G. Blagden to United States Governments, January 9, 1865
Washington, D. 0., January 9, 1865. ANDREW B. Cross, Baltimore, Md. :
SIR: I am directed by the Commissary-General of Prisoners to inform you, in reply to your letter of the Ist ultimo, that it will not be convenient, on account of the pressure of business at the present time, to answer all the inquiries which you make. A report as to the number
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of [deaths] among the prisoners has been called for from the three largest camps. with the following results: Johnsov’s Island, near Sandusky City, Ohio (chiefly officers)—number of prisoners since the early part of 1862, 7,377; number of deaths, 198. Fort Delaware, Del., since April, 1863—number of prisoners, 22,398; number of deaths, 1,926. Point Lookout, Md., since July 31, 1863—number of prisoners, 32,140; number of deaths, 1,532. These are three camps suggested in your letter and are a fair criterion of the others. I am, sir,
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Major, Second Mass. Cav., Asst. to Com. Gen. of Prisoners.
SENATE, January 9, 1865.
A RESOLUTION providing for the appointment of a joint committee to investigate
United States Governments.
Resolved (the House of Representatives concurring), That a committee
of three on the part of the Senate and five on the part of the House