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freed from Fort Warren …

but confined to Georgia On March 21, 1861 new Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens delivered his well-known Cornerstone Speech in which he praised the Confederate Constitution and maintained that the new government was based on racial inequality: Our new … Continue reading

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two nations

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch March 7, 1864: In Press, and will be out in a few days, the two Nations: a Key to the History of the American War. by the author of the first and second years of … Continue reading

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Letter from a “bagged rebel”

Fort Warren at Boston Harbor “had a reputation for humane treatment of its detainees.” Given the circumstances, I’d say that newspapers and whiskey from your home state (especially if that state is Kentucky) would go on the humane side of … Continue reading

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Parole and Amnesty on Offer

Friendship, romantic love … political love. 150 years ago today Abraham Lincoln ordered that political prisoners be paroled if they promise not to render “aid or comfort” to U.S. enemies. He granted such prisoners amnesty as long as they held … Continue reading

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“an asylum for broken down gentlemen”?

150 years ago today the Richmond Daily Dispatch reprinted an article about the conditions at Fort Warren in Boston harbor. The fort was being used to house captured Confederate troops and political prisoners. As Civil War Daily Gazette recently reported … Continue reading

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