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Dana, Charles A. (1819-1897) to B. H. Peterson

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05670 Author/Creator: Dana, Charles A. (1819-1897) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 18 January 1864 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 24.7 x 19.7 cm. Order a Copy

Dana, the Assistant Secretary of War, officially informs Major Peterson of the current policy regarding prisoner of war exchanges. States that no rebel prisoners will be given parole, as per the Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton. On War Department letterhead.

Dana, Charles Anderson, 1819-1897
Peterson, B.H., fl. 1864

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