Pryor, Roger Atkinson, 1828-1919 to Robert M. T. Hunter

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GLC#
GLC02236
Type
Letters
Date
February 3, 1865
Author/Creator
Pryor, Roger Atkinson, 1828-1919
Title
to Robert M. T. Hunter
Place Written
New York, New York
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Writes as a prisoner of war and requests Confederate Senator Hunter's help in getting out of prison. " ... McLean has called upon me to-day, with the generous proffer of an endeavour to procure my release. Will you contribute to that object? I am anxious beyond expression to return to my dear, beloved South; and if it be possible that you can do anything in this behalf, you will infinitely oblige." Written from Fort Lafayette, New York. Many pencil notes on verso. Pryor, Confederate soldier from Virginia, was confined on 29 November 1864 at Fort Lafayette, Virginia and paroled on 15 February 1865 for exchange.

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