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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Page 63
... treatment they received whilst confined in Fort Norfolk . As many as eighteen have been huddled together in an apartment fifteen feet square , with but little ventilation . They have been compelled to obey the calls of nature in that ...
... treatment they received whilst confined in Fort Norfolk . As many as eighteen have been huddled together in an apartment fifteen feet square , with but little ventilation . They have been compelled to obey the calls of nature in that ...
Page 73
... treated in accordance with the stipulations of the cartel and the rules of civilized war . * It is also stated that a ... treatment of prisoners our Govern- ment will be reluctantly compelled to resort to retaliation . While we shall ask ...
... treated in accordance with the stipulations of the cartel and the rules of civilized war . * It is also stated that a ... treatment of prisoners our Govern- ment will be reluctantly compelled to resort to retaliation . While we shall ask ...
Page 142
... treatment , but they were not as comfortable as they would be in the hospital , and I directed that they should be removed to one of the wards where sufficient room could be made to receive them . The change had not been made when I ...
... treatment , but they were not as comfortable as they would be in the hospital , and I directed that they should be removed to one of the wards where sufficient room could be made to receive them . The change had not been made when I ...
Page 162
... treatment our own brave soldiers have always received from the rebels when so unfortunate as to fall into their hands as pris- oners I confess it makes my blood boil to see the extreme privileges granted to Morgan's thieves . I cannot ...
... treatment our own brave soldiers have always received from the rebels when so unfortunate as to fall into their hands as pris- oners I confess it makes my blood boil to see the extreme privileges granted to Morgan's thieves . I cannot ...
Page 163
... treatment of prisoners of war as public enemies . To sell or enslave any captured person on account of his color and for no offense against the laws of war is a relapse into barbarism and a crime against the civilization of the age ...
... treatment of prisoners of war as public enemies . To sell or enslave any captured person on account of his color and for no offense against the laws of war is a relapse into barbarism and a crime against the civilization of the age ...
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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