HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA,
Fort Monroe, November 18, 1862.

Colonel J. C. KELTON, Assistant Adjutant-General.

COLONEL: I inclose to you for information in advance of the publication in general orders the exchanges effected by me--10, 11, and 12 were declared by me during my late visit to Washington at the request of the Secretary of War--all the papers and rolls connected with the above exchanges, except 10, 11 and 12, were handed by me to Lieutenant L. Thomas, Jr., for file in the office of the Adjutant-General. The Harper's Ferry capture rolls are here.

I am, respectfully, your obedient servant,

WM. H. LUDLOW,

Lieutenant-Colonel and Agent for Exchange of Prisoners.

[Inclosure.]

FORT MONROE, VA., November 18, 1862.

The following officers and men are duly exchanged, viz:

1. All officers and men both of the U. S. and Confederate service who have been captured and paroled in Virginia and Maryland up to November 1, 1862, except the U. S. officers and men captured and paroled in September, 1862, at Harper's Ferry, and all deliveries of prisoners up to November 11, 1862, made to the U. S. authorities in the Peninsula and its adjacent waters, are included in this exchange.

2. All officers and men captured and paroled at Santa Rosa Island October 4, 1861.

3. All officers and men captured and paroled at Chambersburg October 4, 1862.

4. The Seventy-first Regiment Ohio Volunteers captured at Clarksville, Tenn.

5. Officers and men captured at South Mills, N. C.

6. One hundred and four non-commissioned officers and privates belonging to Second U. S. Cavalry, First U. S. Infantry, Sixth U. S. Cavalry, Second U. S. Artillery, Third U. S. Infantry, Sixth U. S. Infantry, Eighth U. S. Infantry, Tenth U. S. Infantry, Eleventh U. S. Infantry, Twelfth U. S. Infantry, Seventeenth U. S. Infantry, Fourth and Fifth U. S. Artillery, sent from Annapolis, Md., to Fort Columbus, N. Y., October 4, 1862.

7. All officers and men captured at or near Richmond, Ky., and Lexington, Ky., by the forces under command of General E. Kirby Smith.

8. All officers and men delivered to Captain Lazelle and Captain Swan, U. S. Army, near Vicksburg on the 1st, 5th, 7th, 12th and 26th of September, 1862, and the 18th of October, 1862.

9. All officers and men paroled at Cumberland Gap on the 2nd and 11th of October, 1862.

10. All officers and men of Indiana troops captured at Munfordville, Ky., September 17, 1862.

11. All officers and men of Rigby's and Von Sehlen's Indiana batteries captured at Harper's Ferry.

12. All officers and men of the Thirty-ninth, One hundred and eleventh, One hundred and fifteenth, One hundred and twenty-fifth and One hundred and twenty-sixth Regiments New York Volunteers captured at Harper's Ferry.

WM. H. LUDLOW,

Lieutenant-Colonel and Agent for Exchange of Prisoners.