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The Daily Dispatch: November 9, 1863., [Electronic resource], Confederate prisoners. (search)
y Gen. Banks are free to go to duty. Neither our Government nor the Federal recognize the parole. A General Order to this effect will issue in a few days. All Confederate prisoners who have been delivered at any other point then Vicksburg or City Point can immediately return to their commands, where such delivery was made 23d May last. You need not recognize any parole given since the 23d May last, which was not in pursuance of a distinct agreement, made between the commanders of the two opposing armies. Prisoners must be reduced into possession and delivered either at Vicksburg or City Point, unless there is some distinct agreement to the contrary, made by the "Commanders of two opposing armies." The deliveries made at Mobile or Port Hudson will not be recognized. All such can immediately return to duty. The Federals have forced us to assume this position. There is no danger to our people in returning to duty, because the Federals recognize the full force of the r
The Daily Dispatch: November 9, 1863., [Electronic resource], The cause of Morgan's raid into Ohio. (search)
of my claim; but, unfortunately, all power had been recently centred in the Secretary of War, and he had no further control over paroles, but had sent a statement of my case to the Secretary of War, and recommended that I be paroled and sent to City Point. I at once sent a copy of this letter to the Secretary of War, and wrote at the same time to Gen. Cox, Commanding Department of Ohio, to urge the matter and see that it was not overlooked in the hurry of official business. Finally an order came from the Secretary that "In consequence of my honorable conduct on a former occasion, he had determined to make mine an excepted case, and directed that I be immediately released and sent to City Point." What joyous news, for I had almost began to despair. In fact I was regarded by my brother officers as having a mania on the subject, and whenever an improbable event was spoken of they would reply, Yes, when Alston gets his parole." There were a great many others situated exactly as I was; b