185 Series II Volume IV- Serial 117 - Prisoners of War
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OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS,
Detroit, July 12, 1862.
General M. C. MEIGS,
Quartermaster-General U. S. Army, Washington D. C.
GENERAL: I would respectfully inquire if I am at liberty to order supplies of clothing for prisoners of war at the Western camps and by what depots it should be furnished.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
W. HOFFMAN.
Colonel Third Infantry, Commissary-General of Prisoners.
OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS,
Detroit, July 12, 1862.
Colonel J. DIMICK,
First U. S. Artillery, Commanding Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, Mass.
COLONEL; The War Department has called for a list of all prisoners of war taken by the Army of the Potomac since its arrival on the Peninsula giving the State rank, regiment and company, when captured and the place where captured. If there are any of these prisoners in your charge will you please furnish me with a list as soon as practicable?
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
W. HOFFMAN,
Colonel Third Infantry, Commissary-General of Prisoners.
OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS,
Detroit, July 12, 1862.
Colonel G. LOOMIS,
Fifth Infty., U. S. Army, Commanding Fort Columbus, N. Y. Harbor:
COLONEL; Your letter of the 6th instant with the list of prisoners from Fort Pulaski is received. The clothing which you refer to at the close of your letter is I presume in the hands of your quartermaster and is for issue to the prisoners whenever you think it proper. The war Department has called for a list of all prisoners of war taken by the Army of the Potomac since its arrival on the Peninsula giving the State rank, regiment and company, when captured and the place where captured. If there are any of these prisoners in your charge will you please furnish me a list as early as practicable?
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
W. HOFFMAN,
Colonel Third Infantry, Commissary-General of Prisoners.
OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS,
Detroit, July 12, 1862
Colonel J. H. TUCKER, Commanding Camp Douglas Chicago, Ill.
COLONEL: Your letter of the 11th instant is received. To much of it my letter of last evening is a sufficient reply. In the matter of furnishing horse-carts and other articles for policing purposes I thought it was so well understood when I was at the camp that until now I had felt sure
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