Jno. H. Winder to Brigadier- General, January 31, 1865
Richmond, Va., January 31, 1865.
General BRADLEY T. JOHNSON, Salisbury, N. O.:
I have later information that a raid is about to be made by Stoneman from East Tennessee to release the prisoners at Salisbury. Take and confer with your superior officers as to proper precautions.
J. A. SEDDON, Secretary of War.
CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.âUNION AND CONFEDERATE. 159
HDQRs. MIL. PRISONS EAST OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER, Columbia, S. C., January 31, 1865. General S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector General :
GENERAL: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your telegram directing the release of all Federal prisoners held in close confinement or in irons, which has been carried into effect.
There is in Richland Jail, at this place, a prisoner styled Colonel Ackworth, a citizen of Georgia, of conscript age, who had been exempt as a practicing physician, and who, after Sherman passed his residence, raised a regiment for the enemyâs service. There is also another prisoner, Capt. Shad. Harris, whose case is fully explained in the accompanying papers. I respectfully ask instructions as to the course to be adopted in these two cases.
I am, general,
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Brigadier- General.
[First indorsement. FEBRUARY 6, 1865.
Respectfully submitted to the Secretary of War.
Nothing is known in this office of the case of Colonel Ackworth.
The statement in reference to Captain Harris is substantially correct.
The record of the court-martial proceedings in his case is on file in the