. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . the grand jury returned no indict-ments. Judge Carmichael, disappointed at this lack of spirit,resigned his position and retired to his farm. Another case of interest was that of ]Mrs. Rose ONealGreenhow, the charming widow of Ro])ert Greenhow, who wasarrested on the 23d of August, 1801, on the charge of being aspy, confined for a time in her own house, and then transferredto the Old Capitol. After being confined until .Tune 2, 18(52,she was released and sent Avithin
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . the grand jury returned no indict-ments. Judge Carmichael, disappointed at this lack of spirit,resigned his position and retired to his farm. Another case of interest was that of ]Mrs. Rose ONealGreenhow, the charming widow of Ro])ert Greenhow, who wasarrested on the 23d of August, 1801, on the charge of being aspy, confined for a time in her own house, and then transferredto the Old Capitol. After being confined until .Tune 2, 18(52,she was released and sent Avithin the Confederate lines, aftertaking an oath that she would not return. With her were sentINIrs. Augusta INIorris and ^Irs. C. Y. Baxley, against whomsimilar charges had been brought. In 1862, a partisan character liegan to be attached to thearrests. It was charged that many were arrested purely onaccount of ])olitics. In some of the Western States thesearrests influenced the elections of the year. In Ohio, an oldman of seventy. Dr. Kdson E. Olds, formerly a member ofthe United States House of Representatives for six years,. ^■is^. % 1 1 ^iflM^l ism J , REVIEW OF REVrewS CO. HEADQUARTERS OF , DEFENSES SOUTH OF THE POTOMAC P^o^■ost-ma^.shals were appointed for e\-ery military department, even if no active warfare was in progresswithin its limits. They assumed the right to arrest citizens on suspicion and confine them without all the military commanders viewed the activity of these officers with satisfaction. General S. stated that the creation of tlie so-called invented a spurious military officer whichhas embarrassed the service. . Everjbody appoints provost-marshals and these officers seem to powers. General Schofield (luoted this statement with approval, and said that these officers wereentirely independent of all commanders except the commander of the department, and hence of necessityprettynuich
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