F, C. Wilkes to Robt. J. Barrow, February 15, 1865
New York, February 15, 1865.
Colonel Tracy will use his discretion and judgment in granting all «due facilitiesâ for the proper distribution of supplies. The parole should be such as to afford such âdue facilitiesâ as agreed upon between General Grant and Colonel Ould. DATES
Brigadier-General, Commanding (for General Paine).
ForT WARREN, Boston Harbor, February 13, 1865. COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS, Washington, D. C.:
Through various sources of information we learn that the Confederate prisoners captured west of the Mississippi River have been sent down
216 : PRISONERS OF WAR AND STATE, ETC.
that river for exchange. We beg to call your attention to the fact that a few officers belonging to that department are at this place and we respectfully request that we may not be made an exception to the general exchange in that department. A speedy reply is respectfully requested. We have the honor to be,
very respectfully, &c.,
Colonel, Invalid Corps.
Colonel, C. S. Army.
[And others of the Trans-Mississippi Department.]
[FEBRUARY 13, 1865.âFor Gillmore to Halleck, requesting authority
to return to military prisons in the North 495 rebel officers sent to the
Department of the South in August, 1864, to be placed under fire in