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At the Institute’s core is the Gilder Lehrman Collection, one of the great archives in American history. More than 85,000 items cover five hundred years of American history, from Columbus’s 1493 letter describing the New World through the end of the twentieth century.

Confederate States of America. Congress. House of Representatives Report of the Joint Select Committee appointed to investigate the condition and treatment of prisoners of war

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08979.10 Author/Creator: Confederate States of America. Congress. House of Representatives Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Printed document Date: 3 March 1865 Pagination: 17 p. ; 25 x 16.5 cm. Order a Copy

Confederate report defending the treatment of Union prisoners in Confedederate prisions, and attacking Northern treatment of Southern prisoners.

Confederate States of America, 1860-1870

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