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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... hands whom you might desire or be willing to exchange for any persons that may have been so unfortunate as to have fallen into your hands . If you deem such a course desirable a flag of truce with a proper cartel might be arranged ...
... hands whom you might desire or be willing to exchange for any persons that may have been so unfortunate as to have fallen into your hands . If you deem such a course desirable a flag of truce with a proper cartel might be arranged ...
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... hands of the commissary of prisoners . The negotiation of exchange of prisoners is important . A lieutenant - colonel has been exchanged for a captain and ten privates ; a general for a certain number of other officers . Knowledge of ...
... hands of the commissary of prisoners . The negotiation of exchange of prisoners is important . A lieutenant - colonel has been exchanged for a captain and ten privates ; a general for a certain number of other officers . Knowledge of ...
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... hands , a charge I have not hesitated even against most positive direct evidence to put down as false . I have never heard of the hanging of any man by the troops under my command and am confident not one has been hung . At the time you ...
... hands , a charge I have not hesitated even against most positive direct evidence to put down as false . I have never heard of the hanging of any man by the troops under my command and am confident not one has been hung . At the time you ...
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... hands and feet . Question . Describe the character of the irons or manacles or what- ever you call them . Answer . I think the irons on their wrists were the ordinary cuffs with a bar , and on their feet they had a short chain , just so ...
... hands and feet . Question . Describe the character of the irons or manacles or what- ever you call them . Answer . I think the irons on their wrists were the ordinary cuffs with a bar , and on their feet they had a short chain , just so ...
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... hands of your quartermaster . The funds to pay the freight should also be forwarded . Very respectfully , your obedient servant , M. C. MEIGS , Quartermaster - General . HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NORFOLK , Norfolk , Va . , November 25 ...
... hands of your quartermaster . The funds to pay the freight should also be forwarded . Very respectfully , your obedient servant , M. C. MEIGS , Quartermaster - General . HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NORFOLK , Norfolk , Va . , November 25 ...
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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