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17,141 lettersWAR DEPARTMENT, Washington City WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington City, January 21, 1865. Hon. SCHUYLER COLFAX, Speaker of the House of Representatives : SIR: In answer to the resolution of the House…
COLUMBIA COLUMBIA, January 20, 1865. General S. COOPER: I am at a loss to know where to send prisoners from Florence. In one direction the enemy are in the way.…
OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS, Washington, D.-C., January 20, 1865. Lieut. Col. JOHN E. MULFORD, Assistant Agent for Exchange, Fort Monroe, Va.: COLONEL: I have the honor, by direction of the…
Agent of Exchange. Washington, D. C. Agent of Exchange. Washington, D. C., January 20, 1865. Brig. Gen. H. W. WEssELLs, Commissary-General of Prisoners: SIR: You will please send to Fort…
QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL’S OFFICE, Richmond, January 25, 1865. Respectfully referred to Maj. J. C. Maynard. By order of Quartermaster-General : C. H. MIMS, Captain and Assistant Quartermaster. QUARTERMASTER’S OFFICE, Richmond, January 26,…
Mouth of Red River Mouth of Red River, January 19, 1865. Maj. Gen. S. B. BUCKNER, Commanding District of Louisiana : GENERAL: I have the honor to inform you that…
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, WAR DEPT., EXCHANGE BUREAU, Richmond, Va., January 19, 1865. GENTLEMEN: In response to the inclosed resolution of inquiry of the Legislature of Virginia* in relation to…
HEADQUARTERS FORT WARREN, Boston Harbor, January 19, 1865. Hon. GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D. O.: SIR: The officers and seamen of the steamer Florida are willing to…
OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS, January 19, 1865. : Washington, D. O., January 19, 1865. Col. B. F. TRACY, Commanding Depot Prisoners of War, Elmira, N. Y.: COLONEL: Your letter of…
Richmond Richmond, January 18, 1865. Lieut. Col. Joan E. MULFORD, Assistant Agent of Exchange: SIR: As we have agreed to relieve from close confinement or irons, as the case may…
GENERAL ORDERS, ) WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL’S OFFICE, January 18, 1865. No. 6. f Washington, January 18, 1865. A proposal having been made by Robert Ould on the 22d of…
COLUMBIA COLUMBIA, January 17, 1865. General S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector General, Richmond, Va.: The original location for prison, five miles below Columbia, has been abandoned by order of the…
HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, New Orleans, January 17, 1865. Brig. Gen. D. ULLMANN, Commanding U. S. Forces, Morganza, La. : By direction of the major-general commanding you will…
NEW YORK NEW YORK, January 17, 1865. The court ordered for the trial of Captain Beall, of the rebel service, as a spy met at Fort Lafayette this morning. Will…
NAVY DEPARTMENT, Washington, D. C., January 17, 1865. [Maj. H. A. ALLEN, Fort Warren, Mass. : SIR: You will please discharge from Fort Warren the officers and seamen that were…
Rock Island Barracks, Ill. Rock Island Barracks, Ill., January 16, 1865. Col. A. J. JOHNSON, Commanding Post: SIR: I have the honor to submit the following inspection report of the…
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY COMMANDER, Wheeling, W. Va., January 23, 1865. Respectfully returned, stating that the defect in ventilation has been obviated by opening the upper sash of the windows. JAMES' WASHBURN,…
OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS, Washington, D. C., January 20, 1865. Respectfully returned to Col. J. Washburn, commanding Wheeling, W. Va., for report of the steps taken to obviate the defects…
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY PRISON, Wheeling, W. Va., January 16, 1865. SIR: I have the honor to submit the following inspection report of the condition of the prisoners of war at this…
HEADQUARTERS FORT DELAWARE, DEL., January 16, 1865. January 16, 1865. SIR: I have the honor to submit the following inspection report of the condition of the prisoners of war at…