W. Hoffman to Otway Hill, February 15, 1865
Washington, D. C., February 15, 1865.
CoS OTW HILL, Commanding Johnsows Island, Sandusky, Ohio:
COLONEL: By direction of the Secretary of War you will forward the following-named prisoners of war to New York, to be shipped thence to Col. C. C. Dwight, assistant agent for exchange, Division of the Mississippi, at New Orleans, for exchange, viz: D. W. Shannon, heutenant-colonel Fifth Texas Cavalry; J. A. Shepard, lieutenant, Fifth Texas Cavalry; F. P. Steck, captain, Third Confederate, O. S. Army, Company H; A. Ridley, major Third Arizona Regiment; H, H. Hall, captain, Third Arizona Regiment; J. M. Elkins, lieutenant, Third Arizona Regiment; J. A. Darby, lieutenant, Fifth Texas Cavalry; A. M. Lyles, lieutenant, Third Arizona Regiment; W. H. Mitchell, lieutenant, Third Arizona Regiment; Thomas J. Bartlett, captain, First Corps, Army of Mississippi in East Texas, inspector-general First Brigade, Second Division; H. G. Bruce, captain, Twentieth Texas, Company H; Henry M. Ellis, captain, Thirteenth Arkansas Infantry, Company H; E. M. Heath, first lieutenant, Twentieth Texas Cavalry; James McKill, captain, Eighth Missouri Infantry, Company E; P. H. Pruett, lieutenant, Tenth Arkansas, Company E; J. M. Wright, second lieutenant, Twentieth Texas, Company B.
Place them in charge of a suitable guard and direct the commanding officer to deliver them to the commanding officer at Fort Columbus, after which he will report in person to Major-General Dix in New York, and he then will return with his guard to Johnsonâs Island. Send duplicate parole-rolls with them, and observe the usual instructions in the transfer of prisoners for exchange. Should anyof theofficersnamed in the foregoing list have been sent from the island, their names will nevertheless be placed on the parole-rolls with appropriate remarks to show how they have been disposed of. If Captain Bartlett declines to be exchanged let him remain at the depot, and make a note on the rolls. The quartermasterâs department will furnish the necessary transportation.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Bot. Brig. Gen., U. S. Army, Commissary-General of Prisoners.