From the Richmond Dispatch, 11/21/1862, p. 1, c. 5

Flag of Truce. - In accordance with the agreement perfected between Robert Ould, Esq., and Major Ludlow United States Commissioner, for the exchange of civil and military prisoners, all flags of truce will hereafter stop at City Point, where prisoners of the Confederacy will be embarked, and prisoners taken by the abolition forces will be received. In accordance with this agreement 500 abolition prisoners, lately belonging to the U. S. army, will be sent to City Point this morning at 8 o'clock, in charge of an officer, to be delivered to the Federal authorities. Along with paroled prisoners in return, advices of a late date may be expected from the United States.

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