HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF EAST FLORIDA,
Baldwin, Fla., February 24, 1864.
Brig. Gen T. SEYMOUR,
Commanding U.S. Forces, Jacksonville:
GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication
of the 23d instant, proposing that the wounded prisoners left by you on the
field of battle at Ocean Pond, on the 20th instant, be paroled and sent
within your lines, and requesting that if the body of Col. C. W. Fribley,
left on the ground, could be identified, his grave might be so marked that
his family at some future day may be able to remove his remains.
In reply I have to state that the wounded prisoners have been sent forward
and properly taken care of, to await the future action of my Government with
reference to an exchange of prisoners.
I regret to say that the body of Colonel Fribley has not been identified.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JOSEPH FINEGAN,
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
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