I have also received other informal paroles, which I have sent back for correction. These were also within the provisions of your general orders. When they are returned I will claim them also.

Respectfully, your obedient servant,

RO. OULD,

Agent of Exchange.

[Inclosure.]

Tabular statement of the number of valid Federal paroles.

Where captured. By whom. When. Numbers

of

prisoner

s.

La Vergne, Tenn. General Wheeler December 11 128

and 31, 1862.

Lexington, Tenn. General Forrest December 17, 140

1862.

Benton Station, . . do. . December 18 45

Tenn. and 22, 1862.

Near Spring Creek, . . do. . December 19, 110

Tenn. 1862.

Trenton, Tenn. . . do. . December 20, 684

1862.

Near Rutherford . . do. . December 21, 144

Station, Tenn. 1862.

Union City. . . do. . December 23, 86

1862.

Parker's Cross- . . do. . December 25, 268

Roads and Dresden. 1862, and Jan.

9, 1863.

Kentucky and General Morgan December 7, 190

Tennessee. 1862, and Jan.

27, 1863.

Tennessee. General Wheeler December 30, 381

1862, and Jan.

5, 1863.

Liberty, Tenn. General Morgan. December 26, 78

1862, and Feb.

13, 1863.

Kentucky and . . do. . December 20, 2,025

Tennessee. 1862, and Jan.

10, 1863.

Near General Bragg. December 31, 559

Murfreesborough, 1862.

Tenn.

Galveston and Receipted for Jan. 1 and 22, 359

Houston, Tex. at Baton Rouge. 1863.

Tennessee. General Wheeler Jan. 10 and 318

14, 1863.

Kentucky and Generals Jan. 10 and 111

Tennessee. Wheelers and Feb. 14, 1863.

Morgan.

Steam-ram Queen of Receipted for Feb. 14, 1863. 21

the West. at Baton Rouge.

Near Memphis, Tenn. Jackson's . . do. . 10

cavalry.

West Liberty and General Morgan. Feb. 14 and 51

McMinnville. March 7, 1863.

Spring Hill, Tenn. Bragg's command March 7, 1863. 103

Liberty, Tenn. . . do. . . . do. . 134

Near Rappahannock, Major Mosby . . do. . 39

Va.

Bourbon County, Ky. General April 11, 3

Marshall. 1863.

Western Virginia. General Jones. . . do. . 375

Chancellorsville, General Lee. May 1 and 4, 1,709

Va. 1863.

Western Virginia. General Imboden May and June, 18

1863.

Banks' Ford, Va. General Lee. May 4, 1863. 128

Fredericksburg, Va. . . do. . . . do. . 136

Vicksburg and Pemberton's . . do. . 492

vicinity. command.

Near Monticello, General Pegram. May 25, 1863. 19

Tenn.

Hinds County, Miss. Captain Riley, May 26 and 742

Eighth June 6, 1863.

Kentucky.

Eastern Virginia Major Mosby. June 11. 16

Rome, Ga. Bragg's April 30 and 66

command. May 2, 1863.

Mississippi. . . do. . May 12 and 22, 17

1863.

Kentucky and . . do. . May 1 and 20, 85

Tennessee. 1863.

Holly Springs, General Van December, 1,694

Miss. Dorn. 1862.

Baton Rouge, La. . . . Feb. 24, 1863. 302

Paroled at . . . May 24, 1863. 1,394

Salisbury, N. C.

Berryville, Va., General Lee. July 2, 1863. 2,689

and Gettysburg, Pa.

Dover, Pa. General Stuart. . . do. . 229

Rockville, Md. . . do. . . . do. . 157

Paroled at . . do. . July 13, 1863. 75

Williamsport, Md.

Morris Island, S. General July, 1863. 142

C. Beauregard.

Near Chattanooga, General Bragg. Sept., 1863. 2,392

Tenn.

Miscellaneous . . . . . . 33

paroles.

Total. . . . . . . 18,867

Brigadier General S. A. Meredith, U. S. agent of exchange, inclosing $500 Confederate money to be distributed among the most needy Federal prisoners at Castle Thunder, $200 of which was counterfeit.

[First indorsement.]

OCTOBER 27, 1863.

Brigadier General S. A. MEREDITH, U. S. Agent of Exchange:

Respectfully returned with forty counterfeit $5 notes. The remaining $300 is good money and will receive the direction you indicate.

RO. OULD,

Agent of Exchange.