395 Series II Volume IV- Serial 117 - Prisoners of War
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150 officers now in Richmond, who will receipt for the same subject to future exchange. I have received Colonels Corcoran and Willcox, Lieutenant-Colonel Bowman and Major Vogdes. I will see that duplicate rolls of prisoners in the West will be sent, one for you and one for me.
Your obedient servant,
L. THOMAS,
Adjutant-General.
OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS, Detroit, Mich., August 15, 1862.
General L. THOMAS,
Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.
GENERAL: A man named Samuel D. Crane has been arrested at Camp Butler, Ill, for harboring an escaped rebel prisoner, and I have respectfully to inquire whether he shall be retained in confinement there or shall he be turned over to the U. S. marshal.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
W. HOFFMAN,
Colonel Third Infantry, Commissary-General of Prisoners.
[Indorsement.]
AUGUST 28, 1862.
In the Department of the Mississippi I punished several persons for the same offense by confinement in a military prison and afterwards released them.
H. W. HALLECK,
General-in-Chief.
BALTIMORE, August 15, 1862.
Hon. E. M. STANTON:
In accordance with instructions from Brevet Brigadier-General Morris, U. S. Army, commanding during temporary absence of Major-General Wool, I last night suppressed the Maryland News sent and confined the two editors at Fort McHenry.
WM. P. JONES,
Major, Aide-de-Camp and Acting Provost-Marshal.
OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS, Detroit, Mich., August 15, 1862.
Major R. S. SMITH, U. S. Army, Madison, Wis.
MAJOR: I will be much obliged to you if you can furnish me with the names and designation of the prisoners of war who died or escaped from Camp Randall. It is quite doubtful whether you will be able to do so, but I have thought it possible that some of the books belonging to the camp or hospital may be in your possession, or the quartermaster, from which the information may be obtained. I will send you some blank rolls.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
W. HOFFMAN,
Colonel Third Infantry, Commissary-General of Prisoners.
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