470 Series II Volume IV- Serial 117 - Prisoners of War
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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,
New Orleans, August 30, 1862.Brigadier General NEAL DOW, Fort Saint Philip:
We must be furnished with a list of the prisoners at Forts Jackson and Saint Philip with as full an account of what they are confined for as possible. I have already spoken to your adjutant about it two or three times.
By order of Major - General Butler:
R. S. DAVIS,
Captain and Acting Assistant Adjutant - General.
GUN - BOAT EASTPORT,
Mississippi River, August 30, 1862.
Captain H. M. LAZELLE, Eighth Infantry, U. S. Army.
CAPTAIN: I think the time has come for hoisting a flag of truce which will be carried to Vicksburg. I send you the material for four white flags and I have respectfully to request that you will hoist them in a conspicuous place on the four transports under your command when made up.
With high regard and respect, I have the honor to be, your obedient servant,
C. H. DAVIS,
Commodore, Commanding Western Flotilla.
OFFICE QUARTERMASTER - GENERAL OF OHIO,
Columbus, August 30, 1862.
Captain H. M. LAZELLE,
Eighth Infantry, U. S. Army, Vicksburg, Miss.
SIR: By request of Colonel W. Hoffman, commissary - general of prisoners, I have turned over to the U. S. quartermaster's department for transportation to your address the articles specified in the inclosed invoice. * I also herewith transmit a list* of the articles with the names of the parties to whom they belong, so far as it has been ascertained. I am requested by Colonel Hoffman to say to you that the boxes contain the swords of officers exchanged on the James River as well as those of officers to be exchanged at Vicksburg. Upon delivery of the articles to you be pleased to sign and return to me the inclosed duplicate receipts. *
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
STOUGHTON BLISS,
Assistant Quartermaster - General of Ohio.
OFFICE COMMISSARY - GENERAL OF PRISONERS,
Detroit, Mich, August 30, 1862.
Major J. G. FONDA,
Commanding Camp Butler, Springfield, Ill.
MAJOR: The prisoners of war belonging to the Confederate Army now at Camp Butler will as soon as practicable be transferred via Cairo to Vicksburg, Miss., for exchange. They will move in paries of
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* Omitted.
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