the military prison at Alton, making in all 1,348. Rolls of these prisoners were sent to Aiken's Landing to be included in the recent exchanges if the rebel authorities would receive them. They are all of irregular or State organizations and the cartel provides only for the exchange of prisoners belonging to the Confederate Army.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

W. HOFFMAN,

Colonel Third Infantry, Commissary-General of Prisoners.

OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS,

Washington, D. C., November 15, 1862.

Honorable E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War, Washington, D. C.

SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith rolls* of the prisoners of war now at the depot, Johnson's Island, Camp Chase and the Alton prison. These rolls were furnished to the Adjutant-General with a view to the exchange of these prisoners. The following extract from my letter of the 12th of September to the Adjutant-General will show the character of these men:

OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS,

Detroit, Mich., September 12, 1862.

General L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.

GENERAL: There are a number of prisoners of war at Sandusky who claim to belong to the Confederate Army and to have the right of exchange. Some belong to Morgan's men, others to Morehead's and some are Virginia and Missouri troops; some are on the rolls as recruits, citizens, &c. There are a number who desire to take the oath of allegiance and some wish to be released on parole. I respectfully desire instructions as to the proper course to be pursued in these cases.

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Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

W. HOFFMAN,

Colonel Third Infantry, Commissary-General of Prisoners.

DETROIT, November 15, 1862.

Colonel WILLIAM HOFFMAN,

Commissary-General of Prisoners, Washington, D. C.

COLONEL: Confused and conflicting statements in reference to the exchange of prisoners, both officers and men, captured and paroled at Murfreesborough, Tenn., on the 13th of July last by Colonel Forrest, C. S. Army, induce the necessity of troubling you with this note. On the 27th of last August General Orders, Numbers 118, issued from War Department, Adjutant-General's Office, over the signature of Brigadier General L. Thomas, announced the following in reference to the Ninth Michigan Volunteers. On page 1:

The following partial list of officers of the U. S. service who have been exchanged as prisoners of war for prisoners taken in arms against the United States is published for the information of all concerned:

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Colonel William W. Duffield, Ninth Michigan Volunteers, commanding Twenty-third Brigade, U. S. Army, for Colonel R. Farquharson, Forty-second [Forty-first] Tennessee.

On page 10:

First Lieutenant Henry M. Duffield, assistant adjutant-general, for First Lieutenant Isaac Pipkin, Thirty-first North Carolina.

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