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17,141 lettersHEADQUARTERS 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…
Washington, D. O., January 5, 1865. Maj. Gen. E. R. S. CANBY, Comdg. Mil. Div. of West Mississippi, New Orleans, La. : GENERAL: I have the honor to inform you…
Washington, D. C., January 3, 1865. Brig. Gen. H. E. PAINE, New York: The Secretary of War directs that you will suspend General Beallâs parole and place him in Fort…
January 3, 1865. . Washington, D. C., January 3, 1865. Brig. Gen. H. E. PAINE, New York City: GENERAL: Whenever General Beall is ready to make distributions at any prison…
Washington, January 3, 1865. Lieutenant-General GRANT, City Point, Va.: GENERAL: In compliance with the instructions of the Secretary of War, to transmit to you all papers in regard to supply…
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT, Richmond, January 2, 1865. SIR: I have the honor to state that about 13,000 prisoners are now held at Salisbury, N. C., and that…
GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF INDIANA, NA f Indianapolis, January 2, 1965. I, Before a military commission, which convened at Indianapolis, Ind., ou the 19th day of September, 1864,…
x Eastport, Miss., January 17, 1865. Respectfully returned to Byt. Brig. Gen. W. Hoffman, CommissaryGeneral of Prisoners, with reference to inclosed letter from Maj. George E. Cooper, medical director, Department…
Steamer Tarascon, January 12, 1865. Respectfully referred to Surg. George E. Cooper, medical director, Department of the Cumberland. By command of Major-General Thomas: Assistant Adjutant-General. {Second indorsement.