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Narrative of privations and sufferings of United States officers and soldiers while prisoners of war in the hands of the Rebel authorities : being the report of a commission of inquiry, appointed by the United States Sanitary Commission. With an appendix containing the testimony
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons
Testimony of deplorable conditions in Confederate prisons including: clothing, blankets, money, and personal items take upon arrival; suffering from starvation with daily diet often consisting only of cornmeal bread, occasional meat, beans or rice; overcrowding or lack of shelter causing freezing, lice, diarrhea; and being shot at without warning
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