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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03882 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 |
| Title | William T. Sherman to John B. Hood discussing a prisoner exchange and the deplorable conditions at Andersonville Prison |
| Date | 12 September 1864 |
| Author | Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) |
| Recipient | Hood, John Bell |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes to Confederate General Hood to discuss a prisoner exchange. Also discusses the deplorable conditions at Andersonville Prison, asking him to give the Union prisoners more room and food, and to allow them to construct shelters. Written on stationary of the "Headquarters, Military Division of the Mississippi." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union General Atrocity Prison Camp Prisoner of War Confederate General or Leader Confederate States of America |
| People | Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) Hood, John Bell (1831-1879) |
| Place written | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine |
| 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 |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Western Theater |