I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

W. HOFFMAN,
Colonel 3d Infantry, Commissary General of Prisoners.

Hon. E. M. Stanton,
Secretary of War, Washington, D. C.


TESTIMONY.

Annapolis, Maryland,
May 6, 1864.

Howard Leedom, sworn and examined:

By the chairman:

Question. To what company and regiment have you belonged?

Answer. Company G, 52d New York.