Letter
Henry W. Wessells to Halbert E. Paine, January 31, 1865
OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS,
Washington, D. C., January 31, 1865.
General H. E. PAINE, U.S. Volunteers:
GENERAL: I will thank you to inform me with as little delay as possible how soon the clothing will be ready to forward to rebel prisoners of war. Pressing demands are continually received from some of the prisoners representing the want of clothing by a portion of the prisoners. I am holding them for the present in hopes the cotton will furnish all that is absolutely necessary.
Respectfully, yours,
H. W. WESSELLS,
Commissary-General of Prisoners.
Commissary-General of Prisoners.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861–62. Location: Washington, D. C.. Summary: H. W. Wessells requests H. E. Paine to promptly inform when clothing for Confederate prisoners of war will be ready to address urgent shortages.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 8
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