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Smith, Edward W., fl. 1864 General Orders

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03603.321.02 Author/Creator: Smith, Edward W., fl. 1864 Place Written: s.l. Type: Document Date: 13 October 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : Order a Copy

The orders say that 100-150 Union troops have been captured by the Confederate Army and will be placed in front of their troops going into battle. The orders request that an equal number of Confederate prisoners of war be "set to work in the excavation at Dutch Gap, and elsewhere along the trenches" and that their rations match those that the Union prisoners of war reportedly receive. The order is to be read to the prisoners to inform them of the reasons for their treatment. Those attempting to escape will be shot.

Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878
Smith, Edward W., fl. 1864

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