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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07271.06.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of sixteen documents from an archive of the Quartermaster of Andersonville Prison |
| Title | Special Orders No. 64 ordering the release of Richard Bayly Winder from Libby Prison |
| Date | 11 April 1866 |
| Author | Turner, John Wesley (1833-1899) |
| Additional authors | Hulbert, William L. (fl. 1866) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Copy of document by General Turner and Assistant Adjutant General William L. Hulbert. Pursuant to the instructions of the secretary of war, Winder was to be released from the prison in Richmond, Virginia, where he had been held for his role in the mistreatment of Union prisoners of war at Andersonville Prison. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate States of America Union Forces Prisoner of War Prison Camp Atrocity |
| People | Turner, John Wesley (1833-1899) Hulbert, William L. (fl. 1866) Winder, Richard Bayly (1828-1894) |
| Place written | Richmond, Virginia |
| Theme | Reconstruction; The American Civil War; Law |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Major Richard Bayly Winder served as Quartermaster throughout the Civil War. He was a cousin of Gen. John H. Winder and was implicated in the mistreatment of prisoners at Andersonville Prison. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |