Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-09-29
Gen. Sherman to Gen. Hood.

Mississippi, Atlanta, Sept. 8. 1864
General J. B. HOOP, Commanding Confederate Army
GENERAL: have received your letter OF this date
and accept your offer to exchange prisoners of war
hand at this moment fear most have already gone North
but have sent to ascertain what number about are on
hand aud may also stop such have not gone beyond
Chattanooga The basis of exchange to be the old cartel
I will send officer with more detailed account of
prisoners hand to Rough and Ready morrow to con-
fer with any one you may name Alter prisoners reach
Nashville and beyond they properly fall under the ars.
dlcton of the commissioner, Col Hoffman
Yours truly, W. L. SHERMAN. Major Gen Cong.
Endorsement have just heard that there are about
one thousand route to Chattanooga and five hundred
here beside some not yet in by the various brigades
will have an officer at Rough and Ready to morrow at
P. NJ with full details
W. I. SHERMAN, Major Gen. Commanding
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION
Of the Mississippi, Atlanta, (Ga.) Sept. g. 1864.
General J. B. HOOD Commanding Confederate Army
GENERAL Az engaged yesterday consent to actual
exchange OF prisoners man for and equal for equal
differences balances to be made up according to the
Of 1862 have appointed of my Inspector Generals
Lieut.. Col W. Warner to carry out this exchange and
will empower him to call for the prisoners and all such
guards as he may need to effect the actual transfers We
have here % officers and 1872 enlisted men and on route
for Chattanooga SO officers and 907 men, making $40
on hand that will exchange for like number of my own
men captured by you in this campaign who belong to
regiments with me- and who their places at
once take it for granted that you will do the with
yours.
In other words for these men am not willing to take
equivalents belonging to other armies than my own who
belong to regiments whose times are out aud who have
been discharged By your laws all eligible for service
are pso faco soldiers and very good it is and if
needed for civil duty they simply detailed soldiers
We found in Atlanta about thousand of these fellows
and am satisfied they fit subjects of exchange and
you will release an equal number of poor fellows An
derson will gather these together and send them prison.
They to have been detailed for railroad and
shop duty aud do not ask for them equal number
my trained soldiers, but twill take belonging to any
part of the United States army to your control
We hold good many of your styled "deserters who
are really stragges and would be good Offset such of
saggers and foragers your cavalry pick up of
men but am constrained to give these men, though
sorey against the gran the benefit Of their character pre-
tended or real
As soon as COL Warner agrees upon few points with
the officer you name, will send the prisoners to the
place appointed AID recall those not beyond Chattanooga
and you may count about two thousand 10 the aggre
gate and get ready to give me a like number.
am willing to appoint Rough and Ready or Jones
boro the place of exchange also for the place of
delivering the citizens, male and female of Atlanta who
start to 60 South.
lam with respect, yours truly,
w. I. SHERMAN, Major Gen. Commanding.
Brig Gen Goyan Is at Chattanooga and can brought
back. would like to have stoneman and Capt. Buell..