prisoners now held by the authorities at Richmond to be exchanged for them as soon as it can be effected. A list of their names has been forwarded the Adjutant-General who is to take steps to effect this exchange. Below is a list of their names: Thomas R. Love, sr., Beverly M. Powell, James R. Powell, E. R. Ford, Thomas N. Williams, John R. Taylor, William R. Chapman, William H. Pettitt, Fairfax Court-House; Amos Fox, George Fox, Albert Fox, Fairfax County; B. D. Utterback, Centerville, Va.; David Fitzhugh, Fairfax County; A. Nicol, Minor West, Brentsville. It was deemed inexpedient to send these men south via Fredericksburg at this moment. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, GENERAL ORDERS,) HEADQUARTERS FOURTH DIVISION, No. 82. ARMY OF THE OHIO, McMinnville, August 13, 1862. Paroles given by guerrilla parties are of no account, and no parole will be recognized except it be granted in due form by the commanding officer of the enemy's forces in this part of the State of Tennessee. By command of Major-General Nelson. HEADQUARTERS THIRD BRIGADE, FIFTH DIVISION, Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War. SIR: By the advice of Major-General Sherman I write to you direct in relation to some officers belonging to regiments in this brigade who were captured by the rebels on the 4th day of April last near Shiloh, Tenn. They are Maj. Le Roy Crockett, Seventy-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry; First Lieut. William H. Herbert, Seventieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and First Lieut. J. I. Geer, Forty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. These officers are very highly esteemed and their release and return to duty is very much desired by all who know them. When last heard of them they were in prison at Montgomery, Ala. By effecting their exchange you will much oblige, Your obedient servant, J. W. DENVER, HDQRS. FIRST DIV., DEPT. OF EAST TENNESSEE, Brig. Gen. G. W. MORGAN, Commanding U. S. Forces, Cumberland Gap. GENERAL: Having received a reply from the major-general commanding the department concerning the transfer of the prisoners now in my possession I will deliver at Tazewell to-day to such officer as you may designate by exchange and parole agreeably to the terms of the cartel the prisoners of war recently captured near that place. I will name an officer who will receive Lieutenant Colonel Gordon and the other prisoners of war referred to in your communication. I have also in my possession five citizens held under similar charges and liable to the same penalty therefor as the two to whom you referred in your letter of the 8th instant. I propose to make an equitable exchange of these persons for the citizens held by you. I have the honor to be, respectfully, your obedient servant, HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES, Brig. Gen. J. T. BOYLE, Commanding U. S. Forces in Kentucky. GENERAL: According to orders received from you I have arrested and have now in custody the following named persons: G. M. Whitten, S. W. Porter, J. G. Trimble. I have also arrested David D. Sublet, Henry Hager, A. S. Martin and John M. Burns. I have paroled to go to Virginia to try to effect an exchange for Gordon and several others G. M. Whitten and John M. Burns. I have not much hope of getting Gordon released as I have already made two ineffectual attempts. I inclose you a letter received from General Williams in reference to it. The letter was intended for me, though addressed to Mr. Swango. Should he still persist in refusing to release him what shall I do with the prisoners I have as hostages? Since G. M. Whitten has taken the oath and given bond I have not heard of his doing anything which might tend to a violation of it. He has also been of service to me in giving me some important information. In regard to the balance I think they should all be sent off and confined where their influence would not be exerted and felt in this valley. In reference to the letter sent me directed to you from J. M. Ogden I have to say that though doubtless prompted by patriotic motives still it is in most respects false, having its foundation in floating rumors. John M. Burns came to Prestonburg after I had gone from there and was put under bond and oath without my knowledge or consent. As soon as I heard of it I sent immediately and had him arrested. I am satisfied Mr. Ogden is mistaken about his having been in the quartermaster's department of the rebel Army. Jack [Andrew J.] May has never been at home to my knowledge since I have had command in this valley. I was informed that he had come home or to his motherin-law's near Prestonburg while we were stationed there. I sent out a scouting party in the night to effect his arrest but was disappointed as my informant was mistaken. Hoping that my course may be satisfactory to you and promote the welfare of our country, I am, general, your obedient servant, [Inclosure.] ་ J. CRANOR, • Colonel, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS ARMY IN EASTERN KENTUCKY, HARRISON SWANGO. July 4, 1862. SIR: In reply to your application for an exchange of prisoners under the terms of an agreement between yourself and Colonel Cranor, of the Federal Army, the brigadier-general commanding instructs me to say that he regrets your unfortunate position and is sorry that his sense of duty will not permit him to afford you the specified relief. He has heretofore expressed an opinion upon this subject to parties making similar applications and has given reasons at length for not coinciding with the views of the Federal commandant at Prestonburg. It has been the common practice of the Federal authorities ever since the investment of Kentucky to arrest private citizens in the pursuit of their peaceable avocations and inflict upon them the same imprisonment which they give to prisoners of war. This persecution for opinion's sake has become the recognized policy of the Federal Government and the only way by which Southern sympathizers, young or old, can escape the penalty is by attaching themselves to the Confederate Army. The Confederate Government has guarded against this unjust and tyrannical proceeding, and has arrested only such persons as were under arms against its authority or persons who by outrages against society and civil law had rendered themselves liable to proper pun ishment. The men for whom Colonel Cranor proposes to exchange you and your companions are men whose characters are so well known for infamy that it surprises the general to find that any government would offer them its protection. Robbery, arson and murder are crimes which should not escape punishment even in times of civil war. In no case can the Confederate Government recognize the right of the Federals to exchange our citizens for what they call their home guards; for persons belonging to this branch of the Federal service wherever taken will be held and treated as highwaymen and outlaws. