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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 44 (search)
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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 62 (search)
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62.-exchange of prisoners.
Lieutenant-Colonel Whipple, who was sent to exchange the rebel privateersmen for Colonel Corcoran and other Federal prisoners, made the following report of the conduct of the rebel authorities:
headquarters, Department of Virginia, Fortress Monroe, Va., June 6, 1862. Major-General John E. Wool, Fortress Monroe, Virginia.
sir: I have the honor to report that I left Hampton Roads about three o'clock A. M., on the morning of the second inst., in charge of the privateersmen, prisoners of war--eighty-five in number — and five men, taken from merchant vessels while attempting to run the blockade, on board the steamer Massachusetts for City Point, Va., where in accordance with your instructions, I was to endeavor to effect the release of our officers held as hostages by the rebels, by delivering their privateersmen within their lines on parole.
I communicated with the enemy about two o'clock P. M., of the second, sending your letter — enclosin