301 Series II Volume IV- Serial 117 - Prisoners of War
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WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, July 28, 1862.
Brigadier General L. THOMAS,
Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.
SIR: In the execution of the duties confined to you as agent of the United States in arranging for the exchange of prisoners of war the Secretary of War directs that you visit such points as you may find necessary.
I have the honor to be, sir, &c.,
E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, July 28, 1862.
Major General JOHN POPE,
Commanding Army of Virginia, Washington, D. C.
SIR: The secretary of War directs that Colonel Mulligan, now at New Creek, Va., be placed in arrest and called to account for the charges made against him in the inclosed letter* from Colonel J. H. Tucker. Please return the inclosures.
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, July 28, 1862.
Brigadier-General WADSWORTH,
Military Governor District of Columbia, Washington, D. C.
SIR: The Secretary of war directs that you send all the prisoners of war now confined in this District to Fort Monroe under a suitable guard to be exchanged. call upon the quartermaster's department for transportation.
I am, sir, &c.,
E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
July 28, 1862.Honorable EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War:
In answer to your inquiry I have the honor to state that Dr. Carter W. Wormerly, a political prisoner now in confinement at Fort Delaware, was arrested at his home on the Upper Pamunkey for giving aid and information to the enemy. His residence is such that if now released he could do no injury to our cause under existing circumstances.
G. B. McCLELLAN,
Major-General.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
July 28, 1862.L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General.
I request that you will give me as much notice as possible of your anticipated time of arrival on the James River with the prisoners so
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* Omitted here; Tucker to Hoffman (inclosure), p. 180.
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