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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... guard . A permanent guard will be ordered to the fort in time to receive the prisoners . I am , sir , very respectfully , your obedient servant , E. D. TOWNSEND , Assistant Adjutant - General . Major - General BANKS , U. S. Army ...
... guard . A permanent guard will be ordered to the fort in time to receive the prisoners . I am , sir , very respectfully , your obedient servant , E. D. TOWNSEND , Assistant Adjutant - General . Major - General BANKS , U. S. Army ...
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... guard last Sunday the 8th instant . We were all assured then by Colonel Bosley that we were to be sent home just as the party that preceded us . At Grafton we were told by General Kelley and Adjutant Hawkes that we would be sent home ...
... guard last Sunday the 8th instant . We were all assured then by Colonel Bosley that we were to be sent home just as the party that preceded us . At Grafton we were told by General Kelley and Adjutant Hawkes that we would be sent home ...
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... guard for the fort , and this should be undertaken at once . At the same time the Governor thinks a guard of one company as proposed by the War Department would be totally insufficient . If the enlistment of such a battalion were ...
... guard for the fort , and this should be undertaken at once . At the same time the Governor thinks a guard of one company as proposed by the War Department would be totally insufficient . If the enlistment of such a battalion were ...
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... guard there till he arrives in Boston . The battalion of three or four companies will be accepted as a guard . E. D. TOWNSEND , Assistant Adjutant - General . HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NORFOLK , Flag - Officer L. M. GOLDSBOROUGH ...
... guard there till he arrives in Boston . The battalion of three or four companies will be accepted as a guard . E. D. TOWNSEND , Assistant Adjutant - General . HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NORFOLK , Flag - Officer L. M. GOLDSBOROUGH ...
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... 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 distant from Sandusky , the nearest port , that it ...
... 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 distant from Sandusky , the nearest port , that it ...
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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