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Confederate States of America. Congress 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 Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Printed document Date: 3 March 1865 Pagination: 17 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 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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