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Emilio, Luis F., History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , 1863-1865, Appendix. (search)
in December, I should be glad to dispose of it, so far as I am concerned, before that period. Very respectfully yours, M. L. Bonham. Hon. James A. Seddon, Secretary of War. Confederate States of America, War Department. Richmond, Va., August 31, 1864. sir,—I have to acknowledge your letter of the 23d instant, relative to the disposition of negroes captured in arms from the enemy. The embarrassments attending this question, and the serious consequences which might ensue from the rignt, James A. Seddon, Secretary of War. His Excellency M. L. Bonham, Governor of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina. On the 8th of December, 1864, Bonham wrote Seddon that in accordance with the latter's suggestion in the letter of August 31, 1864, he has ordered the negro prisoners in the custody of the sheriff of Charleston district to be turned over to General Samuel Jones, commanding the department. He remarks that he thinks that a few of said negroes are slaves; but the State ha