. Confederate operations in Canada and New York. ident of the United States : E. D. Townsend,Assistant Adjutant-General. War Department, Adjutant-Generals Office, Washington, April 10, of Ohio State Penitentiary, Columbus, Ohio: You will please discharge from custody William A. Bowles,Lambdin P. Milligan, and Stephen Horsey, confined in theColumbus Penitentiary for life, under orders of the President,dated May 30, 1865, the President having remitted furtherexecution of the sentence. By order of the President of the United States: E. D. Townsend,Assistant Adjutant-General. War Depar
. Confederate operations in Canada and New York. ident of the United States : E. D. Townsend,Assistant Adjutant-General. War Department, Adjutant-Generals Office, Washington, April 10, of Ohio State Penitentiary, Columbus, Ohio: You will please discharge from custody William A. Bowles,Lambdin P. Milligan, and Stephen Horsey, confined in theColumbus Penitentiary for life, under orders of the President,dated May 30, 1865, the President having remitted furtherexecution of the sentence. By order of the President of the United States: E. D. Townsend,Assistant Adjutant-General. War Department^ Adjutant-Generals Office, Washington, D. C, April 17, Court-Martial Orders, No. 104. Frank B. Gurley, citizen, sentenced by a military commissionto be hanged by the neck until he is dead, at such time andplace as the general commanding may order, two-thirds of themembers of the commission concurring in said sentence,as promulgated in General Court-Martial Orders, No. 505,War Department, Adjutant-Generals Office, September 6,. CHARLES C. Hemming1902 IN CANADA AND NEW YORK 457 1865, Upon the recommendation of Lieutenant-General Grant,is hereby released from confinement and will be placed uponhis parole as a prisoner of war duly exchanged. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General. Meanwhile, the Confederates and persons sentenced bymilitary commissions had been released from the Northernprisons and a large number of pardons had been granted bythe President as shown by the following correspondence: Executive Mansion,Washington, D. C., June 5, Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War. Sir : The President directs me to request that you willcause to be prepared, for his information, statements showing—First. The number of prisoners of war discharged since the15th day of April, 1865; and Second. The number of persons who, having been sentencedby military commission or court martial, have been pardonedsince the 15th day of April, 1865. I have the honor to be,
Size: 1343px × 1860px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidconfederateo, bookyear1906
