Up early on account of getting cold
Saw a Richmond paper and it
stated that the Commissioners
met. The Confederate Commissioner
Ould proposed to exchange man
for man & Officer for Officer, but
the Commissioner on our side
had no instructions from the
Government whatever.
At 12 M. Drew our meat and Bread (21)
At 4 p.M. Soup ^ '(2)' & Bread (24) the day
was exceedingly hot. the bells ring in
Richmond & a big smoke can be
seen from Camp another fire
Let our tent down and fixed it to
make it warmer. Report say the
Evening ^'paper' said we were to be exchanged
immediately.
Judge Robert Ould (1820-1822) Commissioner for the Exchange of Prisoners His 1864 "Report of the agent of exchange, with accompanying papers, relative to arrangements for the relief of soldiers who are prisoners of war in the hands of the enemy" is available in Special Collections, University of Virginia Library.
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