[12]. Lossing's History of the United States, p. 547, note 2.
[13]. Stephens' History of the United States, p. 604.
[14]. See War between the States, Vol. II, pp. 346-7, et seq.; also Appendix N. Stephens' Hist. United States. There the correspondence on the subject is given in extenso.
[15]. Stephens' History of the United States, p. 609.
[16]. Stephens' History of the United States, p. 610.
[17]. Stephens' History of the United States, p. 837-8. The figures of Mr. Stephens are sustained by the report of the Surgeon-General, U.S.A.; and also by Mr. Stanton's report for 1866. Mr. S. was Secretary of War.
[18]. It will be observed that there is a slight disagreement between Mr. Stephens and the Gazette Compilation in this item; the former putting the number of prisoners who died in Confederate hands at 22,576, the latter at 26,000.
[19]. Lossing's History of the United States, p. 723-4, note 3.
[20]. Stephens' History of the United States, p. 838.
[21]. Cooper's American Politics, Book I, p. 99.