Letter

Wot EARL Z to and Assistant Adjutant-General, January 21, 1865

Author

Wot EARL Z

Recipient

and Assistant Adjutant-General

Date

January 21, 1865

Type

Letter

Washington, D. C., January 21, 1865.

Lieut. Col. JOHN E. MULFORD, Agent for the Exchange of Prisoners, Fort Monroe, Va.: CoLONEL: The communication of the 7th instant addressed to you by R. Ould, rebel agent for exchange, in relation to Miss Amelia Murphy, has been referred to this office, and in reply 1 have the honor, by direction of the Commissary-General of Prisoners, to inform you that she was released from Fort McHenry, Md., December 28, 1864. = Iam, colonel,

very respectfully, your obedient servant,

Wot EARL Z:

Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.

Noming Washington, D. 0., January 21, 1865.

I. In pursuance of instructions received at this office George Dusky

and Lieutenant Gandy, of the rebel army, who are said to be in solitary

confinement in cells at Wheeling, W. Va., will be immediately released

and forwarded under proper guard to Lieut. Col. J. E. Mulford, assistant agent for exchange, at Fort Monroe, Va. Col. James Washburn

Editor's Notes

From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861–62. Location: Washington, D. C.. Summary: Wot Earl Z informs Lieutenant Colonel John E. Mulford of the release of Miss Amelia Murphy from Fort McHenry and the imminent release of Confederate prisoners George Dusky and Lieutenant Gandy for exchange.

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 ↗