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COMMISSION RELATING TO STATE PRISONERS,
Washington, April 1, 1862.

Brig. Gen. James S. Wadsworth, &c., Washington.

GENERAL: If they consent you will please convey * * * Mrs. C[atherine] V[irginia] Baxley, prisoners at present held in the Old Capital Prison in this city, beyond the lines of the U. S. forces into the State of Virginia and release them upon giving their written honor that they will not return north of the Potomac River during the present hostilities without permission of the Secretary of War.

Very respectfully, yours,
JOHN A. DIX, EDWARDS PIERREPONT, Commissioners

HEADQUARTERS, Fort Monroe, Va.June 2, 1862

We, the undersigned, late prisoners in the Old Capitol at Washington, do pledge our word of honor that in consideration of our being set at liberty beyond the lines of the U. S. Army we will not return north of the Potomac RIver during the present hostilities without the permission of the Secretary of War of the United States.

C. V. Baxley.

NOTE: Mrs. Rose O'N. Greenhow and Mrs. Augusta Morris also signed this parole and were sent South with Mrs. Baxley.