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W. Hoffman letter June 29,1863

Office Commissary-General of Prisoners,
Washington, D. C, June 29, 1863.
Lieut. Col. W. H. Ludlow, Agent for Exchange of Prisoners, Fort Monroe, Va.:
Colonel: Your letters of the 26th and 27th instant are received. I have not heretofore understood the manner of transferring prisoners of war from Fort Monroe to City Point, and I have been under the impression that the steamers which received them at Baltimore or this place took them directly to City Point after reporting to you. I believe in no case have I ordered transportation to be furnished only to Fort Monroe, and if it has been done the responsibility is on the quartermaster. I will hereafter direct that transportation be furnished to City Point, unless discharged at Fort Monroe by your order. I requested that prisoners at Fort Norfolk be sent back to Fort Delaware, supposing that the delay of delivering them grew out of other sources than a want of transportation. The steamers provided to take prisoners from Fort Delaware are to take them through to City Point.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
W. HOFFMAN,
Colonel Third Infantry and Commissary- General of Prisoners.

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55th Congress 3d Session House of Representatives Document No. 312
The War of the Rebellion: A compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies.
Published under the direction of the Hon. Russell A. Alger, Secretary of War,
By Brig. Gen. Fred C. Ainsworth, Chief of the record and pension office, war department, and Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley.
Series II – Volume VI.
Washington: Government printing office.
1899