Statistics for occurrence #1 of “General Butler” in chapter 1.35 of Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government:
...e inflicted upon an equal number of prisoners held by us.
This was putting the matter offensively, for the purpose of preventing an exchange, as recommended by General Grant for the adoption of General Butler .
But let us return to the progress of negotiations.
In a dispatch from General Grant to General Butler, dated City Point, August 18, 1864, the former says:
On the subject of exchange, how...
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