Letter
the President. Another locality to Samuel Cooper, January 17, 1865
COLUMBIA
COLUMBIA, January 17, 1865.
General S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector General, Richmond, Va.:
The original location for prison, five miles below Columbia, has been abandoned
by order of the President. Another locality, fourteen miles
above Columbia, on the Charlotte railroad, has been selected and a
considerable quantity of timber has been gotten out, and we shall continue the construction unless you think it unsafe. We have been
delayed, waiting for the opinion of the district attorney as to the title
to the land and the want of the purchase money, and now we are
considerable quantity of timber has been gotten out, and we shall continue the construction unless you think it unsafe. We have been
delayed, waiting for the opinion of the district attorney as to the title
to the land and the want of the purchase money, and now we are
delayed, as the time of the last year's labor has expired and that for
this year we have not been enabled yet to procure. Ask the Quartermaster-General to send the purchase money at once. He has been
telegraphed to.
this year we have not been enabled yet to procure. Ask the Quartermaster-General to send the purchase money at once. He has been
telegraphed to.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861–62. Location: COLUMBIA. Summary: The President directs relocating a prison site near Columbia, requests approval of the new location, and urges immediate release of funds for land purchase and construction continuation.
Topics
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 8
View original source ↗