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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08160 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 |
| Title | Petition to President Abraham Lincoln to arrange for the release of Union prisoners held in Richmond, Virginia |
| Date | 14 July 1862 |
| Author | Stanton, Edwin McMasters (1814-1869) |
| Document Type | Government document |
| Content Description | Mary Morrison, Amanda Morrison, and Mary Wheeler, two wives and a sister of Union supporters imprisoned by the Confederate Army request that the Union Army take seven Confederate supporters living in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and arrange to have a prisoner transfer, citing a prior instance of such an exchange. The Union prisoners were Moses Morrison, Thomas Morrison, Major Charles Williams, and Peter Cousse. Secretary of War Stanton's endorsement supports the request and asks General John Pope to hold the "disloyal persons" until the petitioners' kin are returned. |
| Subjects | President Lincoln's Cabinet Civil War Military History Petition Confederate States of America Union Forces Prisoner of War Women's History Marriage Children and Family Union General |
| People | Stanton, E. M. (Edwin McMasters) (1814-1869) Wheeler, Mary M. Morrison, Amanda Morrison, Mary Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Pope, John (1822-1892) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Women in American History; Children & Family; The Presidency |
| 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 |