Letter
G. Blagden to B. F. Traoy, January 27, 1865
AE OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS,
Washington, D. C., January 27, 1865.
Commanding Depot Prisoners of War, Elmira, N. Y.: COLONEL: I have the honor, by direction of the Commissary-General
of Prisoners, to acknowledge receipt of requisitions for clothing forwarded by you for approval on the 21st instant. As the cotton for the purchase of supplies for rebel prisoners has arrived at New York, it is supposed that clothing will be forwarded by General Beall nearly or quite as soon asit could be furnished by the Quartermaster’s Department. The requisitions will be held for the present.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
G. BLAGDEN,
Major, Second Mass. Oav., Asst. to Com. Gen. of Prisoners.
Major, Second Mass. Oav., Asst. to Com. Gen. of Prisoners.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861–62. Location: Washington, D. C.. Summary: G. Blagden informs Colonel Traoy that requisitions for clothing for Confederate prisoners at Elmira are acknowledged but held pending supply arrival via General Beall, expected to be quicker than Quartermaster provisions.
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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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