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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07610 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 |
| Title | Austin Fenn re: response to rebel threats of shooting black prisoners of war |
| Date | 3 May 1864 |
| Author | Fenn, Austin (fl. 1864) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Incomplete letter from Corporal 10th VT., Co. H.: "...[O]ur Generals sent them word that every Black Prisoner they [the Confederates] shot they would pick out A rebel Prisoner...that had owned the most slaves and shoot him." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Prisoner of War Confederate States of America Union Forces African American Troops African American History Military Law |
| People | Fenn, Austin (fl. 1864) |
| Place written | [s.l.] |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |