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OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS, Washington, D. C., July 16, 1863.
Col. J. C. KELTON,
COLONEL: I have the honor to report that, pursuant to the instructions of the General-in-Chief, I have selected by lot one of the captains held as prisoners of war in the Old Capitol Prison to be placed in close confinement. The lot fell upon Capt. R. H. Tyler, Eighth Virginia Infantry, and I have communicated to General Martindale the general's orders to place him in close confinement.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
SOURCE: Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, Series 2, Volume 6, pg. 122
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