RICHMOND, VA., April
22, 1865.
(Received 12.10 p.m.)
Hon. E. M. STANTON:
It is stated here by respectable parties that the amount of
specie taken South by Jeff. Davis and his partisans is very large, including
not only the plunder of the Richmond banks, but previous accumulations. They
hope, it is said, to make terms with General Sherman or some other Southern
commander by which they will be permitted with their effects, including this
gold plunder, to go to Mexico or Europe. Johnston's negotiations look to this
end. Would it not be well to put Sherman and all other commanding generals on
their guard in this respect.
H. W. HALLECK,
Major-General.
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I Volume
46, Part 3 (Serial No. 97), p. 277
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