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BUREAU OF MILITARY RECORD. COL. L. L. DOTY, CHIEF OF BUREAU.
0mce of War Prls0ners’ Division,
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SIR : '
_ At the last session of the State Legislature, provision was made that the Benizsu of )Iir.ir.mr Riacoao shall ‘* procure rl
detailed account of the treatment of lvnion Soldiers front this State, in rebel prisons, and :1 record ot` the deaths in said prisons, and other perti-
"*'. nent tacts connected with such lll1})I'lSUlllllt‘ll[.Y·
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—___, Pursuant to this Order, the undersigned has been designated and empowered to correspond with Otticers and Soldiers ot`the State ot` New
York. who have been prisoners of war at any period during the Rebellion, and to request ot` them details ot'tl1eir personal experience, as material
for a future History.
To siniplity the matter ot` collecting this interesting int`orination, a series of Questions is herewith printed which you are requested to an-
swer, in your own language, briefly as you may tind convenient.
The details gathered will he arranged in historic tlirni bythe undersigned, and all the valuable data furnished will be deposited iu tho
BURE.xU of )I[Ll'l`;\R\’ Ilncotm, at the State Capital, tor future disposition as the Legislature shall instruct.
In replying to the Questions, please write out your facts in the blank space tidlowing each one, and add such further remarks as }'0|1 may
deem proper, on the hlank pages ot` this paper.
A directed Envelope   herewith enclosed, in which you can return this blank, when filled up with your replies.
Address Cor. A. J. II. DUGAXNE, it
Historian of U. S. 1’risuuers.0jZ War.
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If you   doing so, please give a statement of your capture and Prison experience in your own language, without reference to the fore.
going questions, except so far as to include whatever information you may have in regard to your associates. You can write such account on the
following blank pages.