Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-09-21
A Proposalfof Exchange Of Prisoners
SECOND CORRESPONDENTS BETWEEN GEN.
ERALS HOOD AND SHERMAN. =

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: SIR ~ have the honor to propose an ex.
change of prisonefs,' officers and men cap
,tured by both armies since the commence.
ment Of the present campaign. The ex-
change to be made man for man, and the
equivalents to be allowed as regarded by the
'stipulations Of the Cartel.
Should you accept this proposition, o
meeting can take place between officers spe'
cially commissioned to make preliminary ar
rangements to effect the exchange.
This flag of truce is borne by my staff
officers, Major j. B. Eustis, A. A. G., and
Captain W. A. Reid, accompanied by an
escort Of six mounted men and.an ambu.
lance. Very respectfully,
- Your obedient servant,
~ J.eB. HOOD, General.
Official copy j. B. EUsTIs, A. A. 6.
HEAD'oRs, MILITARY Division
OF THE MISSISSIPPI, :,
Atlanta, September 8, 1864.
General j. B. Hood,
= 81. Commanding Confederate Army:
GENERAL Il have received your letter
of this date and accept your offer to ex.
change prisoners of war in hand at this mo.
ment, I fear most have already gone North,
but have sent to ascertain about what num-
Der are on hand, and I may also stop such
as have not gone beyond Chattanooga. The
basis of exchange to be the old cartel. l
will send an officer with more detailed ac-
count of prisoners on hand tomorrow, to
Rough and Ready, to confer. with any one
you may name. After prisoners reach
Nashville, and beyond, they properly fall
under the Jurisdiction of the Commissioner,
Col. Hoffman. Yours truly,
(Signed0 W.T.. SHERMAN,
- Major General Commanding
z.s3. ENDORSEMENT -
I have just heard that there are about
1000 enroutefor Chattanooga and 500 here,
besides souie squads not yet sent in by the
various brigades. I will have an. officer at
Rough and Ready tomorrow, at l p. m,
with full details, d. ~ .s-.s+s
(Signed) W.T.. SHERMAN,
Official copy. Major General.
j. B. EUsTIs, A. A. G. .a..
HEADo'Rs MILITARY DIVISION,
OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Atlanta, Ca, Sept. 8, 1864.
Gen. j. B. Hood,
49, Commanding Confederate Army:.
GENERAL:-As I answered yesterday, I
consent to an actual exchange of prisoners,
man for man, and equal for equal, differences
or balances to be made up according to the
cartel of 1862. I have appointed one of
my Inspectors General, Lieut.. Col. W.
Warner, to carry ont 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 twenty
Gght officers and seven hundred and eighty
two enlisted men, and en- route for Chatta-
nooga, SO officers and 907 men, making l.
$40. on hand, that T will exchange for a like
number of my own men, captured by you in
this campaign, who belong to oregimenss with
me, and who can resume their places at
once, as take it for granted you wilfdo the
same with yours. In other words, for these
men I am not willing to take equivalents
belonging to other armies than my OVID, or
who belong to regiments whose times are
out, and who have been discharged.
By your laws, all men eligible for service
are ipso facto soldiers, and very good one
it is, and if needed for civil duty, they are
simply detailed soldiers. We found in At.
lanta about thousand of these fellows, and
| am satisfied they are fit subjects of ex'
change, and if you will release an equal
number of our poor fellowsat Anderson,
will gather these together and send them as
prisoners. They seem to have been detail.
ed for railroad and shop duty, and ! do not
ask for them an equal number of my trained
soldiers, but will take men belonging to any
part of the U. s.. Army, subject to your
control. ........-
We hold,a good many Of your men styled
"deserters," who were really stragglers, and
would be good offset to such of our strag'
glers and foragers as your cavalry picks up
of our men, but am constrained to give
these men, though sorely against the grain,
the benefit of their character, pretended OF
real.
AS soon as Colonel Warner agrees upon
few points with the officer. you name, will
send the prisoners to the place appointed,
and recall those not beyond Chattanooga,
and you may count on about 1000 in the
aggregate, and get ready to give me like
number.
lam willing to appoint Rough and Ready
Oh Jonesboro', as the place of exchange, as
also for the place of delivering the citizens,
male and female, of Atlanta, who start te
go South.
L am, with respect, yours truly,
(Signed) W. T. SHERMAN,
-, Major General Commanding.
J. Brig. Gen. Govan is at Chattanooga and
can be brought back. I would like to have
stoneman and Captain Buel.
official copy.
J: B. EUsT1s, A. A: G.
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HEADo'Rs ARMY TENNESSEE,
In THE FIELD, Sept. IL, 1864.
Maior General ". Z. Sherman, :.