U. S. Army, and Captain Barron, C. S. Navy; you are now authorized to state that his proposition is accepted. Colonel Hoffman is now on parole within the United States, and as soon as Captain Barron arrives at Norfolk you will inform Colonel Hoffman that he is released from his parole. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, R. E. LEE, General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS, Richmond, Va., April 3, 1862. Maj. Gen. B. HUGER, Commanding Department, Norfolk, Va. GENERAL: I am directed by General Lee to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 2d instant,* inclosing copy of one from General Wool saying that the exchange of Captain Barron, C. S. Navy, for Colonel Hoffman, U. S. Army, had been refused. The authority sent you to effect this exchange was based upon the letter from General Wool of the 27th ultimo, wherein he says: I agree to the exchange of Colonel Hoffman for Captain Barron. The general instructs me to say that he can name no other officer for whom Colonel Hoffman can be exchanged. I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, W. H. TAYLOR, Assistant Adjutant-General. HDQRS. DEPT. OF HENRICO, Richmond, April 3, 1862. General B. HUGER, Norfolk. GENERAL: I send by order of the Secretary of War the following officers to be exchanged, viz: Colonel Bomford for Colonel Pegram; Colonel Woodruff for Colonel Willie; Captain Bliss for Lieutenant Myers, of the Navy; Lieutenant Van Horn for Midshipman Wharton. These prisoners are sent by my aide-de-camp, Lieutenant Winder. Respectfully, your obedient servant, ADDENDA. JNO. H. WINDER, GENERAL ORDERS, WAR DEPT., ADJT.-GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 10. } Washington, January 10, 1863. I. The following officers and men have been declared duly exchanged as prisoners of war since the announcement in General Orders, No. 191, of November 19, 1862: * * 6. All captures of officers, enlisted men, and camp followers, in Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, and Louisiana, up to January 1, 1863. * By order of the Secretary of War: * E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General. *Not found. GENERAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, NINETEENTH ARMY CORPS, No. 34. Opelousas, April 25, 1863. Sergeants Brady, Stapleton, McCormick, Reinhardt, Sheble, Neal, Harris, Darker, Brannan, and 269 men of the Eighth Infantry, Army of the United States, whose names are affixed,* having been exchanged by the rebel government whose prisoners they were, arrived at New Orleans on the 25th of February, 1863, and a portion of them, under command of Lieut. Copley Amory, Fourth Cavalry, reached this point on the 23d instant, to share with us the honors of this campaign. It has been deemed but an act of justice to these gallant men to relieve them from this service and to expedite their return to the North. They separate from the command this day. In honor of their depar ture the commanding general has ordered a national salute, and a similar honor will be paid them at their departure from New Orleans. Captain Bainbridge at Opelousas and Brigadier-General Sherman at New Orleans are charged with the execution of this order. These troops were shamefully and unconditionally surrendered to the rebel authorities in Texas by their commanders on the 9th day of May, 1861. Separated from their officers, divided into squads, and removed to different posts on the frontiers of Texas, deprived of pay for more than two years, they were subjected to degrading labors, supplied with scanty food and clothing, and sometimes chained to the ground or made to suffer other severe military punishments. Recruiting officers visited them daily, offering them commissions and large bounties to desert their flag. Notwithstanding the false reports of the overthrow of their Government, which seduced so many men of higher pretensions and position, unsustained by counsel with each other, with few exceptions they repelled the bribes and avoided the treason. Those who chose a different course did it to escape their prison. No government ever had more loyal supporters. Officers of the Army and Navy, to whom they had a right to turn for counsel and example, who had been educated by the Government, who never received a month's pay that was not drawn from its coffers, nor bore an honor that it did not confer, at the first suggestion of treason betrayed the mother that nursed them, and deserted the flag that protected them. With every branch of the Government within their control and the continent under their feet they yielded to the indecency and folly of the rebellion, and without a shadow of cause sought to blacken the name of America and Americans by fastening upon them the greatest crime of human history-that of destroying the best government ever framed, and annihilating the hopes of the human race in republican liberty. Thank God! the officers could not corrupt the men they commanded. Not a soldier nor a sailor voluntarily abandoned his post. The poisonous subtleties of secession never touched the hearts of the people, nor led them to substitute the guilty ambition of popular, vulgar, low-bred provincialism for the hallowed hopes of national patriotism. Soldiers, let the gallant men that part from us to-day receive the honors they deserve. Let them hear the peal of cannon and the cheers of the line. Let them receive, wherever they go, the homage of the Army and Navy together. The Army and Navy forever! By command of Major-General Banks: RICHARD B. IRWIN, List omitted. EARLIER CAPTURES AND ARRESTS, AND MEASURES OF PACIFICATION IN MISSOURI. SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS. Mar. 13, 1861.-Capt. Nathaniel Lyon, Second U. S. Infantry, assigned to the command of Saint Louis Arsenal, with subsequent orders to arm loyal citizens and execute the laws. May 6, 1861.-Brig. Gen. Daniel M. Frost, Missouri State Militia, establishes a camp of instruction near Saint Louis, by direction of the governor of Missouri. 10, 1861.-Capt. Nathaniel Lyon, Second U. S. Infantry, with a force of U. S. volunteers, makes prisoners of General Frost and his entire command of Missouri Militia. 16, 1861.-Capt. Nelson Cole, Fifth Missouri Infantry, enters Potosi and arrests a number of citizens. July 5, 1861.-Brig. Gen. Ben. McCulloch, C. S. Army, at Neosho, captures and paroles eighty Union soldiers belonging to the command of Brig. Gen. Franz Sigel, U. S. Army. 29, 1861.—Brig. Gen. John Pope, U. S. Army, assumes command in North Missouri, with instructions to protect the railroads and suppress local disorders. 