Colonel Charles E. Livingston

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WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, September 30, 1862.

The following lists of officers of the U.S. service who have been exchanged as prisoners of war, September 21, 1862, at Aiken's Landing, Va., for prisoners taken in arms against the United States, are published for the information of all concerned:

I.--List of officers exchanged and for whom.

Maj. Charles E. Livingston, Twenty-sixth [Seventy-sixth] New York Volunteers, for Capt. [A. O.] Murphy, Louisiana Navy.

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RICHMOND, VA., December 17, 1862.  

 Lieut. Gen. J. C. PEMBERTON.

SIR: Several communications of yours to the War Department have been referred to me. One of them refers to the case of Captain Murphy. On the 21st September last Captain Murphy was exchanged for Maj. Charles E. Livingston, Seventy-sixth New York Volunteers. General Butler has therefore no claim for any further equivalent for Captain Murphy. The exchange was a special one and was made by me in consequence of an urgent letter from Governor Moore, of Louisiana, in whose service Captain Murphy had been acting. I informed Governor Moore of the consummation of the exchange nearly three months ago. If General Butler will refer to General Orders, No. 147, issued by the United States Government, September 30, 1862, he will see the above exchange therein published. …

Respectfully, your obedient servant,

 RO. OULD,
Agent of Exchange.

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