Turner, John Wesley, 1833-1899 [Special Orders No. 64 ordering the release of Richard Bayly WInder from Libby Prison]

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GLC07271.06.02
GLC#
GLC07271.06.02-View header record
Type
Documents
Date
April 11, 1866
Author/Creator
Turner, John Wesley, 1833-1899
Title
[Special Orders No. 64 ordering the release of Richard Bayly WInder from Libby Prison]
Place Written
Richmond, Virginia
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
Reconstruction

Copy of document by General Turner and Assistant Adjutant General William L. Hulbert. Pursuant to the instructions of the secretary of war, Winder was to be released from the prison in Richmond, Virginia, where he had been held for his role in the mistreatment of Union prisoners of war at Andersonville Prison.

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