1238 Series II Volume VII- Serial 120 - Prisoners of War
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[First indorsement.]
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF THE GULF,
Mobile, Ala., December 17, 1864.Respectfully forwarded to Major-General Granger, commanding, &c., Fort Gaines.
Approved.
DABNEY H. MAURY,
Major-General, Commanding.
[Second indorsement.]
HDQRS. DIST. OF WEST FLA. AND SOUTH ALA.,
East Pascagoula, Miss., December 29, 1864.Respectfully forwarded to headquarters Military Division of West Mississippi with a copy of my letter in reply thereto.
G. GRANGER,
Major-General, Commanding.
[Third indorsement.]
HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI,
New Orleans, January 2, 1865.Respectfully referred to Colonel C. C. Dwight, agent of exchange of prisoners of division.
The cotton may be permitted to come out and General Green allowed to visit the prisoners at Ship Island, and to proceed to New Orleans for the purpose of selling the cotton and appropriating the proceeds for the benefit of the prisoners (or one officer from among the prisoners at Ship Island may be selected for this purpose and permitted to go to New Orleans on parole). The detail of arrangement is left to the discretion of Colonel Dwight, and the commanding officers of the District of West Florida and South Alabama at Ship Island, Miss., and of the Defenses of New Orleans will furnish the necessary facilities.
By order of Major General E. R. S. Canby:
C. T. CHRISTENSEN,
Lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General.
SALISBURY, December 17, 1864.
General S. COOPER:
Operator informs me there is no communication with Savannah, and the Gulf road between Savannah and Thomasville is cut. I have ordered the prisoners on that road to Andersonville.
Please let me hear from you about removal of these prisoners.
JNO H. WINDER,
Brigadier-General.
RICHMOND, VA., December 17, 1864.
General G. T. BEAUREGARD, Charleston, S. C.:
General Winder has been informed of your telegram relative to removal of prisoners from Thomasville.
Give all aid in your power to him, or take yourself the requisite steps for the removal recommended.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
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