Statistics for occurrence #1 of “France” in entry ely-alfred of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
... 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 .
He died in Rochester, N. Y., May 18, 1892.
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