Letter
Wta Das to and Assistant Adjutant- General, January 26, 1865
Washington, D. C., January 26, 1865.
AMOS PILSBURY, Superintendent Penitentiary, Albany, N. Y.:
Str: In pursuance of instructions received from the Secretary of War I am directed by the Commissary-General of Prisoners to request that Johnson S. Palmer, John R. H. Embert, Braxton Lyon, and Samuel B. Hearn, now confined at Albany penitentiary, be sent to Lieut. Col. John E. Mulford, agent for exchange, Fort Monroe, Va.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
WTA DAS
Captain and Assistant Adjutant- General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861–62. Location: Washington, D. C.. Summary: Captain Wta Das requests the transfer of four prisoners from Albany Penitentiary to Fort Monroe for exchange, following instructions from the Secretary of War in 1865.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 8
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