. Report of proceedings incidental to the erection and dedication of the Confederate monument. ry of war to specially parole him Anyway, hisparole required him not to enter an insurgent state during the war \\ithoiit permissionfrom the secretary of war He was reported to have gone direct from Fort Warren to Washington to try toeftect his way south, and it was also stated that the Confederate commissioner ofexchange had proffered to make a special exchange for him. Init failing in such purposehe came to Bowling Cireen about August or September. 18114. when I commandedthe post. He was then, and
. Report of proceedings incidental to the erection and dedication of the Confederate monument. ry of war to specially parole him Anyway, hisparole required him not to enter an insurgent state during the war \\ithoiit permissionfrom the secretary of war He was reported to have gone direct from Fort Warren to Washington to try toeftect his way south, and it was also stated that the Confederate commissioner ofexchange had proffered to make a special exchange for him. Init failing in such purposehe came to Bowling Cireen about August or September. 18114. when I commandedthe post. He was then, and ever, a pronounced Confederate and was very restlessunder restraint; and some time during the fall of 1864. he again went to Washington,hoping to obtain the desired exchange, but failing, returned and said that his friendswho helped him out of prison would not assist toward affecting his exchange that hemight go south He refused and spurned every proposition to take the oatli, though it wr>uld havebeen greatly to his personal advantagi- to ha\e done so. and hi was so ultra in his ^?r^. !82 scHithein expressions thai ihirinn an interview after the assassination of IresidentLincoln angry words passed between ns He again went to Washington. I think inli-ljruary. 1865. to attempt his exchange, bnt did not sncceed, and retnrning. was evenmore pronounced in his southern sentiments, and was true to his cause to the end (Signed) T. W. CAMPBELL,Lnte Lieit/enatit-CoioUc/ Sezwnttenth Kentuckv Ca7a/yy,and cominandant post at Bo7ilin^ Green, K\\ Ofvlcial CoiY: I By autlinrityof ttie Secretary of War. | (Siunedl F. C. AINSWORTH. \ Col., U. S. Chief of Office. J MILITARY POSITIONS J. Wright,Agent for tlie Collection of Confederate Records. War Records Department, Washington, D. C, February 25, 1895. 1Co! yolin C. Underuhod, Cozdngton, My Dear Colonel—I have to inform you that the records of the Confederate armyshow that you commenced your service in the Confed
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