Excerpt from Message of the President of the United States: Communicating, in Answer to a Resolution of the Senate of the 26th Ultimo, Correspondence With the Rebel Authorities in Relation to the Exchange of Prisoners; February 8, 1864 This correspondence has been furnished by General Meredith down to the period when Major General Butler entered upon duty in connexion with the subject of exchanges, and since then by General Butler himself. I have added a copy of the instructions to General Butler on the subject, dated Fort Monroe, December 17, 1863, signed by myself, in conformity with your orders of the previous day, a copy of which is also annexed; and I have added a. Copy of the cartel, so frequently referred to in this correspondence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.