Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-11-10
GEN. DEALL-s EEPsERT,
As Confederate agent. to Supply Pris-
Oners Of War.

LITTLE Rock, oct. :, 1866.
To Hr Elii9r Of tRe Ialt0graph:
Tnclosed I send a report Of my duties
/ as agent TO supply prisoners Of war, and
VIII ask the favor 10 have il published in
your paper.
Wi. y. r. BEALL.
NEW YORK, sept. "A, 1855.
II f.e loic C5nfc5erGte Prisoners Of Var:
! Having performed the duty Of furnish
J ing you supplies, agreeable 10 the arrange
meut between Gen. Grant and Col. Ould,
/ I feel that il is due TO you, and just to
myself, that you should have an outline
. OF these duties The arrangements
made to supply the prisoners of war,
I through the agency Of their respective
authorities, permitted the Confederate
authorities 10 send one thousand a 600
bales Of cotton from Mobile TO me in this
I city, to be sold by me, and the proceeds
TO be expended in the purchase of such
supplies a. you might need. At the time
of the arrangement eleventh and
twelfth of November, eighteen hundred
and siXty-f0ur} il was thought that
. fiie --,,4.,i,-I---r receive Iiie cOJlOH on
a Emitted States vessel, would reach Mo-
bile on the twenty-second Of November,
and that the cotton would reach this city
abont the sixth Of December,
Under this impression, at that date, the
United States War Department had me
| paroied, and permitted me to come from
I Fort Warren TO this city, for the purpose
| Of receiving and selling the cotton.
Nothing having been hsard Of the cot
| ton, ON the fifth of January, eighteen
hundred and siXty-iive, my parole was
/ suspended, and placed as prisoner of
war in Fort Lafayette, where I remained
until the twenty-fOurth Of January, when
eight hundred and thirty bsles having
/ arrived, my parole was renewed, and
/ allowed 10 entsr upon my duties.
The long delay brought the cotton to
/ this city on a greatly deprecated market.
/ As this delay, and the consequent very
/ heavy loss to the Prison Fund, has been
/ attributed 70 various causes, | win state
/ that from official letters in my possession,
/ learn that ON the eleventh Of Decem-
/ Der, one thousand eight hundred and
| siNty-tour, Gen. Granger, L. s, A, COM
maDdiBg IN Mobile bay, notified Gen.
Alaury, commanding at Mobile - his
readiness 10 receive on bos-6 q Tr7ired
states transport, the ore thousand Il .O00
/ bales OF cotto:.-that on the twenty-sec.
ond, Sen. Maury notified Gen. Granger
Of his readiness 10 ship the cottOn-that
the one thousand 1000 bales were re
ceived on q transport, and receipted fOl
by United States officer, on the fifteenth
Of January.
The vessel being Of insufficient capacity
10 bring the entire quantity, one hundret
and seventy ll70l bales We're left with tn,
| United States QuarteTmaster at Fort Nor
gan, for future shipment to New York
lhGve learned, unofficially, that the delav
. was caused by miscarriage Of orders ant
uncominonly tempestuoUs weather.
The eight hundred and thirty bales, af
ter being putin good dcondition for market
, and due notice given, was sold at publ,
auction on the eighth Of February, eigh
teen hundred and siXty-fivc, and brough
an average OF feighty-two eentsper pound
and netted three hundred and thirty-onl
thousand, seven hundred and eighty
nine dollars and siNty-siX cents Eigh
thousand, Eve hundred and eighty-nin
/ dollars and sixty-eight cents were pai
; as internal revenue, The one hundre
and seventy bales turned over 10 tn
Qusrtennaster at Fort Morgan, did ne
! reach this city until the eighth of April
eighteen hundred and siXty-nve; and
, after being put in marketable cOnditio,
ana sold at public auction, April eigh
! teoItn, Noted only twenty-thrce thou
: sand, nine hundred and forty-four dol
: lars and seventy-siX cents, an averag
! I of twenty-nine and three-qUarter cont
per pound. The delay of the one huu
dred andsseventy bales, Tor seventy-tw
Z days, cost the Prison Fund fotv-tyy
Thousand nve hundred and sixtv-nip
D dollars and fifty cents. I feel assure
that this detention was caused by som
o inefficient United States Quartermastc
L OF has own authority,
S Allthe cotton reached this city in mo:
g wretchcd condition, and had to be r,
e picked and rebaled before it could I
- offered for sale
70 Having only within a we're short tim
2 been able 10 bring the matter Of the Il
q te.uh Revenue tax upon the cOtto
% amounting 70 eight thousand five hu1
{ dred eighty-niue dollars and sixty-eigi
" cents directly before the Hon. Secretar
OF the Treasury, Mr.. McCullOch, h
- promptly ordered it to be refunded, an
Y on yesterday ,thirthUenth Instant it Wa
IN received and paid to the contractors VIII
r, furnished clothing.
a On entering upon nay duties il was m
N wish and intention TO furnish YOU prOvi
,r ions at leas; sugar and coffeel as well :
IS clothing and blankets. Upon calculatio
! 1 found that il would require twelve hun
d drcd dollars (Sl200l per day to supply ii
o small ratio Of sugar and coffee. and
If could not, therefore, he done for want
v funds, The very severe winter made IN
4 demand for clothing the most importan
" Attached hereto is a list of the prisoI
j and number Of prisoners confined therein
r. at the time | entered upon the discbarc
4 of my duties, tsee list A., and also list
% supplies sent to the various prison
T., sec list 81.
N Ii VIII be observed that to the priso1
20 where bgt q small number were confine,
IF ! sent no supplies, Such prisons wer
g as a general thing, used merely for Il
.e temporary detention of prisoners, the
Is being speedily transferred 10 larger ST
.e tons.
d Among the two thousand two hundrc
D. and tifty-nine boxes Of provisions, clotl
'e ing and tobacco that arrived from Il
u SQuth, there were a number for the of
l. GERS (prisOners of war at Hilton Hea,
T. Morris Island and Fort Pulaski, bv
n learning officially that these officers hs
b, been ordered on exchange, l had Il
r boxes distributed among the remainif
ID prisoners. After this was done, learnC
& that these officers had been returned
le Fort Delaware.
d During the performance Of my dutie
1T which occupied my entire time and a
De tention for several months, / receive
s, from the United States officers with who
J. had business intercourse, great courtet
-e and every assistance, To the Quartz