. The Photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . ce with individuals. The statement that the Confederate prisoner in the Northwas given the same food and the same clothing as his guardhas been often made and has been generally believed. A studyof the Official Records shows that such was not the case. TheConfederate prisoner did not in fact receive the same clothesas his captor, or the same quantity of food, except for a fewmonths at the beginning of the war. It was announced, in1862, that the regular soldiers ration
. The Photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . ce with individuals. The statement that the Confederate prisoner in the Northwas given the same food and the same clothing as his guardhas been often made and has been generally believed. A studyof the Official Records shows that such was not the case. TheConfederate prisoner did not in fact receive the same clothesas his captor, or the same quantity of food, except for a fewmonths at the beginning of the war. It was announced, in1862, that the regular soldiers ration had been found too largefor men living lives of absolute idleness, and therefore on July7, 1862, the commissary-general of prisoners issued a circularauthorizing its reduction at the discretion of the commandants. The difference between the cost of this reduced ration andthe regular soldiers ration was to constitute a prison fund, outof which articles for the comfort and health of the prisonerswere to be bought. This prison fund was in some cases verylarge, and, while used to buy articles of food for the prisoners, [1661.
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