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General Gage , as Commander - in - chief of the British army , in the harshness of
spirit which had been excited while governor of Massachusetts , not only threw all
his prisoners into a common jail , but rejected every proposition for an ...
General Gage , as Commander - in - chief of the British army , in the harshness of
spirit which had been excited while governor of Massachusetts , not only threw all
his prisoners into a common jail , but rejected every proposition for an ...
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The capture of General Lee furnished an additional ground of controversy on the
subject of prisoners . As he had been an officer in the British service , whose
resignation had not , perhaps , been received when he entered into that of
America ...
The capture of General Lee furnished an additional ground of controversy on the
subject of prisoners . As he had been an officer in the British service , whose
resignation had not , perhaps , been received when he entered into that of
America ...
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After the sufferings of the prisoners in New York had been extreme , and great
numbers had perished in confinement , the survivors were liberated for the
purpose of being exchanged ; but so miserable was their condition , that many of
them ...
After the sufferings of the prisoners in New York had been extreme , and great
numbers had perished in confinement , the survivors were liberated for the
purpose of being exchanged ; but so miserable was their condition , that many of
them ...
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