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Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 45: exchange of prisoners and Andersonville. (search)
thed. Having, however, a very large excess of prisoners over the enemy, we can, in making exchanges, select those who have not been furnished with new clothing or blankets. By this means but a very limited number of rebel soldiers will be returned with new uniforms. Should it become necessary, prisoners for exchange can be required to turn their blankets over to their comrades who remain. Please give orders to General Hoffman accordingly. North American Review, March, 1886. Professor Dabney, of the University of Virginia, wrote as follows in answer to an article of The Nation condemnatory of the Confederates for their abuse of prisoners. To the Editor of The Nation. Sir: As you state in your editorial of last week that the diet at Johnson's Island was exceptionally abundant and varied, I wish to call the attention of your readers to certain evidence to the contrary, which I have heard. After reading your article I went to a gentleman whose brother, a Confederate l