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not the case please return it to me. You had better perhaps return it to me whether it is so or not and them I can arrange everything here and correct it. Please do so at once. My address is American House, Columbus. Did you send my telegram to Captain Freedley? Did he receive it?
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
H. M. LAZELLE,
Captain, Eighth Infantry.
GENERAL ORDERS,
WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE, Numbers 90.
Washington, July 26, 1862.I. The principle being recognized that should not be held as prisoners of war it is hereby ordered that all chaplains so held by the United States shall be immediately and unconditionally discharged.
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By order of the Secretary of War:
L. THOMAS,
Adjutant-General.
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, July 26, 1862.
Brigadier General W. S. KETCHUM, Saint Louis, Mo.:
It is represented that paroled prisoners at Benton Barracks are made to do duty violating their parole. The Secretary of War directs you to examine and report on this and to stop it.
L. THOMAS,
Adjutant-General.
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, July 26, 1862.
Major General JOHN A. DIX, Commanding Fort Monroe, Va.
GENERAL: The Secretary of War directs me to inform you that no inclosures accompanied your letter of the 23rd instant in which you state that you return all papers sent to you relating to the negotiations for a general exchange of prisoners of war by Generals Wool and McClellan and that these papers have not yet been otherwise received at this Department.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
C. P. WOLCOTT,
Assistant Secretary of War.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
Berkeley, July 26, 1862.Major General H. W. HALLECK, Commanding U. S. Army.
GENERAL: I have seen to-day nearly a thousand of our sick and wounded just returned from Richmond. Some refugees have also arrived and a number of surgeons and chaplains taken prisoners at Bull Run. All of these who have enjoyed any opportunities of observation unite in stating that re-enforcements are pouring into Richmond from the South. * * *
I have, &c.,
G. B. McCLELLAN,
Major-General, U. S. Army.
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