[Inclosure Numbers 1.]

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES, Numbers 8.
In the Field, Culpeper C. H., Va., April 8, 1864.

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The following-named enlisted men now at Parole Camp, Annapolis, are hereby detached from their several companies and orders to report immediately to Major General Butler, commanding Department of Virginia and North carolina, for special duty. * Each man will be furnished with a descriptive list. The quartermaster's department will furnish necessary transportation.

By command of Lieutenant-General Grant:

T. S. BOWERS,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

[Inclosure Numbers 2.] SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPT. OF VA. AND N. CAROLINA, Numbers 101.
Fort Monroe, Va., April 11, 1864.

I. In accordance with Special Orders, Numbers 8, Headquarters Armies of the United States, Captain H. S. Howard will proceed to the Parole Camp, Annapolis, and bring the men in that order to these headquarters. Quartermaster's department will furnish transportation.

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By command of Major-General Butler:

HENRY T. SCHROEDER,

Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

HDQRS. DEPT. OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA, OFFICE COMMISSIONED FOR EXCHANGE,
Fort Monroe, VA., April 13, 1864.

Honorable ROBERT OULD, Agent for Exchange, Richmond, Va.:

SIR: Will you please inform me in what manner and for what purpose is Major Waldo P. Goff [Nathan Goff, Jr.] held as a prisoner in Richmond, Va.?

I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

BENJ. F. BUTLER,

Major-General, Commanding.

HDQRS. DEPT. OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA, OFFICE COMMISSIONER FOR EXCHANGE,
Fort Monroe, Va., April 13, 1864.

Honorable ROBERT OULD, Agent for Exchange, Richmond, Va.:

SIR: Will you please inform me in what manner Captain Ralph O. Ives, Tenth Massachusetts Volunteers, is held a prisoner by your authorities?

I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

BENJ. F. BUTLER,

Major-General and Commissioner for Exchange.

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* Names omitted.

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