Winder, John H., 1800-1865 to William Smith

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GLC#
GLC03356
Type
Letters
Date
January 22, 1864
Author/Creator
Winder, John H., 1800-1865
Title
to William Smith
Place Written
Richmond, Virginia
Pagination
2 p. : docket ; Height: 25.3 cm, Width: 20.1 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Writes to the governor of Virginia about the release of a prisoner of war, F.A. Winston, who was charged with "disloyalty" and sent from Lynchburg with two Yankee deserters. Discusses the regulations concerning those charged with disloyalty. On dark blue paper. Winder was a brigadier general in the Confederate army. In May 1862, President Jefferson Davis placed him in command of Richmond. He was also given the task of organizing care for all Union Army prisoners east of the Mississippi.

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