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17,141 lettersz 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.…
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…
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…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL’S OFFICE, February 1, 1865. No. 51. Washington, February 1, 1865. * + * * * * * 61. Bvt. Brig. Gen. William Hoffman,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Washington, 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…