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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02238 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 |
| Title | George H. Steuart writes as a prisoner of war to McHenry Howard a fellow prisoner of war in Delaware |
| Date | 3 August 1864 |
| Author | Steuart, George H. (1828-1903) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes as a Confederate prisoner of war to a fellow prisoner of war in Delaware. Steuart was imprisoned at Charleston Harbor "Morris Island." "... We are now being exchanged for the officers from Charleston, and expect to be there in an hour or so. Oh, how I regret that you did not come with us - I shall see Ould and endeavor to get you exchanged." Asks Howard to see to the business he requested concerning his family. The envelope is postmarked from Port Royal and addressed to Howard at Fort Delaware, Delaware. Steuart, a brigadier general in the Confederate Army, was captured at Spotsylvania on 12 May 1864. He was one of 600 prisoners of war in Fort Delaware, Delaware selected in August 1864 to move to a prison at Morris Island where they would be exposed to shelling from their own. Moving the prisoners was in retaliation for Confederate refusal to move Union POWs in Charleston even though they were in danger of being hit by fire from Federal forces. Both sides eventually relented, and Federal and Confederate prisoners were removed from the line of fire. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate Soldier's Letter Confederate States of America Soldier's Letter Prisoner of War Confederate General or Leader |
| People | Steuart, George H. (1828-1903) Howard, McHenry (fl. 1864) |
| Place written | Charleston, South Carolina |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Steuart, a brigadier general in the Confederate Army, was captured at Spotsylvania on 12 May 1864. He was one of 600 prisoners of war in Fort Delaware, Delaware selected in August 1864 to move to a prison at Morris Island where they would be exposed to shelling from their own. Moving the prisoners was in retaliation for Confederate refusal to move Union POWs in Charleston even though they were in danger of being hit by fire from Federal forces. Both sides eventually relented, and Federal and Confederate prisoners were removed from the line of fire. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Comrade |