CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, WAR DEPARTMENT,

Richmond, Va., August 14, 1864.

COMMANDANT OF POST, Macon, Ga.:

Colonel Samuel J. Crooks, New York cavalry, a Federal prisoner under your charge, must reluctantly be placed in irons and held in close confinement in retaliation for similar treatment for some time practiced on Colonel August McDonald, captured by his command. Inform him of the cause.

J. A. SEDDON,

Secretary of War.

CAMP SUMTER, Anderson, Ga., August 14, 1864.

Lieutenant R. S. HOPKINS, Camp Sumter:

SIR: You will proceed at once to Millen, Ga., the site of the new prison about to be erected. You will deliver to the officer in charge the letter of instructions and the copy of a telegram from the War Department giving him certain authority to proceed at once and procure the labor, &c. You will advise with him, especially in reference to the procurement of labor. Act under his instructions and the orders you have from these headquarters. You will visit such counties as have become the homes of planters from Florida and Georgia, with their slaves, and in which you have reason to believe you can hire negroes. I desire to avoid impressment, but the work must be hurried to completion.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

JNO H. WINDER,

Brigadier-General.

Consolidated return for C. S. military prison, Camp Sumter, Andersonville, Ga., for the week ending August 14, 1864.

Date. Receiv Recapt Total In In Grand Esca

ed. ured. receiv prison hospit total. ped.

ed. quarters al.

.

Aug. 59 . . . a59 29,994 2,719 32,772 . .

8 .

329 . . . a329 29,958 2,719 33,006 4

9

3 . . . a3 30,230 2,656 32,889 . .

10 .

169 . . . a169 29,984 2,613 32,766 . .

11 .

123 1 b124 30,359 2,510 32,993 1

12

c4 . . . 4 30,390 2,521 32,915 . .

13 .

55 . . . d55 30,305 2,499 32,859 . .

14 .

Date. Died Sent Parole Total In In Total

. to d, died, prison hospit on

othe releas escaped, quarter al. hand.

r ed, sent off, s.

post and paroled,

s. exchan released,

ged. and

exchanged

.

Aug. 95 . . . . . 95 30,053 2,624 32,677

8 .

95 . . 21 120 30,262 2,624 32,886

9 .

85 1 . . . 86 30,232 2,571 32,803

10

103 . . . . . 103 30,359 2,510 32,869

11 .

81 . . . . . 82 30,439 2,472 32,911

12 .

109 2 . . . 111 30,390 2,412 32,804

13

114 . . . . . 114 30,360 2,385 32,745

14 .

a From Macon.

b 119 from Macon; 4 from Savannah.

c 1 from La Grange; 3 from Macon.

d 2 supposed officers returned; 51 from Augusta; 2 from Atlanta.

I certify that the above is a correct copy from my prison journal.

S. BOYER DAVIS,

Lieutenant, Commanding Prison.

Captain W. S. WINDER,

Assistant Adjutant-General, Richmond, Va.

Approved:

JNO H. WINDER,

Brigadier-General.

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