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W. S. Winder to Senn, January 31, 1865
Columbia, S. C. Columbia, S. C., January 31, 1865. Captain SENN: I am instructed by General Winder to request that you grant permission to Captain McChesney, a prisoner of war…
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W. M. G. Barth to Witherspoon, January 31, 1865
HDQRS. MIL. PRISONS EAST OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER, Columbia, S. O., January 31, 1865. Captain WITHERSPOON, Assistant Commissary of Subsistence, Columbia, $. 0.: CAPTAIN: The brigadier-general commanding desires me to say…
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John H. Winder to S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector General, January 31, 1865
Columbia, S. C. 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…
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J. A. Seddon to Bradley T. Johnson, Salisbury, N. O, January 31, 1865
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, WAR DEPARTMENT, Richmond, Va., January 31, 1865. General BRADLEY T. JOHNSON, Salisbury, N. O.: I have later information that a raid is about to be made…
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J. A. Seddon to Bradley T. Johnson, Salisbury, N. C, January 31, 1865
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, WAR DEPARTMENT, Richmond, Va., January 31, 1865. General BRADLEY T. JOHNSON, Salisbury, N. C.: I have information, probably correct, that within the next ten or twenty…
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Chas. C. Dwight, January 31, 1865
OFFICE OF AGENT OF EXCHANGE, New Orleans, January 31, 1865. Assistant Agent of Exchange, Mobile, Ala. : MAJOR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of…
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Daniel Ullmann, January 31, 1865
HEADQUARTERS U.S. FORCES, Morganza, La., January 31, 1865. Agent of Exchange, Hdqrs. Mil. Div. of W. Miss., New Orleans, La. : COLONEL: [have the honor to report that I succeeded…
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R. S. Granger, January 31, 1865
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF NORTHERN ALABAMA, Decatur, January 31, 1865. GENERAL: I have the honor to inform you that the proposition for exchange has been accepted by the provost-marshal-general, as will…
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A. L. Tallman to J. V. Bomford, January 31, 1865
HEADQUARTERS FORT COLUMBUS, New York Harbor, January 31, 1865. Col. J. V. BOMFORD, Commanding Post: SIR: I have the honor to submit the following inspection report of the condition of…
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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,…
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Henry W. Wessells to Halbert E. Paine, January 31, 1865
OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS, Washington, D. C., January 31, 1865. General H. E. PAINE, U.S. Volunteers: GENERAL: I will thank you to inform me with as little delay as possible…
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C, W. Foster to Ethan A. Hitchcock, March 8, 1865
WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT GENERAL’S OFFICE, March 8, 1865. March 8, 1865. Respectfully referred to Maj. Gen. E. A. Hitchcock, commissioner for the exchange of prisoners, Washington, D. C. By order…
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Lorenzo Thomas to Unknown, January 30, 1865
HEADQUARTERS OFFICE OF EXCHANGE, New Orleans, January 30, 1865. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 13th instant, and in compliance with the request…
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Amos B. Eaton to Commissary-General of Subsistence, February 6, 1865
OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF SUBSISTENCE, February 6, 1865. February 6, 1865, Respectfully referred to Brig. Gen. W. Hoffman, Commissary-General of Prisoners, to give the desired information, and the writer so advised.…
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R. C. Rutherford to Amos B. Eaton, January 30, 1865
OFFICE COMMISSARY OF SUBSISTENCE, Rock Island, Ill., January 30, 1865. Brig. Gen. A. B. EATON, Commissary-General of Subsistence, Washington City, D. C.: SIR: Permit me to ask your attention to…
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A. P. Caraher to A. J. Johnson, January 30, 1865
Rock Island Barracks, IUl. Rock Island Barracks, IUl., January 30, 1865. Col. A. J. JOHNSON, Commanding Post: SIR: I have the honor to submit the following inspection report of the…
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Edwin Frey to James Washburn, January 30, 1865
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY PRISON, ATHENEUM, Wheeling, W. Va., January 30, 1865. Col. JAMES WASHBURN, Military Commander of Wheeling, W. Va : SIR: I have the honor to submit the following inspection…
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Gideon Welles to E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War, January 30, 1865
NAVY DEPARTMENT NAVY DEPARTMENT, January 30, 1865. Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War: SIR: In August last an expedition from the U. S. S. Saratoga captured in McIntosh County,…
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Charles C. Dwight to Ic. Szymanski, January 29, 1863
HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, New Orleans, La., January 29, 1863. GENERAL: By direction of the major-general commanding you will please forward a copy of the following communication by…
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Ernest W. Holmstedt to Commissary-General Of Prisoners, January 29, 1865
HEADQUARTERS SHIP ISLAND, MISS., January 29, 1865. SEVENTY-FOURTH U.S. COLORED INFANTRY, January 29, 1865. COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS: SIR: I have the honor to submit the following inspection report of the…