Letter
Gideon Welles to Edwin M. Stanton, January 17, 1865
Washington, D. C., January 17, 1865.
[Maj. H. A. ALLEN, Fort Warren, Mass. π SIR: You will please discharge from Fort Warren the officers and seamen that were captured in the insurgent steamer Florida on the expressed condition that they leave the United States within ten days after their liberation.
Very respectfully, We., .
Secretary of the Navy.
NEW YORK, January 17, 1865.
Hon. E. M. STANTON:
The court ordered for the trial of Captain Beall, of the rebel service,
as a spy met at Fort Lafayette this morning. Will commence their
proceedings on Friday, two days having been given to him for preparation. Heasks that Roger A. Pryor, a fellow-prisoner, may be allowed
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Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861β62. Location: Washington, D. C.. Summary: Gideon Welles instructs the discharge and expulsion of captured Confederate officers from the steamer Florida and reports the upcoming trial of Captain Beall as a spy at Fort Lafayette.
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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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