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46,149 lettersRichmond, Va., February 10, 1865. General D. H. Maury, Mobile, Ala.: Under the arrangement with General Grant, send out, through N. Harleston Brown, 1,500 bales cotton on notice of Federal…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams. No. 833.] Department of State, Washington, February 5, 1864. Sir: I enclose copies of the Morning Chronicle, of this city, of yesterday, which contain an…
Washington, D. C., February 15, 1865. Respectfully referred to Maj. Gen. H. W. Halleck, Chief of Staff, for his information. W. HOFFMAN, Bot. Brig. Gen., U. S. Army, Commissary-General of…
Camp Morton, near Indianapolis, Ind., February 10, 1865. Capt. W. T. HARTZ, Asst, Adjt. Gen., Office Com. Gen. of Prisoners, Washington, D. 0.: CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report…
February 9, 1865. Post AND DEFENSES OF MEMPHIS, Memphis, Tenn., February 9, 1865. Brig. Gen. H. W. WESSELLS, U. S. Volunteers, Inspector and Uommissary-General of Prisoners : SIR: I have…
Washington, D. C., February 9, 1865. Col. ERNEST W. HOLMSTEDT, Commanding Ship Island, Miss.: COLONEL: I have the honor, by direction of the Commissary-General of Prisoners, to acknowledge the receipt…
Near Moulton, Ala., February 8, 1865. Brig. Gen. R. S. GRANGER, Commanding U. S. Forces, District of Northern Alabama: GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your…
Richmond, February 8, 1865. His Excellency Z. B. VANCE, Governor of North Carolina, Raleigh, N. C.: SIR: Your letter of the 1st instant calling attention to the suffering condition of…
New Orleans, La., February 8, 1865. Brig. Gen. N. B. BUFORD, Commanding District of Eastern Arkansas, Helena, Ark. : GENERAL: I am directed by the major-general commanding to acknowledge the…
Boston Harbor, February 8, 1865. Capt. WRIGHT RIvEs, U.S. Army, Headquarters Department of the Hast, New York City: SIR: I have the honor to report that Capt. Frank Battle, Wheeler’s…
Washington, D. C., February 8, 1865. Brig. Gen. H. E. PAINE, 37 Bleecker Street, New York City: l GENERAL: Major-General Halleck, Chief of Staff U. S. Army, directs me to…
Washington, D. C., February 7, 1865. Col. C. W. HILL, Commanding Johnson’s Island, Ohio: COLONEL: The Commissary-General of Prisoners directs that any of the following-named rebel officers who may come…
Washington, D. C., February 7, 1865. Brig. Gen. S. P. CARTER, Provost-Marshal-General, Dept. of East Tenn., Knoxville, Tenn.: GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter…
HEADQUARTERS WESTâS BUILDINGS HOSPITAL, Baltimore, Md., February 6, 1865. Surg. A. CHAPEL, U.S. Volunteers, Commanding Hospital: Str: I have the honor to submit the following report of the condition of…
New York Harbor, February 6, 1868. COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS, Washington City, D. C.: SIR: In compliance with paragraph 12 of circular from the Commissary-General of Prisoners, dated Washington, D. ©.,…
Washington, February 27, 1865. Approved. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. WASHINGTON, February 6, 1865. Lieutenant-General GRANT: Will the prisoners who are to be forwarded for exchange be released on…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS U. S5. FORCES, February 3, 1865. JOHNSON’S ISLAND AND SANDUSKY, No. 34, \ Johnson’s Island, Ohio, February 3, 1865. * * * * * * *…
Johnsows Island, Ohio, February 5, 1865. SIR: I have the honor to submit the following inspection report of the condition of the prisoners of war at this station for the…
February 5, 1865. ; Elmira, N. Y., February 5, 1865. Brig. Gen. WILLIAM HOFFMAN, Commissary-General of Prisoners, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: Your telegram of the 4th instant, directing the preparation…
Washington, D. C., February 4, 1865. Brig. Gen. H. E. PAINE, U.S. Volunteers, New York, N. Y.: GENERAL: I have the honor to inclose herewith requisition for clothing required for…