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46,149 lettersHEADQUARTERS PRISONS EAST OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER, Columbia, S. O., January 24, 1865. General S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector General: GENERAL: There are now at Andersonville, Ga., more troops than are…
En Route for Cairo, T. U. En Route for Cairo, T. U., January 13, 1865. Lieut. JOHN S. LYTLE, Eighth Iowa Infantry Volunteers, In Charge of Rebel Prisoners of War…
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY STATION, Alton, Ill., January 24, 1865. Brig. Gen. H. W. WESSELLS, Commissary-General of Prisoners, Washington, D. O.: GENERAL: I have the honor to transmit herewith a special roll…
HEADQUARTERS FORT LAFAYETTE, New York Harbor, January 24, 1865. Brig. Gen. H. W. WESSELLS, Commissary-General of Prisoners, Washington, D. O.: SIR: Inclosed you will receive a certified copy of a…
HEADQUARTERS FEDERAL PRISON, Cahaba, Ala., January 23, 1865. General J. D. IMBODEN, Augusta, Ga.: GENERAL: On the morning of Friday, January 20, there was a mutiny in the Federal prison…
Saint Louis, Mo. Saint Louis, Mo., January 23, 1865. Col. J. H. BAKER, Provost-Marshal-General, Department of the Missouri : SIR: I have the honor to submit the following inspection report…
Rock Island Barracks, Ill. Rock Island Barracks, Ill., January 23, 1865. Col. A. J. JOHNSON, Commanding Post: SIR: I have the honor to submit the following inspection report of the…
HEADQUARTERS POST, Camp Douglas, Chicago, Ill., February 13, 1865. Respectfully forwarded to the Commissary-General of Prisoners, Washington, D. C. Approved. B. J. SWEET, Colonel Highth Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, Comdg.…
GENERAL WAR DEPARTMENT, August 31, 1864. CouRT-MARTIAL ORDERS, ADJUTANT-GENERAL’S OFFICE, No. 274, \ Washington, August 31, 1864, The sentences “to be hung,” awarded by a military commission and promulgated in…
HEADQUARTERS FORT DELAWARE, DEL., January 23, 1865. January 23, 1865. Brig. Gen. H. W. WESSELLS, Commissary-General of Prisoners, Washington, D. O.: SIR: I have the honor to inclose herewith a…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, D. C., January 23, 1865. The Secretary of War directs that the suspension of General Beall’s parole be revoked and that he be permitted to…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, D. C., January 23, 1865. Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War: SIR: In compliance with your instructions I submit herewith copies of all papers…
Indianapolis, Ind. Indianapolis, Ind., January 22, 1865. Col. A, A. STEVENS, Commanding Camp Morton: SIR: I have the honor to submit the following inspection report of the condition of the…
HEADQUARTERS SUPERINTENDENT OF PRISON, l Johnsows Island, Ohio, January 22, 1865. Commanding U. S. Forces, Johnsows Island, Ohio: SIR: I have the honor to submit the following inspection report of…
HEADQUARTERS FORT DELAWARE, DEL., January 22, 1865. January 22, 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 22, 1865. Lieut. Col. MARTIN BURKE, U. S. Army, Commanding Fort Lafayette: SIR: I have the honor to submit the following inspection report…
HDQRS. O. S. MIL. PRISONS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI, Columbia, S. C., January 21, 1865. MADAM: The occupation of Savannah by the enemy renders it inexpedient for the Confederate States…
QUARTERMASTER’S OFFICE, C, S. MILITARY PRISON, Columbia, S. C., January 21, 1865. General J. H. WINDER, Commissary-General of Prisoners : GENERAL: In my original orders I was limited in paying…
HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, New Orleans, January 21, 1865. Respectfully forwarded to the Commissioner for Exchange of Prisoners. The arrangements made by General Washburn and my own authority…
HEADQUARTERS 111TH U. S. COLORED INFANTRY, Nashville, Tenn., January 21, 1865. GENERAL: I have the honor to inclose herewith a copy of a Mobile paper* (rebel) coutaining, over the signature…