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17,141 lettersHEADQUARTERS WEST’S BUILDINGS HOSPITAL, Baltimore, Md., January 21, 1865. Surg. A. CHAPEL, U.S. Volunteers, Commanding Hospital: SIR: I have the honor to submit the following inspection report of the condition…
HEADQUARTERS FORT WARREN, Boston Harbor, January 21, 1865. Maj. H. A. ALLEN, Commanding Fort Warren: Sir: I have the honor to submit the following inspection report of the condition of…
Washington, D. C., January 21, 1865. Lieut. Col. JOHN E. MULFORD, Agent for the Exchange of Prisoners, Fort Monroe, Va.: CoLONEL: The communication of the 7th instant addressed to you…
Washington, D. C., January 21, 1865. Maj. Gen. GEORGE STONEMAN, Commanding Department of the Ohio, Lowisville, Ky.: GENERAL: I have the honor to inquire if Charles E. Marshall, son of…
Washington, D. C., January 21, 1865. Bvt. Maj. Gen. S. G. BURBRIDGE, Commanding District of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. : GENERAL: I am authorized to request that Col. J. D. Morris…
WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERALâS OFFICE, Washington, January 21, 1865. Hon. EDwIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War: SIR: In compliance with your instructions I have the honor to submit herewith copies of…
January 21, 1865. ; Washington, D. C., January 21, 1865. Hon..E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War: Sir: I have authorized Colonel Mulford, agent of exchange, to renew negotiations for the…
Washington, D.-C., January 20, 1865. Lieut. Col. JOHN E. MULFORD, Assistant Agent for Exchange, Fort Monroe, Va.: COLONEL: I have the honor, by direction of the Commissary-General of Prisoners, to…
ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER’S OFFICE, Richmond, January 26, 1865. Respectfully returned to Major Maynard. You are aware of the difficulty in procuring wood for the last ten days. I borrowed wood several…
QUARTERMASTER-GENERALâS OFFICE, Richmond, January 25, 1865. Respectfully referred to Maj. J. C. Maynard. By order of Quartermaster-General : CH. MIMS, Captain and Assistant Quartermaster. [Third indorsement.] QUARTERMASTERâS OFFICE, Richmond, January…
Richmond, Va., January 19, 1865. GENTLEMEN: In response to the inclosed resolution of inquiry of the Legislature of Virginia* in relation to the transmission of supplies to Confederate prisoners in…
Boston Harbor, January 19, 1865. SIR: The officers and seamen of the steamer Florida are willing to give their parole to leave the United States within ten days after liberation,…
January 19, 1865. : Washington, D. O., January 19, 1865. Col. B. F. TRACY, Commanding Depot Prisoners of War, Elmira, N. Y.: COLONEL: Your letter of the 5th instant, requesting…
January 19, 1865. January 19, 1865. Col. R. OULD, Agent of Exchange: SIR: Inclosed I send you the names of a number of gentlemen who have been selected by the…
GENERAL ORDERS, ) WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL’S OFFICE, January 18, 1865. No. 6. f Washington, January 18, 1865. A proposal having been made by Robert Ould on the 22d of…
New Orleans, January 17, 1865. By direction of the major-general commanding you will please dispatch a flag of truce to the nearest outpost of the enemy toward Simsport bearing a…
Washington, D. C., January 17, 1865. [Maj. H. A. ALLEN, Fort Warren, Mass. 😐 SIR: You will please discharge from Fort Warren the officers and seamen that were captured in…
Wheeling, W. Va., January 23, 1865. Respectfully returned, stating that the defect in ventilation has been obviated by opening the upper sash of the windows. JAMES’ WASHBURN, Colonel 116th Ohio…
Washington, D. C., January 20, 1865. Respectfully returned to Col. J. Washburn, commanding Wheeling, W. Va., for report of the steps taken to obviate the defects in ventilation. By order…
Wheeling, W. Va., January 16, 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…