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another man without a country?

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch December 22, 1865 (page 1): The last Confederate prisoner. –The last Confederate prisoner of war has been released, on condition that he would leave the country. The Baton Rouge Gazette of the 5th says: A … Continue reading

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