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Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 17: (search)
ation. General Halleck, Federal chief of staff, in a letter to Foster, June 21st, stated that the secretary of war approved his suggestion, and had ordered an equal number of Confederate generals and field officers to be forwarded to be treated precisely as the Federal prisoners were, and with proper precautions to prevent escape, putting them in irons, if necessary, for that purpose. The first roll of Confederate prisoners of war made out for this purpose was from those confined at Fort Delaware, and included Maj.-Gens. Edward Johnson and Franklin Gardner, Brig.-Gens. J. J. Archer, G. H. Steuart and M. Jeff Thompson, and 46 colonels, lieutenant-colonels and majors. General Jones, on July 1st, proposed to General Foster that they should exchange prisoners, if the respective governments approved, and enclosed communications from Brigadier-Generals Wessells, Seymour Scammon, Heckman and Shaler, the Federal general officers in his hands, in which they declared that a prompt exch
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Additional Sketches Illustrating the services of officers and Privates and patriotic citizens of South Carolina. (search)
emained seven months, when he was taken to Fort Delaware, where he was confined until the early par64. From Johnson's island he was taken to Fort Delaware, and thence to Richmond, where he was parotaken to the Old Capitol prison, thence to Fort Delaware, where he remained until June, 1865, when the hands of the enemy he was confined at Fort Delaware for three weeks and then paroled, but was command at Town Creek. Refusing to go to Fort Delaware with the officers he accompanied his men tut six months, and then he was returned to Fort Delaware, where he remained until the latter part o until December 26, 1864, and then sent to Fort Delaware, where he was confined until June, 1865. ber 14, 1862, he was captured and taken to Fort Delaware. After being exchanged about the 1st of D Point, Fortress Monroe, Point Lookout and Fort Delaware, he was the subject of many unpleasant exp confined in the Old Capitol prison and at Fort Delaware until July, 1865. Since the war he has be[8 more...]