The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate ArmiesOfficial records produced by the armies of the United States and the Confederacy, and the executive branches of their respective governments, concerning the military operations of the Civil War, and prisoners of war or prisoners of state. Also annual reports of military departments, calls for troops, correspondence between national and state governments, correspondence between Union and Confederate officials. The final volume includes a synopsis, general index, special index for various military divisions, and background information on how these documents were collected and published. Accompanied by an atlas. |
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I am prepared to send Lieutenant Fellers within your lines at City Point upon an intimation from you that Lieutenant Underhill has beon released . I am , sir , very respectfully , your obedient servant , GEO .
I am prepared to send Lieutenant Fellers within your lines at City Point upon an intimation from you that Lieutenant Underhill has beon released . I am , sir , very respectfully , your obedient servant , GEO .
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By the terms of the parole as extended at your headquarters Surgeon Benjamin must return as a prisoner of war by the of July within your lines unless exchanged for Lieutenant - Colonel Morton . This requirement or obligation is ...
By the terms of the parole as extended at your headquarters Surgeon Benjamin must return as a prisoner of war by the of July within your lines unless exchanged for Lieutenant - Colonel Morton . This requirement or obligation is ...
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SIR : The Secretary of War authorizes you to release any rebel prisoners who are badly wounded and disabled and suffer them to pass through our lines to their homes on their giving their parole not hereafter to serve in any capacity ...
SIR : The Secretary of War authorizes you to release any rebel prisoners who are badly wounded and disabled and suffer them to pass through our lines to their homes on their giving their parole not hereafter to serve in any capacity ...
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J. A. Ekin , U. S. Army , reporting the fact that many prisoners now under your charge at Camp Morton would prefer remaining in prison rather than to be released and sent within the rebel lines , has been submitted to this Department ...
J. A. Ekin , U. S. Army , reporting the fact that many prisoners now under your charge at Camp Morton would prefer remaining in prison rather than to be released and sent within the rebel lines , has been submitted to this Department ...
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They are to all intents and purposes spies when found within our lines in citizen's dress , but the expense of trial and the detriment to the service by removing officers from their active field duties is greater probably than the good ...
They are to all intents and purposes spies when found within our lines in citizen's dress , but the expense of trial and the detriment to the service by removing officers from their active field duties is greater probably than the good ...
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| Title | The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies The War of the Rebellion, United States. Record and Pension Office The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, United States. War Records Office |
| Author | United States. War Department |
| Editors | Robert Nicholson Scott, George Breckenridge Davis, Frederick Crayton Ainsworth, Joseph William Kirkley |
| Compiled by | Calvin Duvall Cowles |
| Contributors | United States. War Records Office, United States. Record and Pension Office, United States. Congress. House |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1899 |
| Original from | UC Southern Regional Library Facility |
| Digitized | 5 Apr 2018 |
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