Exchange of Prisoners Captured When Twiggs Surrendered the U.S. Forces in Texas

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Rare Federal imprint, 6p. octavo, being General Orders No. 34, Headquarters Department of the Gulf, 19th Army Corps, Opelousas, April 25, 1863, listing the names and ranks of 269 men of the “Eighth Regiment of United States Infantry”, who were “shamefully and unconditionally surrendered to the rebel authorities in Texas, by their commanders, on the 9th day of May, 1861.” This document goes on to praise their steadfastness to the Union while their rebel captors attempted to induce them to switch sides, “Notwithstanding the false reports of the overthrow of their Government, which seduced so many men of higher pretensions and position, unsustained by counsel with each other, with few exceptions, they repelled the bribes and avoided the treason....No Government had ever more loyal supporters...” More. VG.

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