O.R.--SERIES II--VOLUME VI [S# 119]

UNION AND CONFEDERATE CORRESPONDENCE, ORDERS, ETC., RELATING TO PRISONERS OF WAR AND STATE FROM JUNE 11, 1863, TO MARCH 31, 1864.--#18

CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, WAR DEPARTMENT,
Richmond, October 27, 1863.

Brig. Gen. S. A. MEREDITH, Agent of Exchange:

Brig. Gen. S. A. Meredith, U.S. agent of exchange, inclosing $500 Confederate money to be distributed among the most needy Federal prisoners at Castle Thunder, $200 of which was counterfeit.

[First indorsement.]

OCTOBER 27, 1863.

Brig. Gen. S. A. MEREDITH, U.S. Agent of Exchange:

Respectfully returned with forty counterfeit $5 notes. The remaining $300 is good money and will receive the direction you indicate.

RO. OULD,
Agent of Exchange.

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[Second indorsement.]

Captain ALEXANDER,
Castle Thunder:

This money is sent for the relief of the most needy Union prisoners at Castle Thunder. Please send me a receipt for $300, stating upon, the face that the amount will be devoted to the use of such.

RO. OULD,
Agent of Exchange.

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Brig. Gen. S. A. Meredith, U.S. agent of exchange, incloses $500 Confederate currency to be distributed among the most needy Federal prisoners. This money was from the hands of W. P. Wood, superintendent Old Capitol Prison, and the package was directed to Brig. Gen. Neal Dow.

[Indorsement.]

OCTOBER 27, 1863.

Respectfully returned to Brigadier-General Meredith.

Every note is counterfeit. They have been all so stamped and are returned. I have had the portions of the letter that did not relate to the money copied. That copy will be given to General Dow when the goods arrive.

RO. OULD,
Agent of Exchange.

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