Letter

G. Blagden to J. H. Winder, January 27, 1865

Author

G. Blagden

Recipient

J. H. Winder

Date

January 27, 1865

Type

Letter

Washington, D. C., January 27, 1865.

Col. B. F. TrAOY,

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 Quartermasterâs Department. The requisitions will be held for the present.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

Major, Second Mass. Oav., Asst. to Com. Gen. of Prisoners.
COLUMBIA, S. C., January 27, 1865.
Brig. Gen. J. H. WINDER,
Commissary-General of Military Prisons:
GENERAL: In obedience to Special Orders, No. 15, Ã²f January 23, I
have the honor to report the results of an inspection made by me of the
military prison at Florence, S. C.:

Editor's Notes

From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861–62. Location: Washington, D. C.. Summary: G. Blagden informs J. H. Winder that requisitions for clothing for Confederate prisoners are held pending supply from cotton purchases arriving in New York, anticipating General Beall's shipment.

Topics

1865 Civil War Field Reports Military Correspondence Military Operations

Sources

The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 8 View original source ↗