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Sanitary commission distributing tobacco to our released civil war prisoners
The Sanitary Commission distributing tobacco to released prisoners on board "Star of the South," from the deck of the "New York." Identifier: harpersweeklyv9bonn (find matches)
Title: Harper's weekly
Year: 1857 (1850s)
Authors: Bonner, John, 1828-1899 Curtis, George William, 1824-1892 Alden, Henry Mills, 1836-1919 Conant, Samuel Stillman, 1831-1885? Schuyler, Montgomery, 1843-1914 Foord, John, 1842-1922 Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916 Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906 Nelson, Henry Loomis, 1846-1908 Bangs, John Kendrick, 1862-1922 Harvey, George Brinton McClellan, 1864-1928 Hapgood, Norman, 1868-1937
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Publisher: New York : Harper & Brothers
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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sel:-r..nsraii)i!iMl if our next 3shall Us found a st.ve.nun a- ho peculiarly meliin-, 1864. He diedrbile at tlio Hotel OUK RELEASED PBISONEES ATCHARLESTON. In previous n:iuil.t-r.- we h.-vve illustrated the re-c. i.li.uof ;.uv released pm- ikt:, off Savannah. The this liuml.. i n-lntiiiu tu tiif (Mlni^r- at Ibit, latterpoint. It U -npj:r,..,l th.it r.ulom-l Sin.ford is en-c^ed in jnidtlirr oiinrt lu ren-iv the exchange..\ccus-flJMt: tn ri1 !.•! -n.ithoiitif;- iiov i.-ivr lip...n con-lined in Libev Prison at Richmmin1 iliirii^ \Uc p;i>tlcarOl.cijuFe.loMl prisons. I hey claim di.rin.; dicious as was Mr. Dai-ton. Burned at Charleston. We give three sketches in our last mtmberwe gave illustrations of the prison-
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THE SANITARY COMMISSION DISTRIBUTING TOBACCO TO OUB RELEASED MtlSOKESS AT CHARLESTON, S. C.-(Seetchsd by Whxiam Wato.) HARPERS WEEKLY. (January 14, OUT OF BONDAGE. I was captured at Drurys Bluff on the 16th ofMay last—the day on which, advancing undercoverof a heavy fog, the rebels surprised and drove inGeneral Butlers lines, drawn menacingly aroundFort Darling. General Heckmun, of New^ Jersey,formerly my commander, had long beeleader into the rebel capital, but I had hopedtor it as a victor, not as a captive; and as wo marcii-cd along the tilths street- 1 found little pleasure incoiitempliiting the situation. Meditation, however,was not long protracted. Very soon we were haltedin front of a large three-story brick building, ami,looking up, we saw this sign, which to so many ble outrage and wrong-doing: LIBEY AND SON, SHIP CHANDLERS AND GROCERS.We knew at a glance what that meant, and whatfate was to be ours. Entering one of the mainrooms we registered our names, which, being ac-com

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