. The Photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . , as the boxes were not ex-amined, money be sent in cans labeled Preserved Fruit,which money might be used for bribing the guards and thuseffecting escapes. After this, all boxes were opened and care-fully examined. Much food was spoiled from delay, or waseaten by hungry Confederates. It was believed widely in the North that much of the foodsent to Richmond was appropriated for the Confederate army,but there seems to be no evidence to sustain such a rep
. The Photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . , as the boxes were not ex-amined, money be sent in cans labeled Preserved Fruit,which money might be used for bribing the guards and thuseffecting escapes. After this, all boxes were opened and care-fully examined. Much food was spoiled from delay, or waseaten by hungry Confederates. It was believed widely in the North that much of the foodsent to Richmond was appropriated for the Confederate army,but there seems to be no evidence to sustain such a report had its origin, apparently, in the statement madeto a prisoner by a carpenter employed about one of the prisonsin Richmond. Without investigation, this was at once ac-cepted as the truth, and blazoned abroad. An interesting fea-ture of the study of the Official Records is the discovery ofthe origin of many of the almost universally accepted beliefsof the day. Beginning as mere camp rumors reported to a su-perior officer, they are quoted on reliable authority, whichsoon becomes unquestionable, and are spread ■ikymwiiiiiMi. mu
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