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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... cartel both in letter and spirit . Upon reference to the cartel you will find no mention whatever of what was to be the color of prisoners of war . It was unnecessary to make any such mention , for before the establishment of this cartel ...
... cartel both in letter and spirit . Upon reference to the cartel you will find no mention whatever of what was to be the color of prisoners of war . It was unnecessary to make any such mention , for before the establishment of this cartel ...
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... cartel , of the laws and usages of war , and of your own practices under them . Passing events will clearly show the impracticability in executing the act referred to . In case , however , the attempt be made to execute it I now give ...
... cartel , of the laws and usages of war , and of your own practices under them . Passing events will clearly show the impracticability in executing the act referred to . In case , however , the attempt be made to execute it I now give ...
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... cartel , will govern our army . By the cartel all prisoners of war are to be delivered at certain named places , there to be exchanged or paroled , and all paroles exacted or accepted by the enemy from our troops in violation of its ...
... cartel , will govern our army . By the cartel all prisoners of war are to be delivered at certain named places , there to be exchanged or paroled , and all paroles exacted or accepted by the enemy from our troops in violation of its ...
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... cartel does not apply to him in any event , for he was not arrested within the limits of what the South claims ; was not in the army , and if claimed by the South as a Louisianian he might be considered in a most dangerous position here ...
... cartel does not apply to him in any event , for he was not arrested within the limits of what the South claims ; was not in the army , and if claimed by the South as a Louisianian he might be considered in a most dangerous position here ...
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... cartel and general orders , they are valid ; if not , not valid . I cannot act upon any single case until I know precisely what it is . A court is investigating the cases of paroled officers who came in here . You have all the orders ...
... cartel and general orders , they are valid ; if not , not valid . I cannot act upon any single case until I know precisely what it is . A court is investigating the cases of paroled officers who came in here . You have all the orders ...
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Agent of Exchange arrest Assistant Adjutant-General August barracks blankets Brig Brigadier-General Camp Chase Camp Douglas Capt Captain captured cartel Cavalry cells charge citizens City Point clothing Colonel Third Infantry Commanding commissary Commissary-General of Prisoners Commissioner for Exchange communication confined copy December declaration of exchange declared exchanged delivered depot duty E. A. HITCHCOCK E. M. STANTON enemy Exchange of Prisoners Federal Fort Delaware Fort Monroe furnished Government guard HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT herewith honor hospital inclose Inclosure indorsement Infantry and Commissary-General informed instant instructions Johnson's Island July letter Lieut Major-General Monroe negroes November obedient servant October OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL Ohio Ohio penitentiary parole penitentiary Point Lookout prisoners of war rations rebel prisoners received regiment release request Richmond S. A. MEREDITH Secretary Secretary of War sent September sick soldiers surgeon tion troops U. S. Army U. S. forces Vicksburg Volunteers WAR DEPARTMENT Washington WILLIAM HOFFMAN