. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . uld 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
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . uld 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].
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