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Southern Prisoner's Relief Fund Committee, fl. 1863 Southern prisoner's relief fund.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08539 Author/Creator: Southern Prisoner's Relief Fund Committee, fl. 1863 Place Written: London, England Type: Broadside Date: circa 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 28.7 cm, Width: 22.5 cm Order a Copy

A London subscription to raise money to help Confederate prisoners of war interred in Northern prisons. "Horrible as war is in all its features, assuredly it has no greater horrors than the long agony of the poor captive who, when the feverish excitement of the contest is over, is left to the bitter charity of strangers and foes, without one friendly hand to soothe the pains of body or friendly voice to whisper hope and comfort to his despairing mind." Asks Southerners in Europe to donate money to the cause. Christopher Atkinson of Charleston, South Carolina is listed as Chairman of the Committee.

Southern Prisoner's Relief Fund Committee, fl. 1863

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