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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... officer at Craney Island . Two officers came off in a boat from Craney Island , of whom I asked the name of the commanding officer at the island and if General Huger was still at Norfolk . The senior of the two ( I did not learn their ...
... officer at Craney Island . Two officers came off in a boat from Craney Island , of whom I asked the name of the commanding officer at the island and if General Huger was still at Norfolk . The senior of the two ( I did not learn their ...
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... officers and remnant of his command , say 600 men . Have accepted surrender agreeing to treat them with the kindness due prisoners of war , but stating that it was not in my power to relieve them from any liability incurred by taking ...
... officers and remnant of his command , say 600 men . Have accepted surrender agreeing to treat them with the kindness due prisoners of war , but stating that it was not in my power to relieve them from any liability incurred by taking ...
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... officers among your pris- oners who have recently been officers of the U. S. Army or Navy and who you may have reason to believe left either with the intent of bearing arms against the United States . The captured officers of this ...
... officers among your pris- oners who have recently been officers of the U. S. Army or Navy and who you may have reason to believe left either with the intent of bearing arms against the United States . The captured officers of this ...
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... officers and men shall receive the treatment due to prisoners of war . In witness whereof we , the said Stringham and Butler , on behalf of the United States , and the said Barron , Martin and Andrews , repre- senting the forces at ...
... officers and men shall receive the treatment due to prisoners of war . In witness whereof we , the said Stringham and Butler , on behalf of the United States , and the said Barron , Martin and Andrews , repre- senting the forces at ...
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... officers are quartered in Fort Columbus and the men at the Castle . Will I be justified in allowing the officers the liberty of the island upon their parole ? What shall be the tenor of their confinement ? I request an early answer ...
... officers are quartered in Fort Columbus and the men at the Castle . Will I be justified in allowing the officers the liberty of the island upon their parole ? What shall be the tenor of their confinement ? I request an early answer ...
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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