31, 1861.—Brig. Gen. John Pope, U. S. Army, issues General Orders, No. 3, and formulates a plan for the suppression of the lawless elements and permanent pacification of North Missouri. Aug. 16, 1861.-Marauders firo into a passenger train upon the Hannibal and Saint Joseph Railroad. 28, 1861.—The War Department, at Washington, directs that certain paroled prisoners be discharged from the military service of the United States. 30, 1861.-Maj. Gen. John C. Frémont, U. S. Army, proclaims martial law throughout Missouri; orders the arrest of all disloyal persons found within the Union lines armed, and the confiscation of their property, and directs that the extreme penalty of the law be inflicted on the destroyers of railroad and telegraph lines, bridges, &c. Sept. 2, 1861.-Brig. Gen. M. Jeff. Thompson, C. S. Army, issues a proclamation threatening retaliation. 3, 1861.-Brig. Gen. Gideon J. Pillow, C. S. Army, and Col. William H. L. Wallace, Eleventh Illinois Infantry, negotiate an exchange of prisoners of war. 20, 1861.-Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, Missouri State Guard, captures Lexington and the U. S. forces under command of Col. James A. Mulligan, Twenty third Illinois Infantry. Oct. 26, 1861.-Maj. Gen. John C. Frémont, U. S. Army, commanding the Western Department, and Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, Missouri State Guard, commanding Confederate forces in Missouri, conclude an agreement for the exchange of prisoners. Nov. 7, 1861.-Maj. Gen. David Hunter, U. S. Army, successor of General Frémont, repudiates the Frémont-Price convention. Jan. 12, 1862.-Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, Missouri State Guard, writes to Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck, U. S. Army, commanding Department of the Missouri, protesting against the capital punishment of his men for bridge burning, &c. Capture and Parole of the Camp Jackson (Mo.) Militia.-Final Disposition of the Prisoners. [For Reports, Orders, Correspondence, etc., relating to contempora neous military and political events in Missouri not found hereinafter, see Series I, Vol. I, p. 637 et seq.; Vol. III, pp. 1-749; and Vol. VIII, pp. 1-834.] WASHINGTON CITY, March 11, 1861. Hon. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War. DEAR SIR: Our friends in Saint Louis desire that Captain Lyon may have the command of the troops at the Saint Louis Arsenal, and be charged with its defense, and that Major Hagner be required simply to take charge of the ordnance department. Captain Lyon ranks Major Hagner and would have command of the troops except for the fact that Major Hagner is assigned to duty according to his brevet rank. I ask in behalf of our friends that this assignment may be rescinded and the command of the troops given to Captain Lyon. Respectfully, FRANK P. BLAIR. SPECIAL ORDERS, No. 74. WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE, Capt. N. Lyon, Second Infantry, the senior officer of the line present and on duty at Saint Louis Arsenal, Mo., is assigned to the command of the troops and defenses at that post. By order of the Secretary of War: L. THOMAS, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, Capt. N. LYON, Second Infantry, East Saint Louis: General Harney has this day been relieved from his command. The Secretary of War directs that you immediately execute the order previously given to arm the loyal citizens, to protect the public property and execute the laws. Muster four regiments into the service. L. THOMAS, LEBANON, ILL., May 11, 1861. Hon. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War: Two thousand troops, under Captain Lyon, surrounded Camp Jackson yesterday; took 1,200 State troops, with camp equipage, into custody. Cannon stolen at Baton Rouge were recovered. Prisoners were offered release on parole but refused it. They were marched to arsenal an hour after surrender. Excited populace grossly outraged U. S. troops, and finally fired on them. The fire was returned, but immediately suppressed by Captain Lyon; 15 or 20 populace, 3 U. S. troops wounded. Intense excitement in the city. Four thousand home guards under arms patrolling streets all night. Habeas corpus writs will be applied for to-day to release prisoners, but will be disregarded by Lyon. Many prisoners marched through streets hurrahing for Jeff. Davis. Left arsenal at midnight; will arrive Mouday at Washington. Our friends fear return of Harney to Saint Louis and protest against it. J. B. EADS. J. T. SANDERSON, Chief Clerk: WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, D. C., May 11, 1861. The following has just been received from Saint Louis: General Frost's brigade Missouri militia at Camp Jackson surrendered unconditionally at demand of Federal troops. Release on parole offered but declined on ground that to take oath would imply they had been in arms against U. S. authorities which they [denied]. While State troops were drawn up between two lines Union volunteers, stones were thrown, pistols were shot, one of which entered leg of Captain Blandowsky, who, while falling, gave command to fire. Twenty persons, including two women and several children, killed and many others wounded. Great excitement, and Republican newspapers threatened by mob. P. S. SANDERSON. SAINT LOUIS ARSENAL, May 11, 1861. Col. L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. S. Army. SIR: In compliance with instructions from your office of the 30th ultimo, I accepted, swore in, and armed 3,436 men and 70 officers of the loyal citizens of Saint Louis, as a reserve corps, for the protection of Government property and enforcement of its laws, on the 7th and 8th instant, and should probably have still further proceeded in receiving further offers but for events to which I will now advert. The steamer J. C. Swan arrived at Saint Louis on the night of the 8th, with a large supply of military stores, including, as I was informed, muskets, ammunition, and cannon taken on board at Baton Rouge, and there obtained from the arsenal. The boat arriving in the night great industry was used to transport these stores during the night (and before being likely to be exposed in the morning) to the camp of what is called the State militia, and which is made up for the most part of what has for a long time been known as a body of rabid and violent opposers of the General Government, and who have, during this time, been a terror to all loyal and peaceful citizens. Their extraordinary and unscrupulous conduct, and their evident design, and of the governor of this State, to take a position of hostility |