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17,141 lettersHEADQUARTERS WESTS BUILDINGS HOSPITAL, Baltimore, Md., January 16, 1865. Surg. A. CHAPEL, U. S. Volunteers, Commanding Hospital : SIR: I have the honor to transmit the following inspection report of…
January 16, 1865. January 16, 1865. Brig. Gen. A. SCHOEPF, Commanding Post: SIR: I have the honor to submit the following inspection report of the condition of the prisoners of…
Mobile, Ala., January 15, 1865. General S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector General, Richmond, Va.: GENERAL: Please inform the Secretary of War that the cotton for purchase of supplies for our…
Elmira, N. Y., January 15, 1865. Brig. Gen. H. W. WESSELLS, Commissary-General of Prisoners: GENERAL: I have the honor to return herewith communication from P, E, O’Connor, Tenth Veteran Reserve…
Chicago, Ill., January 15, 1865. Col. BENJAMIN J. SWEET, Commanding Post of Chicago, TU.: SIR: I have the honor to submit the following inspection report of the condition of the…
Johnson’s Island, Ohio, January 15, 1865. Col. CHARLES W. HILL, Commanding U. S. Forces, Johnson’s Island : SIR: I have the honor to submit the following inspection report of the…
New York Harbor, January 15, 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…
Richmond, Va., January 14, 1865. General D. H. Maury, Mobile, Ala. : General U. S. Grant notifies Col. Robert Ould that vessel has been waiting in Mobile Bay for a…
HEADQUARTERS FORT WARREN, Boston Harbor, January 14, 1865. Maj. H. A. ALLEN, Commanding Fort Warren : SIR: I have the honor to submit the following inspection report of the condition…
ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS, January 8, 1865. No. 4. j Fredericksburg, Va., January 8, 1865. I. Privates Hussing and White, Seventh South Carolina Cavalry, will proceed immediately to Dumfries, and farther…
Richmond, Va., January 13, 1865. Capt. H. S. DOGGETT, Fredericksburg, Va.: Detain Hon. H. S. Foote until further orders.* J. A. SEDDON, Secretary of War. HEADQUARTERS, Fredericksburg, Va., January 13,…
Elmira, N. Y., January 13, 1865. Lieut. R. J. MCKEE, Acting Assistant Adjutant- General: LIEUTENANT: I have the honor to report that prisoners of war in this camp receive rations…
Nashville, Tenn., January 13, 1865. General J. B. Hoop, C. S. Army, Commanding O. S. Army of Tennessee : GENERAL: I take this means of informing you of an act…
City Point, Va., January 15, 1865. Col. JOHN E. MULFORD, Assistant Agent of Exchange: COLONEL: The letter of Judge Robert Ould, agent of exchange of Confederate States, of date Richmond,…
Shreveport, January 7, 1805. Maj. Gen. E. R. S. CANBY, Commanding U. S. Forces, &c., New Orleans, La.: GENERAL: I have directed Major Szymanski, ©. S. agent of exchange for…
January 12, 1865. FLAG-OF-TRUCE STEAMER COUNTESS, Mouth of Red River, January 12, 1865, Col. CHARLES C. DWIGHT, Comr. of Exchange, Mil. Div. of West Miss., New Orleans, La.: COLONEL: Ihave…
MEDICAL DIRECTOR’S OFFICE, January 12, 1865. January 12, 1865. Bvt. Brig. Gen. W. HOFFMAN, U.S. Army, Commissary-General of Prisoners : Sir: The information you have received concerning the collecting together…
January 10, 1865. January 10, 1865. Respectfully furnished to the Commissary-General of Prisoners in explanation of the telegram sent eee in reply to the telegraphic inquiry of what prisoners (officers)…
Fort McHenry, Md., January 10, 1865. Capt. J. G. RAMSAY, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Second Separate Brigade, Eighth Army Corps: SIR: Comformable with instructions herewith returned, I have the honor to…
Washington, D. C., January 11, 1865. Respectfully referred to Col. B. F.Tracy, commanding Depot Prisoners of War, Elmira, N. Y., for his information. These papers to be returned. By order…