper measures for sending to Fort Monroe (and send them to Lieutenant-Colonel Mulford) all such persons as are described in the annexed copy of a letter from General Grant of the 13th instant, addressed to Colonel Mulford,t in order to their being exchanged without delay.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
E E. A. HITCHCOCK,
Major-General of Volunteers and Commissioner of Exchange.
Major-General of Volunteers and Commissioner of Exchange.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861–62. Location: Washington, D. C.. Summary: E. A. Hitchcock instructs Brig. Gen. Wessells to promptly send specified prisoners to Fort Monroe for immediate exchange as directed by General Grant.
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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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