United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War. House of Representatives. Report # 67. Returned Prisoners.
NOT AVAILABLE DIGITALLY Online access and copy requests are not available for this item. If you would like us to notify you when it becomes available digitally, please email us at reference@gilderlehrman.org and include the catalog item number.
Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.358 Author/Creator: United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War. Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Pamphlet Date: 1864 Pagination: 30 p. ; 24.5 x 16 cm. Order a Copy
38th Congress, 1st session. Signed by W. L. Ransom. Report made by Daniel Gooch of the Joint Committee on the Conduct and Expenditures of the War. Describes in detail the harsh treatment endured by prisoners of war and the destitute condition of the returned Union prisoners: "The evidence proves, beyond all manner of doubt, a determination on the part of the rebel authorities, ... to subject those of our soldiers who have been so unfortunate as to fall in their hands to a system of treatment which has resulted in reducing many of those who have survived and been permitted to return to us to a condition, both physically and mentally, which no language we can use can adequately describe." Includes letters, and testimony of prisoners of war and surgeons to prove the point. Includes four pages of engravings of starving Union prisoners of war.
Citation Guidelines for Online Resources
The copyright law of the United States (title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specific conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research.” If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use,” that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.