Second Lieut. J. P. Stearns, Twenty-second Massachusetts Volun teers, for Second Lieut. Larry M. [Samuel M.] Butler, Eighth North Carolina.

Second Lieut. D. H. McMicken, Fifth Pennsylvania Reserves, for Second Lieut. L. B. Holt, Eighth North Carolina.

Second Lieut. J. Brown, Sixty-second Pennsylvania Volunteers, for Second Lieut. B. F. Simmons, Eighth North Carolina.

Second Lieut. J. C. Chause [Chance], Fourth Pennsylvania Reserves, and Second Lieut. C. A. Woodworth, Forty-fourth New York Volunteers, for Lieut. Col. W. J. Sorrell [Sowell], Forty-eighth Tennessee. Second Lieut. Adam Ray, Seventh Pennsylvania Reserves, for Second Lieut. W. N. Prebles [Peebles], Eighth North Carolina.

II. Rank and file U. S. Army have been exchanged for the following named Confederate officers:

Col. Joseph Drake, Fourth Mississippi.

Col. C. E. Lightfoot, Twenty-second North Carolina.
Lieut. Col. F. P. Anderson, Fifty-ninth Virginia.
Lieut. Col. John Pegram, Provisional Army, C. S.
Lieut. Col. J. M. Heck, Virginia Volunteer Service.
Lieut. Col. J. O. Long, Twenty-second North Carolina.
Maj. H. A. Herbert, Eighth Alabama.

Maj. G. B. Cosby, C. S. Army.

Maj. W. H. Payne, Fourth Virginia Cavalry.

Capt. J. S. Taylor, C. S. Army.

Capt. J. B. Moonman [Mooman], Colonel Hicks' [Heck's] regiment.

Capt. H. Hall, Colonel Hicks' [Heck's] regiment.

Capt. J. M. P. Atkinson, Twentieth Virginia.

Capt. John C. Coleman, Twentieth Virginia.

Capt. George H. Smith, Colonel Hicks' [Heck's] regiment.
Capt. J. H. Everley, Colonel Hicks' [Heck's] regiment.

First Lieut. J. W. McNutt, Second Battalion North Carolina.
First Lieut. J. B. Tucker, Second Battalion North Carolina.
First Lieut. L. J. Norman, Second Battalion North Carolina.
First Lieut. H. A. Wise, Forty-sixth Virginia.

First Lieut. and Adjt. J. R. Blocker, Fifty-ninth Virginia.

First Lieut. Robert E. Haslett, Fifty-ninth Virginia.

First Lieut. Joseph P. [James P.] Barksdale, Fifty-ninth Virginia. First Lieut. E. A. Miller, Fifty-ninth Virginia.

First Lieut. D. W. Ayres, Fifty ninth Virginia.

First Lieut. J. V. Hooff, Fifty-ninth Virginia, volunteer aide.
First Lieut. S. N. Williamson, Fifty-ninth Virginia.

First Lieut. F. M. Imboden, Fifty-ninth Virginia.

First Lieut. T. M. R. Talcott, C. S. Army.

First Lieut. Lewis | Louis Schirmer, De Gournay's battery.
First Lieut. John C. Clark, Twentieth Virginia.

First Lieut. A. F. Rice, Twentieth Virginia.

First Lieut. M. W. Gamble, Colonel Hicks' [Heck's] regiment.
First Lieut. A. R. H. Ransom [Ranson], Provisional Army, C. S.
First Lieut. George Bean, Colonel Hicks' [Heck's] regiment.
First Lieut. William J. Hopkins, Colonel Hicks' [Heck's] regiment.
First Lieut. J. C. Calhoun, Colonel Hicks' [Heck's] regiment.
First Lieut. P. M. Terrill, Colonel Hicks' [Heck's] regiment.
First Lieut. J. S. Bowman, Colonel Hicks' [Heck's] regiment.
First Lieut. J. W. Lawson, Forty-sixth Virginia.
First Lieut. F. Carter, Forty-sixth Virginia.
First Lieut. L. C. Randolph.

First Lieut. George Morris.

Second Lieut. James S. Spencer Joseph T. Spence], Eighth North Carolina.

Second Lieut. W. M. Wilhelm, Eighth North Carolina.
Second Lieut. Jonas Cook, Eighth North Carolina.
Second Lieut. John J. Bell, Eighth North Carolina.

Second Lieut. Stephen Crump, Thirty-first North Carolina.
Second Lieut. S. W. Morrisett, Thirty-first North Carolina.
Second Lieut. J. A. Slaughter, Thirty-first North Carolina.
Second Lieut. W. A. Prince, Thirty-first North Carolina.
Second Lieut. Thomas H. Wray, Thirty-first North Carolina.
Second Lieut. Samuel A. Hyne [Hyman], Thirty-first North Carolina.
Second Lieut. S. B. Pool, Thirty-first North Carolina.

