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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... proper subjects for exchange . It is not shown under what command this regiment was , in what brigade , division , or part of the rebel army , nor whether it has been stationed for any purpose in the part of Kentucky where its ...
... proper subjects for exchange . It is not shown under what command this regiment was , in what brigade , division , or part of the rebel army , nor whether it has been stationed for any purpose in the part of Kentucky where its ...
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... proper limitation extending to only one case I am ready at any moment to deliver you every officer or man whom we have declared exchanged . I do not believe there are any such in our prisons . I have , however , caused diligent search ...
... proper limitation extending to only one case I am ready at any moment to deliver you every officer or man whom we have declared exchanged . I do not believe there are any such in our prisons . I have , however , caused diligent search ...
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... proper that the possession of the prisoner should be com- plete , jure victoria , by the conqueror and the spes recuperandi frus- trated . Hence the paroling of prisoners on the battle field before the contest is ended is inoperative ...
... proper that the possession of the prisoner should be com- plete , jure victoria , by the conqueror and the spes recuperandi frus- trated . Hence the paroling of prisoners on the battle field before the contest is ended is inoperative ...
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... proper to state that the convention was one in which all parts of the State were represented , one of the most respectable as to numbers and character and one of the most earnest and sincere in support of the Constitution and the Union ...
... proper to state that the convention was one in which all parts of the State were represented , one of the most respectable as to numbers and character and one of the most earnest and sincere in support of the Constitution and the Union ...
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... proper authorities employ all legitimate means to rebuke and punish the offenders . It is hoped that the statements I have alluded to may be incorrect or mere exaggerations , as is not unusually the case on both sides , and that the ...
... proper authorities employ all legitimate means to rebuke and punish the offenders . It is hoped that the statements I have alluded to may be incorrect or mere exaggerations , as is not unusually the case on both sides , and that the ...
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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