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re in keeping with his conduct toward the prisoners at Richmond. This latter fact, together with his sterling integrity and soldierly character, had caused his selection for the chief control of Confederate prisons. The Adjutant General, Samuel Cooper, a man as pure in heart as he was sound in judgment, was the classmate of Winder; their lives had been passed in the army in frequent intercourse; General Cooper, in a letter of July 9, 1871, wrote that General Winder, who had the control of General Cooper, in a letter of July 9, 1871, wrote that General Winder, who had the control of the Northern prisoners, was an honest, upright, and humane gentleman, and as such I had known him for many years. He had the reputation, in the Confederacy, of treating the prisoners confined to his general supervision with great kindness and consideration. In January, 1864, and even earlier, it became manifest that, in consequence of the complication in relation to exchanges, the large mass of prisoners on both sides would remain in captivity for many long and weary months, if not for the d
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Index (search)
gress (frigate), 165, 166, 169. Surrender, 166-67. Conner, General, 454. Conover, S., 420. Constitution (Federal), preservation, 5-6. Violation, 12-13. Ballot box authorized, not armed force, 135-36. Contraction and expansion of powers, 137. Suspension, 144-45. Abolition a violation, 145-50. Enforced ratification of emancipation amendment, 253, 254. Formation of West Virginia a violation, 255-58. Conynham, Capt., Gustavus, 230. Cooke, Colonel, 282. John Esten, 97. Cooper, General, Samuel, 506. Corcoran, James, 201. Corinth, Miss., Gen. Halleck's advance, 58-59. Battle, 328-29. Corypheus (ship), 197. Cotton, measures taken by U. S. Congress to confiscate, 289-93. Couch, General, 309. Courtney, General, 93. Cox, General, 270, 539. Crater, Battle of the, 546. Crittenden, Gen. George B., 17-19, 30, 31, 35, 37, 57, 361. Account of battle of Fishing Creek, 16-17. Crook, General, 444, 447, 449, 450, 451, 453. Cross Keys, Battle of, 93-94. Crump,