WASHINGTON, May 14. – Robert Morris, Esq., Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives, left here to-day for the headquarters of General McClellan, bearing with him a handsomely engrossed copy of the resolution of thanks, passed by the House on Friday last. Mr. Morris, by direction of the Clerk of the House, will deliver these to the General in person.
The military department, as recently restored, included the State of Kansas, the Indian territory west of Arkansas, and the Territories of Nebraska, Colorado and Nevada, with the head quarters at Fort Leavenworth.
WASHINGTON, May 15. – In addition to the steamers Hero and Kent, which brought hither the released Union prisoners last night, the Kennebec has arrived with 450 wounded rebels from Williamsburg. The men are, the greater part, slightly wounded, and are attended by rebel surgeons and nurses. A strict guard is kept over this boat. No visitors are permitted.
The State of Main [sic] also arrived with about with about 330, the J. H. Warner with 400 and the Elm City with 450 sick and wounded prisoners form different Union regiments. They are being removed to the various hospitals today.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 17, 1862, p. 3
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