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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... war , and ( so far as the military authorities were concerned ) to State or political prisoners . The third series ... Secretary of War , of the General- in - Chief , and of the chiefs of the several staff corps and departments ; the ...
... war , and ( so far as the military authorities were concerned ) to State or political prisoners . The third series ... Secretary of War , of the General- in - Chief , and of the chiefs of the several staff corps and departments ; the ...
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... Secretary of War , May 7 , 1887 , assigned Lieut . Col. H. M. Lazelle , U. S. Army , to duty as the successor of ... War , by a board of three persons , one of whom shall be an officer of the Army , and two civilian experts , to be ...
... Secretary of War , May 7 , 1887 , assigned Lieut . Col. H. M. Lazelle , U. S. Army , to duty as the successor of ... War , by a board of three persons , one of whom shall be an officer of the Army , and two civilian experts , to be ...
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... Secretary of War . I am , very respectfully , your obedient servant , ALFRED GIBBS , Captain Rifles , Commanding ... war ceases and peace is concluded between the Confederate States and the Federal Government , or until I am released by ...
... Secretary of War . I am , very respectfully , your obedient servant , ALFRED GIBBS , Captain Rifles , Commanding ... war ceases and peace is concluded between the Confederate States and the Federal Government , or until I am released by ...
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... Secretary of War . DEAR SIR : Applications are frequently being made at this depart- ment for the discharge of prisoners of war confined at Camp Chase . The Governor directs me to inquire of you whether the commandant of the department ...
... Secretary of War . DEAR SIR : Applications are frequently being made at this depart- ment for the discharge of prisoners of war confined at Camp Chase . The Governor directs me to inquire of you whether the commandant of the department ...
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... war . Please report results at the earliest date practicable . Very respectfully , THOMAS A. SCOTT , Acting Secretary of War . FORT HAMILTON , November 5 , 1861 . Hon . WILLIAM H. SEWARD . SIR : Colonel Dimick , commanding Fort Warren ...
... war . Please report results at the earliest date practicable . Very respectfully , THOMAS A. SCOTT , Acting Secretary of War . FORT HAMILTON , November 5 , 1861 . Hon . WILLIAM H. SEWARD . SIR : Colonel Dimick , commanding Fort Warren ...
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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