Summary:
Confederate Assistant Secretary of War J. A. Campbell writes General John Winder
in January, 1863, concerning the handling of prisoners, two of which are to be
paroled at Staunton.
Brig. Gen. JOHN H. WINDER, Richmond, Va.
Richmond,
January 27, 1863.
GEN.:
You will dispose of the prisoners below named as follows: (1) Joseph Stiles, to be returned as a prisoner. If a case cannot be made out against him as a spy he will be valuable as a hostage for our citizens held as prisoners. (2) John Flagg, to be held as a hostage for citizens; (3) Jim Allen, to be paroled under cartel, if he is entitled to it, but if not to be held as hostage for citizens; (4) Stanley Lees, to be held as a hostage for citizens; (5) Solomon Fisher, to be discharged and furnished transportation to his home; (6) Henry Mallard, to be paroled as a British subject to work but not to go into any region of our country which may have been or which may hereafter be the theater of hostilities; (7) George William White, to be sent to provost-marshal at Staunton with instructions to parole him to remain in Augusta County and administer oath to demean himself as a good citizen; (8) S. Dickinson, to be discharged and furnished transportation to Chrtistiansburg, Va.; (9) Aaron Bennett, to be sent to Staunton, and instruct provost-marshal to administer oath of allegiance and parole him to remain in such part of Augusta or adjacent counties where he may reside without injury to our cause; (10) Thomas Raleigh, to be discharged as a British subject on parole of good conduct; (11) George Miller, to be held as a hostage for our citizens.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
J. A. CAMPBELL,
Assistant Secretary of War.
Bibliographic Information : Letter Reproduced from The War of The Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series 2, Volume 5, Serial No. 118, Pages 822, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.
