Order

W. A. Nichols to O. O. Clay, January 18, 1865

Author
W. A. Nichols
Recipient
O. O. Clay
Date
January 18, 1865
Type
Order
GENERAL ORDERS, ) WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL’S OFFICE,
January 18, 1865.

No. 6. f Washington, January 18, 1865. A proposal having been made by Robert Ould on the 22d of August last to “let all prisoners of war on each side be released from confinement (close) or in irons, as the case may be, and either placed in the eondition of other prisoners or sent to their respective homes for their equivalents,” which proposal was duly approved by the Secretary of War, it is hereby ordered that all Confederate prisoners of war that come within the terms of said accepted proposal be released and sent to Fort Monroe, there to be detained, subject to the orders of Lieut.

him to carry the proposal into effect. In executing this order the expression “confinement (close)” will be construed as meaning prisoners confined in cells.

By order of the Secretary of War:

W. A. NICHOLS,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Richmond, January 18, 1865.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861–62. Summary: W. A. Nichols orders the release and transfer of Confederate prisoners from close confinement to Fort Monroe, following Robert Ould's approved proposal to ease prisoner conditions during the Civil War.
Topics
1865Civil WarField ReportsMilitary CorrespondenceMilitary Operations
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 8 View original source ↗
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