. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . ■^ ^^^^x It: --^\ S^rratmrut nf liisnui^ra. of brigadier-general, and made inspector-general of campsaround Richmond with charge of prisons. He soon becamecommander of the De^jartment of Henrico, which is the countyincluding the city of Richmond. he was ])laced in chargeof all the ])risons of Richmond, with a shadowy authority overthose outside. After tlie prisoners were sent South, he wasassigned to command the prisons in Alabama and , November
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . ■^ ^^^^x It: --^\ S^rratmrut nf liisnui^ra. of brigadier-general, and made inspector-general of campsaround Richmond with charge of prisons. He soon becamecommander of the De^jartment of Henrico, which is the countyincluding the city of Richmond. he was ])laced in chargeof all the ])risons of Richmond, with a shadowy authority overthose outside. After tlie prisoners were sent South, he wasassigned to command the prisons in Alabama and , November 21, 1864, he was made commissary-generalof ])risoncrs east of the ]Mississi])])i. Eividence shown by Ills oUiciul 2)apers is Ely, who had been a prisoner in Ijiggons fac-tory, calls him the kind-hearted general, but Colonel Chand-ler, in the su])i)lement to his famous report, in words tliat stingand bin-n, holds him largely responsible for conditions at xin-dersonville, while other charges against his character weremade. A wounded Federal officer writes of tlie tendernesswith which General Winder carried him in his arms, and yetRichmond dr
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