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46,149 lettersHEADQUARTERS CAMP DOUGLAS, Chicago, IUl., January 29, 1865. Col. B. J. SWEET, Highth Regt. Veteran Reserve Corps, Comdg. Post of Chicago: SIR: I have the honor to submit the following…
Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Ind. Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Ind., January 29, 1865. Col. A. A. STEVENS, Commanding Camp Morton: Sir: I have the honor to submit the following inspection report of…
HEADQUARTERS SUPERINTENDENT OF PRISON, Johnson’s Island, Ohio, January 29, 1865. Col. CHARLES W. HILL, 128th Ohio Vol. Infty., Comdg. U. S. Forces, Johnson’s Island, Ohio: SIR: I have the honor…
HEADQUARTERS FORT DELAWARE, DEL., January 29, 1865. January 29, 1865. Sir: I have the honor to submit the following inspection report of the condition of the prisoners of war at…
HEADQUARTERS FORT LAFAYETTE, New York Harbor, January 29, 1865. SIR: Í have the honor to submit the following inspection report of the condition of the prisoners of war confined at…
HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, New Orleans, La., January 28, 1865. COLONEL: I beg leave to call the attention of the major-general commanding to the inclosed list of rebel…
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY COMMANDANT, Louisville, Ky., January 28, 1865. SIR: Ihave the honor to submit the following inspection report of the condition of the prisoners of war at this station for…
HEADQUARTERS FORT WARREN, Boston Harbor, January 28, 1865. Maj. H. A. ALLEN, Commanding Fort Warren: SIR: I have the honor to submit the following inspection report of the condition of…
HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES, City Point, Va., February 7, 1865. Respectfully returned. No stipulation has been entered into between Judge Ould and myself authorizing contributions to Confederate prisoners…
HEADQUARTERS FLORENCE MILITARY PRISON, Near Florence, S. O., January 26, 1865. Col. H. FORNO, Inspector Military Prisons, South Carolina : COLONEL: I have the honor to state that the post…
COLUMBIA, S. C. COLUMBIA, S. C., January 27, 1865. Brig. Gen. J. H. WINDER, Commissary-General of Military Prisons: GENERAL: In obedience to Special Orders, No. 15, òf January 23, I…
AE OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS, Washington, D. C., January 27, 1865. Commanding Depot Prisoners of War, Elmira, N. Y.: COLONEL: I have the honor, by direction of the Commissary-General of…
Fort Monroe, Va. Fort Monroe, Va., January 27, 1865. Hon. R. OULD, Agent for Exchange, Richmond, Va.: SIR: I have the honor to inform you that I am in daily…
HEADQUARTERS PRISONS EAST OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER, Columbia, S. C., January 26, 1865. General S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector General, Richmond : GENERAL: The Federal prisoners of war at all the…
HEADQUARTERS FORT WARREN, Boston Harbor, January 26, 1865. Brig. Gen. H. W. WESSELLS, Commissary-General of Prisoners, Washington, D. C.: SIR: I have the honor to inclose herewith copy of a…
GENERAL ORDERS, HDQRS. NORTHERN DEPARTMENT, January 26, 1865. No. 4. Cincinnati, Ohio, January 26, 1865. Before a general court-martial which convened at Cincinnati, Ohio, January 17, 1865, pursuant to Special…
OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS, Washington, D. C., January 26, 1865. AMOS PILSBURY, Superintendent Penitentiary, Albany, N. Y.: Sir: In pursuance of instructions received from the Secretary of War I am…
Columbia, S. C. Columbia, S. C., January 25, 1865. Capt. J. S. RICHARDSON, Assistant Quartermaster, Columbia, S. C.: CAPTAIN: You will convert greenbacks to the amount of $200 for the…
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY COMMANDER, Wheeling, W. Va., January 25, 1865. Brig. Gen. H. W. WESSELLS, Commissary-General of Prisoners, Washington, D. O.: GENERAL: Upon the receipt of Special Orders, No. 17, from…
HEADQUARTERS PRISONS EAST OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER, Columbia, S. O., January 24, 1865. General S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector General, Richmond, Va.: GENERAL: I hope you will not consider me troublesome…