This necessitated the following letter, which further explains the point at issue between the two commanders, and reverses the
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his communication to the War Department, and some matters to which he could merely make incidental reference, will now be specially noticed.
Arrangements for the exchange of prisoners taken on both sides during the recent engagements were entered into in the early part of August, but certain points in their execution gave rise to much reproach from General Gillmore, who even charged General Beauregard with a ‘breach of faith.’
The Federal Commander wrote as follows:
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