Letter
J. C. Johnson to I. G. Szymanski, February 2, 1865
SHREVEPORT, L. A.
SHREVEPORT, L. A., February 2, 1865.
Col. I. G. SZYMANSKI, Commissioner for Exchange, Department of Trans-Mississippi : COLONEL: I wish to call your attention to the fact that when a Confederate officer dies in a Federal prison possessed of mouey, neither his friends nor heirs are allowed to use or derive any benefit from it, but the amount of which he died possessed is said to be forwarded to Washington, D. C., to be placed to the credit of a prison fund. What that fund is to be appropriated for I am unable to say. I am,
your obedient servant,
J. C. JOHNSON,
Lieutenant-Colonel Bell's Regiment Arkansas Infantry.
Washington, February 3, 1865.
Lieutenant-General GRANT:
Lieutenant-Colonel Bell's Regiment Arkansas Infantry.
Washington, February 3, 1865.
Lieutenant-General GRANT:
Rebel prisoners of war belonging to regiments from Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Louisiana and disabled prisoners
are distributed through all the prison stations. Shall I collect them
together at Point Lookout preparatory to, their being forwarded for
exchange? It will be attended with some delay; some deliveries must
are distributed through all the prison stations. Shall I collect them
together at Point Lookout preparatory to, their being forwarded for
exchange? It will be attended with some delay; some deliveries must
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861–62. Location: SHREVEPORT, L. A.. Summary: J. C. Johnson requests clarification on the disposition of Confederate prisoners' money after death and seeks instructions from General Grant on consolidating disabled and regional prisoners for exchange.
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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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