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W. Hoffman, © to H. E. Paine, February 4, 1865
Washington, D. O., February 4, 1865. GENERAL: Your letter of the 2d instant, requesting to be informed of the number of prisoners at the several stations, to enable General Beall…
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N. B. Buford to To His Excellency Governor Z. B. VANCE, February 3, 1865
Helena, Ark., February 3, 1865. SIR: Your letter of the 21st ultimo is received. One of the prisoners named, J. G. Smith, was sent to Northern prisons via Cairo some…
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Henry W. Wessells to Canby, at New Orleans, for his decision whether he will forward, January 21, 1865
Washington, D. C., January 21, 1865. GENERAL: I am authorized to request that the following-named officers and enlisted men of the rebel army, who are said to be in close…
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Unknown to O. T. Christensen, February 3, 1865
Helena, Ark., February 3, 1865. Lieut. Col. O. T. CHRISTENSEN, Assistant Adjutant-General : SIR: About the 1st of May, [1864,] my troops captured First Lieut. T. O. Casteel, First Arkansas…
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W. S. Winder to IG. Szymanski, February 2, 1865
February 2, 1865. Columbia, S. 0., February 2, 1865. Capt. O. MORFIT, Assistant Quartermaster, Richmond, Va. : CAPTATN: Capt. H. A. M. Henderson, late commanding the prison at Cahaba, Ala.,…
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John W. Riely to and Assistant Adjutunt-General, February 14, 1865
Nashville, February 14, 1565. Respectfully forwarded to the Adjutant-General of the Army for information and action of War Department, with copy of letter to General Hood from the general commanding…
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Unknown, February 4, 1865
Chattanooga, February 4, 1865. Respectfully forwarded. JAMES B. STEEDMAN, Major-General, Commanding. * See January 27, p. 136.
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H. A. Allen to Confederate prisoners confined in cells or in irons have been ordered, February 2, 1865
Boston Harbor, February 2, 1865. SIR: In pursuance of instructions received from the Navy Department the officers and seamen of the insurgent steamer Florida were released yesterday, the 1st instant,…
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ED. Knoble to and Actg. Asst. Insp. Gen., Dept. of the Cumberland, February 1, 1865
z Eastport, February 1, 1865. General J. B. Hoop, C. S. Army, Commanding Confederate Forces : GENERAL: On the evening of the 1st of November, 1864, while the U. S.…
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Unknown, February 1, 1865
Savannah, Ga., February 1, 1865. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Headquarters Department of the South: My medical director yesterday inspected the condition of the rebel prisoners confined at Fort Pulaski, and represents that…
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H. A. Allen, February 1, 1865
Boston Harbor, February 1, 1865. Brig. Gen. H. W. WESSELLS, Commissary-General of Prisoners, Washington, D. O.: SIR: I have the honor to inclose herewith copy of letter* received from the…
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E, D. Townsend to CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.âUNION AND CONFEDERATE. 163, February 1, 1865
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL’S OFFICE, February 1, 1865. No. 51. Washington, February 1, 1865. * + * * * * * 61. Bvt. Brig. Gen. William Hoffman,…
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Jno. F. Iverson to CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.âUNION AND CONFEDERATE. 161, January 31, 1865
Near Florence, S. C., January 31, 1865. Capt. W. S. WINDER, Assistant Adjutant-General: CAPTAIN: I have the honor to state that the ration now being issued to the prisoners at…
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WM. G. Barth to 160 Prisoners Of War And State, Etc, January 31, 1865
Columbia, S. O., January 31, 1865. Captain WITHERSPOON, Assistant Commissary of Subsistence, Columbia, $. 0.: CAPTAIN: The brigadier-general commanding desires me to say to you that under the instructions from…
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Jno. H. Winder to Brigadier- General, January 31, 1865
Richmond, Va., January 31, 1865. General BRADLEY T. JOHNSON, Salisbury, N. O.: I have later information that a raid is about to be made by Stoneman from East Tennessee to…
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Unknown to Bradley T. Johnson, January 31, 1865
Richmond, Va., January 31, 1865. General BRADLEY T. JOHNSON, Salisbury, N. C.: I have information, probably correct, that within the next ten or twenty days desperate efforts at escape will…
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Chas. C. Dwight to James R. Curell, January 31, 1865
New Orleans, January 31, 1865. Maj. JAMES R. CURELL, y 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 to 158 Prisoners Of War And State, Etc, January 31, 1865
Morganza, La., January 31, 1865. Jol. ©. ©. DWIGHT, d Agent of Exchange, Hdqrs. Mil. Div. of W. Miss., New Orleans, La. : COLONEL: [have the honor to report that…
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R. S. Granger to P. D. Roddey, January 31, 1865
Decatur, January 31, 1865. Brig. Gen. P. D. RODDEY, Comdg. Confederate Forces, District of Northern Alabama: GENERAL: I have the honor to inform you that the proposition for exchange has…
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A. L. Tallman to James V. Bomford, January 31, 1865
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 the prisoners of…