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, 1898 - 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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... question is an embarrassing one . Please give me immediate instructions by telegraph as to the disposition to be made of officers and men taken prisoners of war . I recommend that course as in many instances calculated to pro- duce an ...
... question is an embarrassing one . Please give me immediate instructions by telegraph as to the disposition to be made of officers and men taken prisoners of war . I recommend that course as in many instances calculated to pro- duce an ...
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... questions of defense . I have received no reply which does not surprise me , for even if Mr. Tucker shall not have been absent on professional or mar- tial affairs communication is so indirect and letters are so often seized that my or ...
... questions of defense . I have received no reply which does not surprise me , for even if Mr. Tucker shall not have been absent on professional or mar- tial affairs communication is so indirect and letters are so often seized that my or ...
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... Question . Where do you reside ? Answer . In Newburyport . Question . You are part owner of the schooner Enchantress ? Answer . I am . Question . Where was she built ? Answer . At Newburyport . Question . In what year ? Answer . In May ...
... Question . Where do you reside ? Answer . In Newburyport . Question . You are part owner of the schooner Enchantress ? Answer . I am . Question . Where was she built ? Answer . At Newburyport . Question . In what year ? Answer . In May ...
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... Question . Has she always sailed under the flag of the United States ? Answer . She has as far as I know . Her papers show it so anyhow . Question . Where is she now enrolled or registered ? Answer . She is now registered in the port of ...
... Question . Has she always sailed under the flag of the United States ? Answer . She has as far as I know . Her papers show it so anyhow . Question . Where is she now enrolled or registered ? Answer . She is now registered in the port of ...
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... Question . What other things do you remember ? Answer . There were also about 20,000 feet of lumber put on the deck of the ves- sel - white pine and oak lumber in the form of boards . I saw it shipped myself . Question . What other ...
... Question . What other things do you remember ? Answer . There were also about 20,000 feet of lumber put on the deck of the ves- sel - white pine and oak lumber in the form of boards . I saw it shipped myself . Question . What other ...
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ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE Answer April arrest Assistant Adjutant-General authority BENJAMIN HUGER Brig Brigadier-General Camp Douglas Capt Captain captured charge citizens Colonel Commanding Department Commissary-General of Prisoners Confederate confined consul copy Davis DEPARTMENT OF NORFOLK DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA district Eighth Infantry Enchantress enemy exchange of prisoners February February 20 flag of truce Fort Lafayette Fort Monroe Fort Warren Goldsborough Government Governor guard H. W. HALLECK HDQRS HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT herewith HOFFMAN honor HUGER inclose Inclosure Indorsement inform instant instructions J. P. BENJAMIN January JOHN June letter Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Major-General mariner military Monroe Norfolk North Carolina obedient servant Ohio parole persons prisoners of war privateersmen Quartermaster-General Question rebel received Regiment released reply request respectfully Richmond Saint Louis Secretary Secretary of War sent steamer Sumter surgeon taken THOMAS troops U. S. Army U. S. Navy United vessel WAR DEPARTMENT Warren Washington William Wool wounded