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423 Series II Volume VII- Serial 120 - Prisoners of War

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I suppose I will receive orders to-day, and if so, will communicate with you.

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

I. H. CARRINGTON,

Provost-Marshal.

[Indorsement.]

JUNE 28, 1864.

ADJUTANT-GENERAL:

Give the requisite orders for the removal of these prisoners by the earliest opportunity. Notice has been sent orally to Major Carrington to prepare, and the instructions can be at once carried out.

J. A. S.,

Secretary.


SPECIAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL'S OFFICE, Numbers 150.
Richmond, June 28, 1864.

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XVII. The prisoners of war now in this city in condition to be moved will be sent at once by railroad to Lynchburg, where they will be turned over to Brigadier-General Nicholls, commanding, who will with the least possible delay forwarded them, in charge of squads detailed from the reserve forces, via Danville, to Andersonville, Ga.

Upon their arrival at Lynchburg the guard accompanying the prisoners will be relieved and return to Richmond promptly.

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By command of the Secretary of War:

SAML. W. MELTON,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

MOBILE, ALA., June 29, 1864.

General S. COOPER:

There are over fifty Yankee prisoners here in hospital permanently disabled from wounds. May I send them into the enemy's lines?

D. H. MAURY,

Major-General.

HOUSTON, June 29, 1864.

Major-General MAGRUDER:

Cannot the prisoners at Anderson be sent to Camp Groce, where they can be protected from mobs?

J. E. SLAUGHTER,

Brigadier-General, &c.

HOUSTON, June 29, 1864.

Captain W. G. WEBB, Commanding Post, Anderson:

The major-general commanding directs that you take steps to prevent the molestation of the political prisoners in your charge by a mob, or in any other way. He expects the officers in charge of these prisoners to be responsible for any unauthorized interference with them.

A. C. JONES,

Colonel and Inspector General.


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