Second Lieut. James W. [Wm. Pearson, Thirty-first North Carolina.
Second Lieut. T. H. Gaskins, Thirty-first North Carolina.
Second Lieut. N. H. Turrentine, Thirty-first North Carolina.
Second Lieut. J. Guion, Thirty-first North Carolina.
Second Lieut. J. A. Liles, Thirty-first North Carolina.
Second Lieut. Augustus M. Flythe, Thirty-first North Carolina.
Second Lieut. C. N. Candler, Second Battalion North Carolina.
Second Lieut. J. S. Swaim, Second Battalion North Carolina.
Second Lieut. Van Brown, Second Battalion North Carolina.
Second Lieut. R. M. Julian, Second Battalion North Carolina.
Second Lieut. D. T. Harris, Second Battalion North Carolina.
Second Lieut. Henry Wood, jr., Second Battalion North Carolina.
Second Lieut. Z. J. Williams, Second Battalion North Carolina.
Second Lieut. H. K. Winslow, Second Battalion North Carolina.
Second Lieut. Z. J. Evans, Second Battalion North Carolina.
Second Lieut. D. A. Deamon [Dearmin], Second Battalion North
Carolina.

Second Lieut. Joseph Sayars, Second Battalion North Carolina. Second Lieut. James [Joseph] Gordon, Second Battalion North Carolina.

Second Lieut. Ralph Gorrell, Second Battalion North Carolina.
Second Lieut. W. H. Kelley, Second Battalion, North Carolina.
Second Lieut. Thomas H. Gilliam, Seventeenth North Carolina.
Second Lieut. Charles G. Elliott, Seventeenth North Carolina.
Second Lieut. Will. Brennan, Seventeenth North Carolina.
Second Lieut. John M. Hinton, Seventeenth North Carolina.
Second Lieut. D. B. Bradford, Seventeenth North Carolina.
Second Lieut. C. D. Brigger [C. P. Bigger], Forty-sixth Virginia.
Second Lieut. A. A. Pollock, Forty-sixth Virginia.
Second Lieut. J. D. Watson, Forty-sixth Virginia.
Second Lieut. J. J. Hutchison, Forty-sixth Virginia.
Second Lieut. J. R. Lawson, Forty-sixth Virginia.
Second Lieut. W. H. Wood, Forty-sixth Virginia.
Second Lieut. H. A. Darrow, Forty-sixth Virginia.
Second Lieut. J. A. Leathers, Forty-sixth Virginia.
Second Lieut. D. C. Durham, Fifty-ninth Virginia.
Second Lieut. C. C. Fay, Fifty-ninth Virginia.
Second Lieut. E. C. Jones, Fifty-ninth Virginia.
Second Lieut. W. Dickinson, Fifty-ninth Virginia.
Second Lieut. D. C. Chamberlain, Fifty-ninth Virginia.
Second Lieut. C. C. Oliver, Fifty-ninth Virginia.
Second Lieut. G. W. Connally, Fifty-ninth Virginia.

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Second Lieut. J. M. McCue, Fifty-ninth Virginia.

Second Lieut. J. C. Shally [Straley], Fifty-ninth Virginia.
Second Lieut. W. T. R. Bell, Fifty-ninth Virginia.

Second Lieut. Robert Bilby [Bibby], Fifty-ninth Virginia.
Second Lieut. J. C. Little, Fifty-ninth Virginia.
Second Lieut. T. C. Kinney, Fifty-ninth Virginia.
Second Lieut. M. A. Wright, C. S. Army.

Second Lieut. Miles Harold, Colonel Hicks' [Heck's] regiment.
Second Lieut. G. S. Harness, Colonel Hicks' [Heck's] regiment.
Second Lieut. J. W. Key, Colonel Hicks' [Heck's] regiment.
Second Lieut. J. P. Payne, Colonel Hicks' [Heck's] regiment.
Second Lieut. A. G. McGriffin, Colonel Hicks' [Heck's] regiment.
Second Lieut. James S. Dorsitt [Dorst], Twentieth Virginia.
Second Lieut. J. K. Kiser, Colonel Hicks' [Heck's] regiment.
Third Lieut. T. M. McCorkle, Twentieth Virginia.

Third Lieut. P. D. Turley, Colonel Hicks' [Heck's] regiment.
Third Lieut. John F. Cowan, Colonel Hicks' [Heck's] regiment.
Third Lieut. William H. Headspeth, Twentieth Virginia.
Third Lieut. Granville J. Dyer, Colonel Hicks' [Heck's] regiment.
Third Lieut. W. E. Plecker, Colonel Hicks' [Heck's] regiment.
III. Felix R. Brunot, citizen, for J. M. Gallagher, citizen.
IV. Federal prisoners:

Prisoners delivered at City Point, James River, nine lists, equivalent
to 4,135 privates, received by Colonel Sweitzer, fully exchanged.
Hatteras delivery to General Burnside, fully exchanged.
Fort Macon delivery to General Burnside, fully exchanged.

Enlisted men captured at Murfreesborough, Tenn., by General Forrest fully exchanged.

