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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.50 (search)
The request was not granted, but he was made a colonel in the regular army, which, we presume, was balm enough for his wounded feelings from the public attacks on his conduct in cruelties to a helpless prisoner. On Miles' retirement, General H. W. Burton assumed command of Fortress Monroe, and he seems to have been more considerate and humane to his State prisoner, for he was called to account by the War Department for permitting persons to visit Mr. Davis not specially authorized by it. by the War Department for permitting persons to visit Mr. Davis not specially authorized by it. The writ of habeas corpus for Mr. Davis was issued by the United States Circuit Court for the District of Virginia on the 1st day of May, 1867, and under instructions from the War Department, General H. W. Burton, on the 13th day of May, obeyed the writ and was released from the further custody of the ex-President of the Confederate States. Thus ended the imprisonment of the great and good man.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)
Battle of, 289. Beverley, Road to, 10. Blockading, Confederate, insufficient, 111; private, 114. Bloody Angle, The, 200. Booth, J. W., Why he shot Lincoln, 99. Bragg, General Braxton, 127. Braxton's Battery, 240. Breast-plates in Federal Army, 221. Brown, Execution of John, 279. Buchanan, Admiral Franklin, 244. Buchanan, President Against Coercion, 31. Buell, General Don Carlos, 124, 131. Bullock, Captain James D., 114. Burnside, General A. E., 265. Burton, General H. W., 346. Caddall, J. B., 174. Calhoun, John C., 28, 106. Campbell, John A, 107. Cameran, W. E., 347. Carrington, Colonel H. A., Sketch of, 216. Carter, Colonel, killed, 8. Carter, Lieutenant Henry C., wounded, 6. Carter, Colonel Thomas H., 233. Cedar Creek, Battle of, 223; forces at, 225; casualties in, 231. Cavalry, Reorganization of, in 1862, 6 Chamberlain, General J. L., 355. Chambersburg, Burning of, 93. Chandler, Colonel C., killed, 336