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Unknown [Confederate Parole]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04522.01 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Athens, Georgia Type: Printed document Date: 4 May 1865 Pagination: 1p. ; 11.5 x 17.5 cm. Order a Copy

A pledge taken by officers of the Confederate Army to cease from taking up arms or giving aid against the United States Government until exchanged as prisoners of war.

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