The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate ArmiesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1899 |
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... General Grant and Mr. Ould . the cotton . You will remain in New York and await the arrival of H. W. HALLECK , Major - General and Chief of Staff . WASHINGTON CITY , D. C. , January 3 , 1865 . Maj . Gen. E. R. S. CANBY , Commanding ...
... General Grant and Mr. Ould . the cotton . You will remain in New York and await the arrival of H. W. HALLECK , Major - General and Chief of Staff . WASHINGTON CITY , D. C. , January 3 , 1865 . Maj . Gen. E. R. S. CANBY , Commanding ...
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... Maj . Gen. H. W. HALLECK , Chief of Staff : GENERAL : I have the honor to inclose certain papers * relating to General Beall's case , having referred to them in a letter this day sent . My attention was called to the matter of the sign ...
... Maj . Gen. H. W. HALLECK , Chief of Staff : GENERAL : I have the honor to inclose certain papers * relating to General Beall's case , having referred to them in a letter this day sent . My attention was called to the matter of the sign ...
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... General Beall , C. S. Army , was turned over to me as a prisoner last night by Brigadier - General Paine , U. S. Army , by order of Major - General Halleck , U. S. Army . Shall I restrict him to the actual rations of prisoners of war ...
... General Beall , C. S. Army , was turned over to me as a prisoner last night by Brigadier - General Paine , U. S. Army , by order of Major - General Halleck , U. S. Army . Shall I restrict him to the actual rations of prisoners of war ...
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... General Hood and by Lieutenant - General Taylor , commanding this department , and under which a number of exchanges ... Major - General Rousseau in regard to Colonel Grass , by sending him on his parole of honor ( a copy of which is ...
... General Hood and by Lieutenant - General Taylor , commanding this department , and under which a number of exchanges ... Major - General Rousseau in regard to Colonel Grass , by sending him on his parole of honor ( a copy of which is ...
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... General Hood and by Lieutenant - General Taylor , commanding this department , and under which a number of exchanges ... Major - General Rousseau in regard to Colonel Grass , by sending him on his parole of honor ( a copy of which is ...
... General Hood and by Lieutenant - General Taylor , commanding this department , and under which a number of exchanges ... Major - General Rousseau in regard to Colonel Grass , by sending him on his parole of honor ( a copy of which is ...
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Adjutant ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE Agent of Exchange Andersonville April arrest Assistant Adjutant-General Assistant Agent Beall Brevet Brig Brigadier-General Butler Camp Capt Captain captured Cavalry charge citizens City Point Clay Colonel Commanding Commissary-General of Prisoners commission Confederate Davis delivered E. D. TOWNSEND E. M. STANTON exchange of prisoners February February 20 Federal prisoners Fort Delaware Fort Monroe Fort Warren forwarded furnished Government guard H. W. HALLECK HDQRS Henry Wirz HOFFMAN hospital inclosed Inclosure indorsement instant January John JOHNSON Johnson's Island letter Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Lieutenant-General Grant Major-General March Military Division military prison Monroe MULFORD obedient servant OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL Ohio Ould President prisoners of war rebel prisoners rebellion received Regiment released request Respectfully referred Richmond Secretary Secretary of War sent sick soldiers stockade Surgeon U. S. Army U. S. Colored U. S. GRANT U. S. Volunteers United Veteran Reserve Corps WAR DEPARTMENT West Mississippi Winder Wirz
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Page 665 - I, , do solemnly swear, in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States thereunder...
Page 794 - ... shall, if captured, be put to death, or be otherwise punished at the discretion of the court.
Page 574 - ... to amnesty and pardon thereunder, by reason of their participation directly or by implication in said rebellion, and continued hostility to the government of the United States...
Page 573 - All who have engaged in any way in treating otherwise than lawfully as prisoners of war persons found in the United States service as officers, soldiers, seamen, or in other capacities. Seventh. All persons who have been or are absentees from the United States for the purpose of aiding the rebellion.
Page 572 - AD 1864, did, with the object to suppress the existing rebellion, to induce all persons to return to their loyalty, and to restore the authority of the United States, issue proclamations offering amnesty and pardon to certain persons who had, directly or by implication, participated in the said rebellion ; and Whereas many persons who had so engaged in said rebellion have, since the issuance of said...
Page 797 - The enemy might almost literally have felt that it is " a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Page 794 - I shall, unless in your wisdom you deem some other course more expedient, deliver to the several State authorities all commissioned officers of the United States that may hereafter be captured by our forces in any of the States embraced in the proclamation, that they may be dealt with in accordance with the laws of those States providing for the punishment of criminals engaged in exciting servile insurrection.
Page 344 - For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Page 127 - Cummings, to be hung by the neck until he is dead, at such time and place as the commanding general may direct, two-thirds of the members of the court concurring therein.
Page 553 - HON. EM STANTON, Secretary of War. SIR : — I have the honor to submit...