. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . anity. Others are conventions which have been acceptedby the common consent of nations. In previous wars they hadbeen generally violated, and the same tiling happened duringtlie Civil War. Sometimes the violation was unintentional;at other times, because some apparent advantage was officers in charge of prisoners looked upon them as fel-ons and acted as the warden of a penitentiary might. Othersseemed to feel that all is fair in war. If the contest had bee
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . anity. Others are conventions which have been acceptedby the common consent of nations. In previous wars they hadbeen generally violated, and the same tiling happened duringtlie Civil War. Sometimes the violation was unintentional;at other times, because some apparent advantage was officers in charge of prisoners looked upon them as fel-ons and acted as the warden of a penitentiary might. Othersseemed to feel that all is fair in war. If the contest had been between two independent nations,the cajitives upon each side would naturally have been ex-changed, but it Mas the theory of the United States that thecontest was an insurrection, not a war, and therefore the au-thorities were at first inclined to treat their prisoners as civildelinquents, guilty of treason. It was feared that an agree-ment to exchange prisoners would be regarded as a recognitionof the Confederacy as a nation, and it was determined to avoidsuch action. After the battles of Bull Hun and Balls Blufi^, [321.
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