Letter
L. B. Northrop to Commissary-General of Subsistence, January 2, 1865
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT,
Richmond, January 2, 1865.
SIR:
I have the honor to state that about 13,000 prisoners are now held at Salisbury, N. C., and that they are being subsisted trom a section of country which should, at this juncture, be wholly tributary to General Lee’s army. I respectfully request that they be removed to points where supplies are more abundant and cannot be made immediately available for the troops in Virginia.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
L. B. NORTHROP,
Commissary-General of Subsistence.
[First indorsement. }
JANUARY 2, 1865.
Commissary-General of Subsistence.
[First indorsement. }
JANUARY 2, 1865.
ADJUTANT-GENERAL:
Refer to General Winder, who has general charge of all the prisoners,
and inform him that the Department feels the force of the suggestion
made by the Commissary-General, and would be pleased to have the
Refer to General Winder, who has general charge of all the prisoners,
and inform him that the Department feels the force of the suggestion
made by the Commissary-General, and would be pleased to have the
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861–62. Location: Richmond. Summary: L. B. Northrop requests relocating 13,000 Confederate prisoners from Salisbury, N.C., to areas with more abundant supplies to preserve provisions for General Lee's army in Virginia during 1865.
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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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