Word Count

150,000 words, Guess

Page Count

600 pages

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Description

Letterpress copies of letters written chiefly to Levi C. Turner, judge advocate, by Reuben Hitchcock and Samuel Galloway, special commissioners appointed by U.S. secretary of war Edwin M. Stanton to hear and determine the cases of state prisoners at Camp Chase, Ohio, during the Civil War. The letters relate chiefly to prisoners charged with disloyal activities, largely in Kentucky, but also in Alabama, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, and Virginia. Other recipients of letters include Joseph Darr, Jr., provost marshal general of Virginia, Francis Pierpont, Union governor of Virginia, David Tod, governor of Ohio, and Peter Zinn, commandant of Camp Chase.

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People

Peter ZinnJoseph DarrReuben HitchcockDavid Tod (1805-1868)Levi C. Turner (d. 1867)Samuel Galloway (1811-1872)Edwin McMasters Stanton (1814-1869)

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