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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... confined I am not without friends . I feel the want of exercise very much , particularly in my legs . Apart from that my health is first rate . We are in daily anticipation of the news of a great battle between General McDowell's corps ...
... confined I am not without friends . I feel the want of exercise very much , particularly in my legs . Apart from that my health is first rate . We are in daily anticipation of the news of a great battle between General McDowell's corps ...
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... confined in this place , did we learn that our captors were acting in bad faith toward us or else that we had been misrepre- sented to them . We do not write you this to tell you of our disappointment or to make you responsible for it ...
... confined in this place , did we learn that our captors were acting in bad faith toward us or else that we had been misrepre- sented to them . We do not write you this to tell you of our disappointment or to make you responsible for it ...
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... confined at Camp Chase . The Governor directs me to inquire of you whether the commandant of the department shall exercise the authority to discharge or whether applications for that purpose shall be made directly to your Depart- ment ...
... confined at Camp Chase . The Governor directs me to inquire of you whether the commandant of the department shall exercise the authority to discharge or whether applications for that purpose shall be made directly to your Depart- ment ...
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... confined in Washington and in New York Harbor will be released on taking the prescribed oath of allegiance to the United States or an oath not to engage in arms against the United States . Of these confined in this city the thirty ...
... confined in Washington and in New York Harbor will be released on taking the prescribed oath of allegiance to the United States or an oath not to engage in arms against the United States . Of these confined in this city the thirty ...
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... confine the prisoners within secure walls or the guard would have to be confined within a very defensible work to insure that the prisoners could at no time overcome them and make their escape into Canada . Further the island is so ...
... confine the prisoners within secure walls or the guard would have to be confined within a very defensible work to insure that the prisoners could at no time overcome them and make their escape into Canada . Further the island is so ...
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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