Unknown to James H. Reagan, February 3, 1864
Richmond, Va., February 3, 1864.
Hon. J. H. REAGAN, Postmaster- General:
Str: In compliance with my letter of the 29th ultimo,* I have the honor to communicate the result of the inquiry into the action of this Department on your letters of the 19th of October and 17th of November, 1863, and January 7, 1864.
The last, in regard to the complaint of the postmaster at Ivor of being turned out of his office, and its being appropriated to other uses by military authority, has been referred to the proper officers for inquiry and report and has not yet been returned.
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The cases of Kinzer and Surface, arrested and returned to their regiment
by order of General Buckner after their discharge from the
military service of the Confederate States on writs of habeas corpus
by Judge Fulton, of the Virginia bench, and which are the subject
of your letter of the 17th of November, 1863, had been brought to the
attention of the Department-.in the latter part of August by Hon.
Waller R. Staples, had been investigated, and were under consideration when your letter was received.
That of the 19th of October was referred to the Conscript Bureau,
the response from which is herewith inclosed.*
The questions presented by your two communications last referred