Letter
Unknown to Henry Wager Halleck, February 18, 1865
Washington, D. C., February 18, 1865.
Respectfully returned to Maj. Gen. H. W. Halleck, Chief of Staff. At the date of this telegram there were no prisoners in irons at Jolnson’s Island. Last night a citizen prisoner, Thomas F. Berry, was placed in irons for stabbing Lieut. Harlin Morgan, a prisoner of war, who died of the wound. W. HOFFMAN, Bot. Brig. Gen., U. S. Army, Commissary-General of Prisoners.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861–62. Location: Washington, D. C.. Summary: W. Hoffman reports to Maj. Gen. Halleck the absence of prisoners in irons at Johnson's Island except for Thomas F. Berry, restrained for fatally stabbing a fellow prisoner.
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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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