Letter

We L HARTZ to and Assistant Adjutant- General, January 6, 1865

Author

We L HARTZ

Recipient

and Assistant Adjutant- General

Date

January 6, 1865

Type

Letter

Washington, D. C., January 6, 1865.

Bvt. Brig. Gen. JAMES BARNES, Commanding District of Saint Mary’s, Point Lookout, Md.: GENERAL: I have the honor, by direction of the Commissary-General of Prisoners, to acknowledge the receipt of inspection report of the condition of prisoners of war at Point Lookout, Md., for the week ending December 31, 1864, and request thatif in your opinion a portion of the tents are unfit for further use you will cause them to be inspected in the usual manner and submit the report to this office, with such suggestions as you may deem proper to make. If the prisoners are suffering for want of necessary clothing, make a requisition for present wants and it will be submitted to the Quartermaster-General. It is hoped that the rebel authorities will be able to procure clothing for their men in our hands at an early day from the proceeds of a cargo of cotton said to have been shipped from Mobile with that object.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

We L HARTZ;

Captain and Assistant Adjutant- General.

CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.—UNION AND CONFEDERATE.

Editor's Notes

From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861–62. Location: Washington, D. C.. Summary: We L Hartz requests Brig. Gen. James Barnes to inspect and report on the condition of prisoner tents at Point Lookout and to requisition clothing if prisoners lack necessary supplies.

Topics

1865 Civil War Field Reports Military Correspondence Military Operations

Sources

The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 8 View original source ↗