Letter

John C. Breckinridge to W. M. Gardner, February 8, 1865

Author

John C. Breckinridge

Recipient

W. M. Gardner

Date

February 8, 1865

Type

Letter

Richmond, February 8, 1865.

His Excellency Z. B. VANCE, Governor of North Carolina, Raleigh, N. C.:

SIR: Your letter of the 1st instant calling attention to the suffering condition of the Federal prisoners at Salisbury has been received. I have the honor to inform you that I have directed the Adjutant-General to cause an inspection to be made of the prison at Salisbury, and have such instructions given thÂ® inspecting officer as will enable him to correct the evils complained of.

Very respectfully,

Secretary of War.
RICHMOND, February 8, 1865.
Brig. Gen. W. M. GARDNER:
SIR: I am quite sure there are at least two Federal officers who have
been placed in close confinement or irons at Danville. Their names are
Col. W. R. Hartshorne, One hundred and ninetieth Pennsylvania, and
Maj. E. S. Horton, Fifty-eighth Massachusetts. They were put in confinement, by order of the Adjutant-General, in retaliation for Colonel

Editor's Notes

From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861–62. Location: Richmond. Summary: John C. Breckinridge responds to concerns about Federal prisoners' suffering at Salisbury by ordering an inspection and addressing retaliatory confinement of Union officers at Danville.

Topics

1865 Civil War Field Reports Military Correspondence Military Operations

Sources

The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 8 View original source ↗