Delivery of rank and file to Adjutant-General U. S. Army at Aiken's Landing, James River-upward of 3,000-August 5, 1862, fully exchanged.

Generals Prentiss and Crittenden will be exchanged for Generals Mackall and Pettigrew, respectively, so soon as the two former, now in the West, are released, the latter in the meantime being prisoners on parole.

By order of the Secretary of War:

L. THOMAS,
Adjutant-General.

General R. E. LEE,

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
August 27, 1862.

Commanding Department of Northern Virginia. GENERAL: Your letter of the 21st ultimo, as I had the honor to inform you in acknowledging its receipt, was duly submitted by me to the General-in-Chief. I have now the honor to transmit for your information copies of the accompanying communications* which have been received by me on the subject.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

GEO. B. MCCLELLAN,
Major-General, Commanding.

*Omitted here; Wood to Williams, July 23, p. 310; Dix to Williams, July 28, p. 310, and Halleck to McClellan, August 13, p. 381.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
Alexandria, August 27, 1862.

Maj. Gen. JOHN A. DIX, Commanding Fort Monroe.

GENERAL: The general commanding desires that you will have the accompanying package addressed to General Lee* sent within the lines of the enemy as soon as possible by flag of truce. Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

[Indorsement.]

S. WILLIAMS, Assistant Adjutant-General.

These dispatches were delivered to Robert Ould, agent for exchange of Confederate prisoners, at 4 o'clock September 1, 1862, at Aiken's Landing, James River, Va.

WILSON BARSTOW,
Captain and Aide-de-Camp.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,

Brigadier-General Dow,

New Orleans, La., August 27, 1862.

Commanding at Forts Saint Philip and Jackson:

You will forthwith prepare the prisoners confined at Fort Jackson not sentenced to hard labor to be embarked on board the Ocean Queen, which will be sent down to-morrow at furthest. You will also detail a company as guard under the command of a vigilant officer cautioned against surprise. You will also put on board ten days' rations for guard and prisoners. No servants or other persons will be allowed to accompany the prisoners. No communication will be allowed with the prisoners after receipt of this order. Descriptive lists will be forwarded with the prisoners.

Brig. Gen. NEAL DOW, &c.:

BENJ. F. BUTLER, Major-General, Commanding.

[AUGUST 27, 1862.]

The prisoners confined in Fort Saint Philip are included in this morning's order for their removal on board the Ocean Queen.

WM. H. WIEGEL,

Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE OHIO,
In Camp, August 27, 1862.

Maj. Gen. SAMUEL JONES.
GENERAL: I have just received your communication of the 21st
instant. The reports of the killing of certain prisoners of war by my
troops as stated in your communication have never before come to my
hearing and I cannot but believe that you have been misinformed. I
will immediately investigate the matter and if the facts should prove
as you suppose I shall most assuredly bring the offenders to justice.

*Probably McClellan to Lee, and inclosures, preceding.

That steps should have been taken for investigation before proceeding to retaliatory measures for reported acts of atrocity resting on any other than the most positive evidence is only what would have been expected from every commander who recognizes any rule of humanity in the conduct of war.

With reference to the rule which I have adopted for the parole of prisoners, my Orders, No. 41, was published before the arrangement entered into between Major-General Hill, C. S. Army, and MajorGeneral Dix, U. S. Army, came to my knowledge. The rule which I adopted is to recognize no parole which is not given with my sanction and to require no parole from prisoners whom I cannot hold but release them unconditionally. It became necessary from the fact that paroles were demanded and secured from individual soldiers in the army by persons not in the military service of the Confederate States. I cannot see how consequences of a dread character should follow the observance of such a rule except to those who violate a duty which their Government deems it necessary to impose upon them.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

D. C. BUELL, Major-General, Commanding.

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, August 27, 1862.

COMMANDING OFFICER, Cairo, Ill.:

Receive prisoners of war as they arrive and if necessary put them on transports. Send off transports as fast as convoys sufficient arrive.

L. THOMAS,

Adjutant-General.

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, August 27, 1862.

Col. WILLIAM HOFFMAN, U. S. Army, Detroit:

Send the three political prisoners confined at Fort Mackinac to Sandusky and muster out the company of volunteers now guarding them. Inform the Governor of Michigan that you are going to muster the company out.

L. THOMAS,

Adjutant-General.

OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS,

General G. B. WRIGHT,

Detroit, Mich., August 27, 1862.

Quartermaster-General of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio. GENERAL: It will be attended with much inconvenience if all the arms taken from prisoners of war are sent down to Vicksburg when only the swords are to be returned to their owners, and I must therefore request of you if it can be done that you will have the swords boxed up by themselves and forwarded through Captain Burr, assistant quartermaster, to Capt. H. M. Lazelle, Eighth Infantry, U. S. Army, agent for the delivery of prisoners of war at Vicksburg, Miss. Please write a note to the captain to go with the box explaining that it contains the swords of officers exchanged on the James River as well as those of