Letter
W. Hoffman to Horatio G. Wright, October 25, 1862
OFFICE OF COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS,
Washington, D. O., October 25, 1862.
Maj. Gen. HoRATIO G. WRIGHT, Commanding Department of the Ohio, Cincinnati, Ohio: GENERAL: Will you please direct that Richard White and William Phalen, prisoners of war, confined in the Third street prison, Cincinnati, be released on their taking the oath of allegiance? By order:
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
W. HOFFMAN,
Colonel Third Infantry, Commissary-General of Prisoners.
{Inclosure No. 2.)
GENERAL ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE Ohio,
Colonel Third Infantry, Commissary-General of Prisoners.
{Inclosure No. 2.)
GENERAL ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE Ohio,
No. 49. In Camp, October 26, 1862.
I. All recruits for the rebel army captured or arrested by troops of
this command will be regarded as prisoners of war, and sent without
delay to Vicksburg, and there paroled and left subject to exchange.
I. All recruits for the rebel army captured or arrested by troops of
this command will be regarded as prisoners of war, and sent without
delay to Vicksburg, and there paroled and left subject to exchange.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Middle and East Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, Pt. 1. Location: Washington, D. O.. Summary: W. Hoffman requests Major General Horatio G. Wright to release two Confederate prisoners in Cincinnati upon their oath of allegiance during the Civil War in 1862.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 20, Part 1
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