241 Series II Volume IV- Serial 117 - Prisoners of War
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Hurry the completion of your rolls and the return for June as much as possible. The War Department [wishes] them immediately.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
W. HOFFMAN,
Colonel Third Infantry, Commissary-General of Prisoners.
OFFICE OF PROVOST-MARSHAL-GENERAL,
Wheeling, Va., July 18, 1862.
Colonel WILLIAM HOFFMAN, Commissary-General of Prisoners.
SIR: I am informed that some prisoners have been released from Johnson's Island that were sent from this department of which no report has been made to these headquarters. It is very desirable that I should have notice of the release of prisoners so that my record of them may be complete.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JOS. DARR, Jr.,
Major and Provost-Marshal-General.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL., July 18, 1862.
Colonel WILLIAM HOFFMAN,
Commissary-General of Prisoners, Detroit, Mich.
COLONEL: I have completed my inspection of Camp Butler and have affairs regulated there as well as circumstances will permit. I respectfully request instructions to return to Detroit. I have been quite unwell for the past two days but have made my daily visits to camp.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
H. W. FREEDLEY,
Captain, Third Infantry.
WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, July 19, 1862.
Colonel J. DIMICK,
First U. S. Artillery, Commanding Fort Warren, Boston, Mass.
SIR: The Secretary of War authorized you to permit Marshal Kane,* of Baltimore, to visit Boston during two weeks as often as may be deemed necessary by the surgeon of the post to obtain such medical treatment as his case requires, on giving his parole to communicate with no person except his medical adviser and upon the subject alone of his medical treatment.
I am, &c.,
L. THOMAS,
Adjutant-General.
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, July 19, 1862.
Colonel WILLIAM HOFFMAN, U. S. Army, Detroit:
The Secretary of War says ascertain and report at once how many prisoners of war have escaped from Camps Douglas and Butler and see that a remedy is applied.
L. THOMAS,
Adjutant-General.
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* See Vol. I, this Series, p. 619, for correspondence relating to imprisonment of Marshal Kane.
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