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, H. T. STANTON, Assistant Adjutant-General. OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS, Detroit, Mich., August 13, 1862. Col. J. H. TUCKER, Commanding Camp Douglas, Chicago, Ill. COLONEL: On the 2d instant I inclosed to you a letter of A. M. Watson in behalf of Joseph F. Houser, a prisoner of war at Chicago, with an indorsement requiring a report in the case. Please attend to the case at once. In the early part of the month I returned for your signature the quartermaster's estimates for clothing for the prisoners, since when I have not heard of them. What have you done to supply this clothing; or are the prisoners still suffering for want of clothing? Having no reports from you and no time to wait longer for your estimates I have telegraphed to the Quartermaster-General to supply Captain Potter with 3,000 coats, 3,000 pants, 3,000 shirts, 3,000 hats and 3,000 shoes. I am not able to say when I will be in Chicago; it depends on when the order for the exchange of prisoners in the West is issued. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, W. HOFFMAN, Colonel Third Infantry, Commissary General of Prisoners. OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS, Capt. H. M. LAZELLE, Eighth Infantry, Columbus, Ohio. CAPTAIN: Your telegram of this date is received but I am not able to answer any of the questions it contains. For the present nothing 25 R R-SERIES II, VOL IV further will be done in relation to the exchange or release of prisoners. At 2 o'clock this afternoon, having received no reply to my telegram of last night to you, I telegraphed to Governor Tod to obtain the first name of Doctor Williams, it being a matter which requires immediate attention. As the doctor is reported on parole in Columbus I can't understand where the difficulty is in getting his first name, as he will doubtless give it correctly if he is asked for it. If Governor Tod is unable to give me his name I wish on receipt of this to-morrow you would obtain it from the doctor himself, or in his absence from those who know him, and let me know by telegram. If he is not there say where he has gone to. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, W. HOFFMAN, Colonel Third Infantry, Commissary-General of Prisoners. L. THOMAS, FORT HAMILTON, N. Y. Harbor, August 13, 1862. Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. C. SIR: I would respectfully inform you that Messrs. Soulé and Mazureau, political prisoners confined at Fort Lafayette, have requested me to send a telegram to the Hon. Reverdy Johnson at Washington City (in which they offer to give their paroles and a bond), but I have declined to do so until I should communicate with the Department in regard to it, for such I deem to be my orders. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, MARTIN BURKE, Lieutenant-Colonel Third Artillery. [Indorsement.] AUGUST 22, 1862. Inform Colonel Burke that the Secretary of War approves his action in respect to the persons within named; that state prisoners should under no circumstances be allowed to communicate with any person except on the express authority of the Secretary of War. Col. WILLIAM HOFFMAN, EDWIN M. STANTON, COLUMBUS, OHIO, August 13, 1862. Commissary-General of Prisoners, Detroit, Mich. COLONEL: I have the honor to inclose to you the statement* of the hospital fund of the prison hospital at Camp Chase for the month of July, 1862, made as directed in your letter of the 4th instant. As all hospital rations had been drawn on the same returns it was impossible without great labor and liability to error that it should be made in the form required by the commissary regulations, and as the principal point to be obtained is the amount, I directed that it should be ascertained by a direct proportion. I also inclose the authority* appended to the names of the released *Not found, and paroled prisoners forwarded with the monthly return for July as released and paroled during the month by which they were so released and paroled. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, H. M. LAZELLE, Captain, Eighth Infantry, U. S. Army. Quartermaster-General MEIGS: INDIANAPOLIS, IND., August 13, 1862. Ex-Governor Campbell, of Tennessee, is now here as the agent of Governor Johnson for the purpose of releasing prisoners of war who will take the oath of allegiance. Clothing, haversacks, &c., and trans. portation to Nashville will be required. Shall it be supplied? A num ber will take the oath. JAS. A. EKIN, Assistant Quartermaster, BENTON BARRACKS, Saint Louis, August 13, 1862. Hon. E. M. STANTON. SIR: I take the liberty of writing you for the purpose of gaining information. I am a paroled prisoner; was called upon this morning to stand guard which I refused to do as I consider it violating my parole. For this I was arrested and put in the guard-house where I now am. I would not have refused if there had not been men here that are not paroled prisoners and we have to guard them as well as the prisoners. There are now recruits enough here to do guard duty without our breaking our parole of honor. If you will inform me whether I am right or not you will greatly oblige one who has always been and always hopes to be true to the Constitution. I am, sir, your most obedient servant, CHARLES L. HUBBS, Company F, First Minnesota Regiment. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, August 14, 1862. OFFICER IN CHARGE OF CONFEDERATE PRISONERS, Camp Chase, Ohio: It is believed that a Dr. J. J. Williams is a prisoner in your charge, and if so tell him his wife is here and allow him to telegraph to her. A. LINCOLN. His Excellency A. LINCOLN, COLUMBUS, OHIO, August 14, 1862. President of the United States: Dr. J. J. Williams is a prisoner at Camp Chase and has been notified of the permission granted him by the President. As the person first inquired for by the commissary-general of prisoners was Joseph J. Williams I have the honor to state that this is Dr. John J. Williams and his wife's maiden name was Virginia Noll. H. M. LAZELLE, Captain, Eighth Infantry. |