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

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GLC#
GLC08539
Type
Broadsides, posters & signs
Date
circa 1863
Author/Creator
Southern Prisoner's Relief Fund Committee, fl. 1863
Title
Southern prisoner's relief fund.
Place Written
London, England
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 28.7 cm, Width: 22.5 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

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.

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