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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... instant , asking what disposition should be made of negro slaves taken in arms , I am directed by Lieutenant - General Smith to say no quarter should be shown them . If taken prisoners , however , they should be turned over to the ...
... instant , asking what disposition should be made of negro slaves taken in arms , I am directed by Lieutenant - General Smith to say no quarter should be shown them . If taken prisoners , however , they should be turned over to the ...
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... instant , and hardly know what to say about it or about him . He was once , as you know , one of the officers of the old Third , for all of whom I always had a special regard , and I particularly valued him in early life , for he was ...
... instant , and hardly know what to say about it or about him . He was once , as you know , one of the officers of the old Third , for all of whom I always had a special regard , and I particularly valued him in early life , for he was ...
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... instant * covering reports of examina- tion of prisoners at Pollard , Greenville , and Montgomery , Ala . , up to the 1st instant , has been received . Your action in the premises meets the full approval of the Department . With regard ...
... instant * covering reports of examina- tion of prisoners at Pollard , Greenville , and Montgomery , Ala . , up to the 1st instant , has been received . Your action in the premises meets the full approval of the Department . With regard ...
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... instant , to communicate with you on the subject of the arrest and banishment of Clement L. Vallandigham , most respect- fully submit the following as the resolutions of the convention bearing upon the subject of this communication ...
... instant , to communicate with you on the subject of the arrest and banishment of Clement L. Vallandigham , most respect- fully submit the following as the resolutions of the convention bearing upon the subject of this communication ...
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... instant is received . It is stated that some of the officers and men of the colored regiments captured west of the Mississippi River have been hung by order of General Taylor , and that others ( colored ) have been sold into slavery ...
... instant is received . It is stated that some of the officers and men of the colored regiments captured west of the Mississippi River have been hung by order of General Taylor , and that others ( colored ) have been sold into slavery ...
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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