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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ely , Alfred , 1815 -1892 (search)
Ely, Alfred, 1815-1892
Lawyer; born in Lyme, Conn., Feb. 18, 1815; settled in Rochester, N. Y., in 1835; admitted to the bar in 1841; member of Congress in 1859-63.
He was taken prisoner by the Confederates while visiting the battle-field of Bull Run in July, 1861, and confined in Libby prison for six months; was then exchanged for Charles J. Faulkner, the minister to France, who had been arrested for disloyalty.
While in Libby prison he kept a journal, which was later published as the Journal of Alfred Ely, a prisoner of War in Richmond.
He died in Rochester, N. Y., May 18, 1892.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sheridan , Philip Henry 1831 -1888 (search)
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), chapter 6 (search)
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), Index. (search)
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 142 (search)
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137.-diplomatic correspondence.
Mr. Faulkner to Mr. Seward.
Legation of the United States, Paris, April 15,
I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, Charles J. Faulkner.
Mr. Seward to Mr. Dayton.
Department of S f 5th of April last.
It contains only an exposition of Mr. Faulkner's views of the policy which this Government ought to pu you, will show you the President's views on the subject Mr. Faulkner has discussed, and these will be your guide, notwithsta nversation, and also of an unofficial one, held between Mr. Faulkner and M. Thouvenel.
In the former conversation, M. Thouvenel asked Mr. Faulkner whether there is not some diversity of opinion in the Cabinet of the President as to the proper mode he relations of the States and the General Government.
Mr. Faulkner, in reply, said that he had no information on the subje not now be discussed.
In the unofficial conversation, Mr. Faulkner says that he himself expressed the opinion that force w
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 246 (search)
James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Chapter 1 : the preliminary examination. (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.30 (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Second Virginia regiment of cavalry, C. S. A. February 28th , 1865 . (search)
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