[Letter from prisoner at Point Lookout to President Johnson]

Manuscript: ink on paper; 7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. Letter dated June 6, 1865 from Edwin S. Valliant, prisoner of war at Point Lookout, to President Andrew Johnson, requesting to be released from imprisonment.

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Manuscript: ink on paper; 7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. Letter dated June 6, 1865 from Edwin S. Valliant, prisoner of war at Point Lookout, to President Andrew Johnson, requesting to be released from imprisonment.
Note
Point Lookout Album, Page 5.
PID
islandora:31575
NYHS Identifier
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379
Linked Agent
Publisher: New-York Historical Society\, 170 Central Park West\, New York\, NY 10024\, 212-873-3400
Member of
John Jacob Omenhausser's Rebel prison scenes, Point Lookout, Maryland, 1864
Genre
correspondence
letters (correspondence)
Text
Publisher
New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024, 212-873-3400
Subject (Topical)
Point Lookout Prison Camp for Confederates
Point Lookout (Md.)
United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Prisoners and prisons
Full Title
[Letter from prisoner at Point Lookout to President Johnson]
S3 Archive Link
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