. The Photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . ld which the latter answeredin detail but addressed his replies to Major Mulford, the as-sistant agent for exchange. With the natural shrewdness of anastute lawyer, General Butler saw that too many questionswere involved for the public to gain a clear idea of the mattersin question. Therefore, he was willing to grant to ColonelOuld what the previous commissioners for exchange had refusedto do, setting forth in his confidential communication to Sec-retary Stanton that
. The Photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . ld which the latter answeredin detail but addressed his replies to Major Mulford, the as-sistant agent for exchange. With the natural shrewdness of anastute lawyer, General Butler saw that too many questionswere involved for the public to gain a clear idea of the mattersin question. Therefore, he was willing to grant to ColonelOuld what the previous commissioners for exchange had refusedto do, setting forth in his confidential communication to Sec-retary Stanton that his great object was to get exchangesstarted again, and even to exchange a considerable number ofprisoners. The Union authorities held so much larger numbers thatthey could afford to do this and still retain a number largeenough to guard against cruel treatment of negro troops. But-ler wrote that it was his object, after exchanges had continuedfor some time, to bring the matter of negro troops sharplyand clearly into view, and to make further exchanges dependabsolutely upon the treatment of negro troops as prisoners [116]. MEN WHO FACED DEATH IF CAPTUREDOFFICERS OF THE NINETY-SECOND UNITED STATES COLORED INFANTRY When Negro troops were enrolled in the Union army and President Lincoln issued hispreliminary proclamation of emancipation, President Davis decreed that slaves capturedin arms against the Confederacy (and their white officers) should not be treated as prisonersof war but should be delivered to the States to be punished according to State laws. Ifthis decree had been carried out, these officers might have suffered the penalty of deathon the charge of inciting Negro insurrection. The Ninety-second United States ColoredInfantry was organized April 4, 186-1, from the Twenty-second Corps dAfrique In-fantry of New Orleans. These photographs were taken by Lytle at Baton Rouge,Louisiana, just before the disastrous Red River campaign in which the regiment took part.
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