"War to the Knife": The Collapse of Prisoner Exchanges After Gettysburg
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In late July 1863, the cessation of prisoners exchanges became clear to the Confederate government in Richmond—prompting a crisis that threatened the fate of the Southern armies. A fiery editorial in the Richmond Dispatch tells the tale of woe.
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