"CHARLES L. PEIRSON, Adjutant 20th Mass. Regt. for Col. Lee GEORGE B. PERRY, Lieut. 20th Mass. Regt. for Major Revere. W. E. MERRILL, United States Engineers for Col. Cogswell. J. E. GREEN, Lieut. 15th Mass. Regt. for Col. Wood. J. H. HOOPER, Lieut. 15th Mass. Regt. for Capt. Bowman. JOHN MARKOE, Capt. 71 Penn. Regt. C. M. HOOPER, Lieut. 71 Penn. Regt." _Richmond, January 19, 1862_ Visited the Jail and spent the morning there; my last day in prison. Tomorrow I shall be again under the Stars and Stripes. So many pleasant hopes and memories mingle with the plans for the release of my friends that my mind is too full for definite thought or writing. I have received a passport which reads thus:--"permission is granted C. L. P. to visit Norfolk upon honor not to communicate in writing or verbally for publication any fact ascertained which if known to the enemy might be injurious to the Confederate States of America." I have also signed a parole to take no part in the existing hostilities until released or exchanged. Had an interview with General Winder who stated to me officially for his Government that if the Privateers are placed as prisoners of war the Hostages shall secure the same treatment. Hurrah for the Stars and Stripes! _Washington, January 30, 1862_ Waited before breakfast from 10 A.M. (at which time I had the day before arranged an interview) until 4 P.M. to see General McClellan. Saw Secretary Stanton and met General Stone at General McClellan's office. Saw also Hon. H. M. Rice of Minnesota and Hon. A. H. Rice of Massachusetts. _January 31_ Waited all the morning at General McClellan's office. Wrote to Governor Andrew, called on Hon. Charles Sumner--met Mr. John M. Forbes of Boston who gave me much help in seeing influential people. Captains W. P. Mason, R. B. Irwin, McMahon, Arthur McClellan (brother of the General), Aides de Camp to the General were very polite to me. Secretary Stanton gave me a copy of the order transferring the Privateers to the War Department. This secures the release of my friends. End of Project Gutenberg's Ball's Bluff, by Charles Lawrence Peirson