Letter
O, Ax Dana to William N.R. Beall, January 31, 1865
NEW YORK
NEW YORK, January 31, 1865.
General Beall will probably be ready to commence the shipment of supplies within two or three days.
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington City, January 31, 1865.
GENERAL: I inclose a copy of a statement of Charles W. Helm, “major, C. S. Army,” and of a certificate of J. T. Boyle, late brigadiergeneral of volunteers, in regard to charges against Col. Charles S. Hanson, who is to be tried by the rebel authorities, and beg to request that you will affix thereto a certificate exonerating Colonel Hanson.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
O, Ax DANA
Assistant Secretary of War.
[Inclosure No. 1.]
Army, is now a prisoner, wounded, in the College Hospital, Lynchburg,
Assistant Secretary of War.
[Inclosure No. 1.]
Army, is now a prisoner, wounded, in the College Hospital, Lynchburg,
Va. He was captured at Saltville, Va., about the 1st of October, 1864.
Charges have been preferred against him by Lieutenant-Colonel Alston,
C. S. Army, for cruelty to Confederate prisoners and violation of parole.
CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.—UNION AND CONFEDERATE.
Charges have been preferred against him by Lieutenant-Colonel Alston,
C. S. Army, for cruelty to Confederate prisoners and violation of parole.
CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.—UNION AND CONFEDERATE.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861–62. Location: NEW YORK. Summary: Assistant Secretary of War O. Ax Dana requests General Beall to certify Colonel Charles S. Hanson's exoneration from charges of cruelty and parole violation before his trial by Confederate authorities.
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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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