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46,149 lettersWashington, D. C., January 31, 1865. General H. E. PAINE, U.S. Volunteers: GENERAL: I will thank you to inform me with as little delay as possible how soon the clothing…
WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT GENERALâS OFFICE, March 8, 1865. March 8, 1865. Respectfully referred to Maj. Gen. E. A. Hitchcock, commissioner for the exchange of prisoners, Washington, D. C. By order…
New Orleans, January 30, 1865. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 13th instant, and in compliance with the request therein contained to forward…
February 6, 1865. February 6, 1865, Respectfully referred to Brig. Gen. W. Hoffman, Commissary-General of Prisoners, to give the desired information, and the writer so advised. A. B. EATON, Commissary-General…
Rock Island, Ill., January 30, 1865. Brig. Gen. A. B. EATON, Commissary- General of Subsistence, Washington City, D. C.: SIR: Permit me to ask your attention to General Orders, No.…
Wheeling, W. Va., January 30, 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…
HEADQUARTERS FORT WARREN, Boston Harbor, January 30, 1865. Brig. Gen. H. W. WESSELLS, Commissary-General of Prisoners, Washington, D. C.: SIR: I have the honor to report that the three following-named…
Washington, D. C., February 17, 1865. Respectfully returned to the Secretary of War. It is impossible to identify these parties on the records of this office unless their names can…
New Orleans, La., January 29, 1863. GENERAL: By direction of the major-general commanding you will please forward a copy of the following communication by flag of truce to an outpost…
January 29, 1865. SEVENTY-FOURTH U.S. COLORED INFANTRY, January 29, 1865. COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS: SIR: I have the honor to submit the following inspection report of the condition of the prisoners…
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 inspection report of…
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 to submit the following…
January 29, 1865. January 29, 1865. Brig. Gen. A. SCHOEPF, Commanding Post: Str: I have the honor to submit the following inspection report of the condition of the prisoners of…
New York Harbor, January 29, 1865. Lieut. Col. MARTIN BURKE, Commanding Fort Lafayette : SIR: Ã have the honor to submit the following inspection report of the condition of the…
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 officers, prisoners of war, confined at…
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 the week ending…
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 the prisoners of…
City Point, Va., February 7, 1865. Respectfully returned. No stipulation has been entered into between Judge Ould and myself authorizing contributions to Confederate prisoners of war from friends within our…
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 commissary is issuing the…
Washington, D. C., January 27, 1865. Col. B. F. TrAOY, Commanding Depot Prisoners of War, Elmira, N. Y.: COLONEL: I have the honor, by direction of the Commissary-General of Prisoners,…