Ohio; Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Ind. ; Camp Douglas, Chicago, Ill. ; Camp Butler, Springfield Ill. ; Military Prison, Alton, Ill. ; Washington City; Saint Louis, Mo.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

W. HOFFMAN,

Colonel Third Infantry, Commissary-General of Prisoners.

OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS,

Washington, D. C., November 11, 1862.

Captain H. W. FREEDLEY, Washington, D. C.

CAPTAIN: You will proceed immediately to Alton, Ill., and see that all the instructions heretofore given for the government of the military prison be immediately put in full force. Make a careful examination of the prisoners' fund and see that none but authorized expenditures be made. If any have already been made they will not be allowed in the account but will be charged to the colonel.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

W. HOFFMAN,

Colonel Third Infantry, Commissary-General of Prisoners.

OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS,

Washington, D. C., November 11, 1862.

Lieutenant Colonel GEORGE SANGSTER,

Forty-seventh New York State Militia, Commanding Camp Parole.

COLONEL: I am directed by the commissary-general of prisoners to inclose herewith all the orders* that have been published relative to exchange of prisoners of war. These deliveries in numbers refer only to non-commissioned officers and privates. The deliveries of September 7 and 21 are exchanged (see Orders, Numbers 147). The 2,000 Shiloh prisoners are non-commissioned officers and men captured at Shiloh paroled at Montgomery May 24, 23, 22, 28 and 26, 1862. The Gainesville prisoners are those whose paroles were given at Gainesville August 30 and September 1, 1862, and delivered, respectively, to Major C. E. Livingston, Seventy-sixth Regiment New York Volunteers, and to Lieutenant D. S. Uncles, Fourteenth Regiment New York State Militia. The commissary-general of prisoners further directs that you report without delay the number, officers and men, in your camp who have been exchanged, designating rank and regiment.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

H. W. FREEDLEY,

Captain Third Infty., Assistant to Commissary-General of Prisoners.

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Indianapolis, November 11, 1862.

General L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. S. Army.

DEAR SIR: Inclosed herewith I send you rolls or rosters of Indiana volunteers in camp in this State waiting to be exchanged. On the

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