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Prisoners of war -- United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Caroline Victoria Ozias letter

 Unprocessed Material — Folder ViU2024-0120_001: [Barcode: X032762542]
Identifier: ViU-2024-0120
Dates: October 20, 1864

Louis P. Stone Letter

 Item — Box BW 57: [Barcode: X032668454], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16858
Content Description This collection contains a letter from Louis P. Stone (1843-1903) to Colonel Tracy describing his exploits as a U.S. Secret Service operative and requesting payment for his services. Stone was a U.S. Secret Service operative during the first two years of the Civil War. The "Secret Service," before officially inaugurated as the investigative branch of the Treasury Department in 1865, was the unofficial name for the intelligence services in the Union Army. The letter contains Stone's account...
Dates: 1863 May 3

U.S. Office of Commissary General of Prisoners circular

 Collection — Box BW 29, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16548
Content Description

This collection contains a circular manuscript, single sheet - two pages, signed by John Mason, Commissioner General of Prisoners during the War of 1812, regarding returned American prisoners of war. The circular is written to to Joseph Whipple Esqr., Collector of the Customs, at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Written from Washington D.C. on May 27, 1813.

Dates: May 27, 1813