Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869 [Petition to President Abraham Lincoln to arrange for the release of Union prisoners held in Richmond, Virginia].

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GLC#
GLC08160
Type
Documents
Date
14 July 1862
Author/Creator
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
Title
[Petition to President Abraham Lincoln to arrange for the release of Union prisoners held in Richmond, Virginia].
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Mary Morrison, Amanda Morrison, and Mary Wheeler, two wives and a sister of Union supporters imprisoned by the Confederate Army request that the Union Army take seven Confederate supporters living in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and arrange to have a prisoner transfer, citing a prior instance of such an exchange. The Union prisoners were Moses Morrison, Thomas Morrison, Major Charles Williams, and Peter Cousse. Secretary of War Stanton's endorsement supports the request and asks General John Pope to hold the "disloyal persons" until the petitioners' kin are returned.

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