Statistics for occurrence #1 of “General Lee” in chapter 55 of Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2:
... prisoners, was declined by me.
George G. Meade, Major-General.
His action was confirmed by his Government.
On October 1, 1864, when the number of prisoners was large on both sides, General Lee wrote to General Grant substantially as follows:
To alleviate the sufferings of our soldiers, I propose the exchange of prisoners of war taken by the armies operating in Virginia, man for man...
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