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History of the incidents leading up to the retaliation measures inflicted upon the six hundred Confederate officers, prisoners of war, with correspondence official between Gen. J. G. Foster, U. S. A., Department of the South, and Gen. Sam Jones, C. S. A., commanding Charleston, S. C. Violation of cartel, etc., etc.

HERE is no apology to be made by me for the publication of this work or history of the six hundred Confederate officers, prisoners of war confined on Morris Island by order of the Federal Government. It is put in print for two reasons: First, to preserve the record of this gallant band; second, to give to the world a true history of the wanton cruelty inflicted upon helpless prisoners of war, without the least shadow of excuse. The only information that the United States Government had that there were six hundred Union soldiers, prisoners of war, under fire in Charleston, S. C, was based upon the word of runaway