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46,149 lettersNew York Harbor, January 8, 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…
Elmira, N. Y., January 8, 1865. Col. B. F. TRACY, Commanding Post: SIR: I have the honor to submit the following inspection report of the condition of the prisoners of…
Washington, D. O., January 11, 1865. Respectfully referred to Col. A. J. Johnson, commanding Rock Island, for remarks. $ l By order of Brig. Gen. H. W. Wessells, Inspector and…
January 11, 1865. January 11, 1865, Respectfully referred to Brig. Gen. H. W. Wessells, CommissaryGeneral of Prisoners, with the suggestion that if, after a full and careful investigation, there shall…
Baltimore, Md., January 7, 1865. Surg. A. CHAPEL, U. S. Volunteers, Commanding Hospital: SIR: I have the honor to transmit the following inspection report of the condition of prisoners of…
January 7, 1865. January 7, 1865. Col. E. W. HOLMSTED?, Commanding Post: SIR: I have the honor to submit the following inspection report of the condition of the prisoners of…
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY COMMANDER, January 7, 1865. Louisville, Ky., January 7,.1865. Capt. S. E. JONES, Additional Aide-de-Camp and Asst. Com. Gen. Prisoners of War: SIR: I have the honor to submit…
Boston Harbor Boston Harbor, January 7, 1865. Maj. A. A. GIBSON, Commanding Fort Warren: SIR: I have the honor to submit the following inspection report of the condition of prisoners…
HEADQUARTERS FORRESTâS CAVALRY CORPS, In the Field, January 6, 1865. Major-General DANA, Commanding U. S. Forces, Memphis, Tenn. : GENERAL: I have the honor herewith to transmit copies of communications…
Washington, D. C., January 10, 1865. Respectfully submitted to the Secretary of War for consideration. [Second indorsement. } WAR DEPARTMENT, January 12, 1865. Returned to the Commissary-General of Prisoners. General…
New York Harbor, January 6, 1865. Brig. Gen. H. W. WESSELLS, Commissary-General of Prisoners, Washington, D. 0.: SIR: Brigadier-General Beall, O, S. Army, was turned over to me as a…
Washington, D. C., January 6, 1865. Bvt. Brig. Gen. JAMES BARNES, Commanding District of Saint Mary’s, Point Lookout, Md.: GENERAL: I have the honor, by direction of the Commissary-General of…
Mobile, October 15, 1864. The following-named negroes are employed by engineer corps at Mobile, Ala. The owners are notified in order to receive the pay due them, *2 2.* âThe…
HEADQUARTERS 111TH U.S. COLORED INFANTRY, Nashville, Tenn., January 5, 1865. SIR: I have the honor to inform you that I have in my possession a copy of the Mobile Advertiser…
Washington, D. O., January 5, 1865. Commanding Depot Prisoners of War, Elmira, N. Y.: COLONEL: I am directed by the Commissary-General of Prisoners to acknowledge the receipt of your inspection…
QUARTERMASTER-GENERALâS OFFICE, January 14, 1865. January 14, 1865, Respectfully returned to Brigadier-General Wessells with information that the requisition referred to within was not received at this office, and with request…
Washington, D. C., January 7, 1865. Respectfully referred to the Quartermaster-General and attention invited to the statement of commanding officer of the prison camp at Elmira, N. Y. The delay…
Elmira, N. Y., January 5, 1865. Brig. Gen. H. W. WESSELLS, Commissary-General of Prisoners, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: I have the honor to state that I forwarded from these headquarters…
January 4, 1865. ‘ ty Washington, D. C., January 4, 1865. Maj. Gen. B. F. BUTLER, Commissioner for Exchange, Fort Monroe, Va.: GENERAL: By authority of the Secretary of War…
Rock Island, Ill., November 23, 1864. Mr. EDITOR: In your issue of the 21st instant I notice an article on the treatment of prisoners of war at this depot. Up…