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, 1899 - 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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... honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 17th instant , accompanying a descriptive roll of 113 soldiers of the rebel army captured and paroled at the Yazoo hospital on the 21st May last . I have the honor to inclose ...
... honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 17th instant , accompanying a descriptive roll of 113 soldiers of the rebel army captured and paroled at the Yazoo hospital on the 21st May last . I have the honor to inclose ...
Page 79
... honor to do or not to do a particular thing not inconsistent with the duty of a soldier . Thus , a prisoner of war actually held by the enemy may , in order to obtain exemption from a close guard or confinement , pledge his parole of honor ...
... honor to do or not to do a particular thing not inconsistent with the duty of a soldier . Thus , a prisoner of war actually held by the enemy may , in order to obtain exemption from a close guard or confinement , pledge his parole of honor ...
Page 83
... honor to report that I delivered to the rebels at City Point Saturday p . m . and this a . m . 322 women and children ; that I have here with me 191 women and children , of whom 101 are foreigners , mostly English and German . Shall I ...
... honor to report that I delivered to the rebels at City Point Saturday p . m . and this a . m . 322 women and children ; that I have here with me 191 women and children , of whom 101 are foreigners , mostly English and German . Shall I ...
Page 108
... honor to be , your obedient servant , W. WILLARD SMITH , Captain and Aide - de - Camp . I do not know why Messrs . Cameron and Moorhead think it danger- ous for Trimble to be brought here . The distance is less than to either ...
... honor to be , your obedient servant , W. WILLARD SMITH , Captain and Aide - de - Camp . I do not know why Messrs . Cameron and Moorhead think it danger- ous for Trimble to be brought here . The distance is less than to either ...
Page 122
... honor to report that , pursuant to the instruc- tions of the General - in - Chief , I have selected by lot one of the captains held as prisoners of war in the Old Capitol Prison to be placed in close confinement . The lot fell upon Capt ...
... honor to report that , pursuant to the instruc- tions of the General - in - Chief , I have selected by lot one of the captains held as prisoners of war in the Old Capitol Prison to be placed in close confinement . The lot fell upon Capt ...
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Agent of Exchange arrest Assistant Adjutant-General August barracks blankets Brig Brigadier-General Camp Chase Camp Douglas Capt Captain captured cartel Cavalry cells charge citizens City Point clothing Colonel Third Infantry Commanding commissary Commissary-General of Prisoners Commissioner for Exchange communication confined copy December declaration of exchange declared exchanged delivered depot duty E. A. HITCHCOCK E. M. STANTON enemy Exchange of Prisoners Federal Fort Delaware Fort Monroe furnished Government guard HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT herewith honor hospital inclose Inclosure indorsement Infantry and Commissary-General informed instant instructions Johnson's Island July letter Lieut Major-General Monroe negroes November obedient servant October OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL Ohio Ohio penitentiary parole penitentiary Point Lookout prisoners of war rations rebel prisoners received regiment release request Richmond S. A. MEREDITH Secretary Secretary of War sent September sick soldiers surgeon tion troops U. S. Army U. S. forces Vicksburg Volunteers WAR DEPARTMENT Washington WILLIAM HOFFMAN