Letter
Unknown to Henry W. Wessells, January 11, 1865
January 11, 1865.
January 11, 1865, Respectfully referred to Brig. Gen. H. W. Wessells, CommissaryGeneral of Prisoners, with the suggestion that if, after a full and careful investigation, there shall be found no foundation for such statements as are here inclosed, there should be made, for the eye of the public and over an official signature, a proper counter statement. A. B. EATON, Commissary-General of Subsistence.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861–62. Summary: A. B. Eaton refers allegations to Brig. Gen. H. W. Wessells for investigation and suggests issuing an official public rebuttal if the claims prove unfounded.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 8
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