Jno. E. Mulford to R. OULD, Agent for Exchange, January 27, 1865

Hon. R. OULD, Agent for Exchange, Richmond, Va.:

SIR: I have the honor to inform you that I am in daily receipt of official information of the prompt action of the U. S. authorities for the release of that class of prisoners embraced in our recent arrangement for the release and return home of “all prisoners of war in confinement (close) or irons, as the case may be,” and I shall be able to deliver many of them to you on my next trip, as they are now on the way to Fort Monroe for that purpose. I trust your authorities have been no less prompt in this good work, and that by this time our men are at least enjoying the full extent of that liberty usually extended to ” prisoners of war.” This I know to be the case with your men.

very respectfully, your obedient servant,