W. Hoffman to H. E. Paine, February 4, 1865
Washington, D. C., February 4, 1865.
Brig. Gen. H. E. PAINE, U.S. Volunteers, New York, N. Y.: GENERAL: I have the honor to inclose herewith requisition for clothing required for prisoners of war at Fort Delaware, Point Lookout, Camp Chase, and Camp Douglas. Asunder the recent understanding these articles are to be furnished by the rebel authorities through their agent, General Beall, I send you the estimate to show what quantities should be furnished. Please notify me to what prisons supplies are forwarded, and when. I am, general,
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Bot. Brig. Gen., U. S. Army, Commissary-General of Prisoners.
WASHINGTON, February 4, 1865.
Brigadier-General HOFFMAN, Commissary-General of Prisoners:
GENERAL: His Excellency Stephen Miller, Governor of Minnesota,
with a humane and pathetic anxiety to minister to the wants of such
Minnesota soldiers as may be held in rebel prisons, authorizes me to
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