Pryor, Roger Atkinson, 1828-1919 to Robert M. T. Hunter
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02236 Author/Creator: Pryor, Roger Atkinson, 1828-1919 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 3, 1865 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy
Writes as a prisoner of war and requests Confederate Senator Hunter's help in getting out of prison. " ... McLean has called upon me to-day, with the generous proffer of an endeavour to procure my release. Will you contribute to that object? I am anxious beyond expression to return to my dear, beloved South; and if it be possible that you can do anything in this behalf, you will infinitely oblige." Written from Fort Lafayette, New York. Many pencil notes on verso. Pryor, Confederate soldier from Virginia, was confined on 29 November 1864 at Fort Lafayette, Virginia and paroled on 15 February 1865 for exchange.
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