Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 10., Sketch of the Third Battery of Maryland Artillery., To the West., page 327

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As the last agreement concerning supplies related only to such as were sent by the respective governments, in the interest of humanity I sought to extend the agreement to supplies contributed by individuals, and accordingly on the 25th November, 1864, I addressed the following letter to the Federal Agent of Exchange.

Richmond, Va., November 25th, 1864.
Lieutenant-Colonel Jno. E. Mulford, Assistant Agent of Exchange:

Sir,--Since the recent agreement allowing supplies to be sent by the respective governments, it seems to me that it would be proper that and restrictions heretofore existing on either side, relating to contributions to prisoners, should be removed. If I am correctly informed, person at the North, unless they were near relations of sick prisoners, have not been allowed since the 10th of August last, to send supplies to Confederate officers and men in your custody. I also understand that the prisoners have not been permitted to make purchases except of the most limited character, and then only from sutlers. Some doubt has also been entertained by our people, whether money sent to our prisoners at the North is delivered to them. The Confederate authorities are entirely willing that your prisoners confined here, shall, in addition to Government or State supplies, receive any contributions sent by private individuals, either North or South, and also whatever sums of money may be sent to them to be expended in accordance with humane and proper prison regulations. Will your Government not agree to the same? I will thank you for an early reply.

Respectfully, your obedient servant,

Ro. Ould, Agent of Exchange.

Under the plan thus adopted Government supplies were consigned to officers of the respective parties, those representing the Confederate authorities at the North being Generals Trimble and Beale, and those representing the Federal authorities at the South being General Hays and Colonel Wild. All these officers were granted paroles to enable them more efficiently to discharge their duties. The goods sent were invoiced in duplicate, and one of the invoices signed by the proper

Richmond, VA. 1882.

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Reverend J. William Jones, Ed.

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