The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 47, In Three Parts. Part 3, Correspondence, etc. Page: 27
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CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-UNION.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH,
Hilton Bead, S. C., March 25, 1865.
Maj. Gen. P. M. B. YOUNG,
Commanding Confederate Forces, Augusta, Ga.:
SIR: I have the honor to state that about two weeks since Mr. or
Captain Girardey presented himself before my lines at Savannah, Ga.,
with a request, understood to be in your name or by your authority, for
a personal interview with myself. I suggested in reply that he should
forward me a sealed letter communicating the nature of the business
on which he came, but he declined to do so, simply stating that it was
of a character to commend itself to my favorable attention and was in
conformity with the known policy of my Government, or words to that
effect. I went to Savannah with the intention of affording to Captain
Girardey the opportunity of a personal interview, but he had left for
Augusta. I have the honor to inform you that I will see in front of
the lines at Savannah any officer or other person who brings from your-
self a request for an interview.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Q. A. GILLMORE,
Major-General, Commanding.
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SAVANNAH,
Savannah, Ga., March 25, 1865.
Major-General GILLMORE:
SIR: I did not send your communication to General Young by the
flag-of-truce boat, thinking you would not wish me to do so, as it only con-
cerned an interview between yourself and Major Gherardi [Girardey],
who had gone when I received the communication, but I will do so by
the next boat. I received no telegram from you yesterday. Please
tell me what dispatches you refer to in your last.
C. GROVER,
Brevet Major-General, Commanding.
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SAVANNAH,
Savannah, Ga., March 25, 1865.
ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, DEPT. OF THE SOUTH:
The flag-of-truce boat which went out to arrange the preliminaries
with regard to the exodus of the families of the rebel officers has not
returned yet. There is a flag of truce now at my lines sent by General
Howell Cobb, at Macon, Ga., to arrange for the delivery at some point,
near Savannah, on the Altamaha River, about 5,000 Union prisoners.
Shall I return the flag and shall I make any arrangements in the case,
or await your instructions? By the provisions of the cartel for the
exchange, these prisoners were to have been exchanged at Mobile, but
the officer bearing the flag says their communications with Mobile are
not good. For the same reasons it would be exceedingly inconvenient
for us to receive them at the Altamaha River. We might receive them
on boats at Fort McAllister, I think, without inconvenience.
C. GROVER,
Commanding.27
HAP. 11ix.
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 47, In Three Parts. Part 3, Correspondence, etc., book, 1895; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154639/m1/27/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.