The War of the Rebellion: v. 1-8 [serial no. 114-121] Correspondence, orders, reports and returns, Union and Confederate, relating to prisoners of war and to state or political prisoners. 1894 [i.e. 1898]-1899. 8 vU.S. Government Printing Office, 1899 - Confederate States of America Official 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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... Federal prisons I resolutely declined to recognize or countenance such a principle as that practiced by your authorities . If any arrests were made they were unauthorized , and the isolated instances in which they occurred were but ...
... Federal prisons I resolutely declined to recognize or countenance such a principle as that practiced by your authorities . If any arrests were made they were unauthorized , and the isolated instances in which they occurred were but ...
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... Federal Government acts , and it is to be apprehended that as a natural result a system of retaliation in kind will be resorted to . It will rest chiefly with the Federal Government to decide hereafter the character which the contest ...
... Federal Government acts , and it is to be apprehended that as a natural result a system of retaliation in kind will be resorted to . It will rest chiefly with the Federal Government to decide hereafter the character which the contest ...
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... Federal agent for ex- change of prisoners to the fact that our men state on returning that all their money is invariably taken from them and not returned . Every blanket resembling a Federal blanket is claimed . The watches and money of ...
... Federal agent for ex- change of prisoners to the fact that our men state on returning that all their money is invariably taken from them and not returned . Every blanket resembling a Federal blanket is claimed . The watches and money of ...
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... Federal Army in the State of Tennessee , upon proof of their guilt deemed satisfactory by the commanding officer of the department in which they may be captured and held . ** By order : * * S. COOPER , Adjutant and Inspector General ...
... Federal Army in the State of Tennessee , upon proof of their guilt deemed satisfactory by the commanding officer of the department in which they may be captured and held . ** By order : * * S. COOPER , Adjutant and Inspector General ...
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... Federal service that the boat would leave that night and that he under- stood we were to be sent to the military prison . At my request he went to the office of the Galt House and brought me a note from Lieutenant Bush ( herewith ...
... Federal service that the boat would leave that night and that he under- stood we were to be sent to the military prison . At my request he went to the office of the Galt House and brought me a note from Lieutenant Bush ( herewith ...
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Agent for Exchange Alton Annapolis Answer April arrested Assistant Adjutant-General authority barracks Benton Barracks Brig Brigadier-General Burnside Camp Chase Camp Douglas Camp Parole Capt Captain Alexander captured cartel Cavalry charge Cincinnati citizen prisoners City Point Colonel Hoffman Colonel Third Infantry Commissary-General of Prisoners Confederate confined copy December delivered duty enemy Exchange of Prisoners February flag of truce Fort Delaware Fort Monroe forwarded furnished General-in-Chief Government guard HDQRS HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT herewith honor hospital inclose Inclosure indorsement instant instructions January Kentucky letter Lieut Lieutenant-Colonel and Agent Major-General March MILITARY PRISON Missouri Monroe Murfreesborough oath of allegiance obedient servant OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL Ohio Old Capitol Prison Ould paroled prisoners persons prisoners of war provost-marshal Provost-Marshal-General Question received referred Regiment released request respectfully Richmond rolls Rosecrans Saint Louis Secretary Secretary of War sent soldiers surgeon Tenn troops U. S. Army Vicksburg Virginia Volunteers WAR DEPARTMENT Washington