693. JOHN H. WINDER (1800-1865) Confederate brigadier general and commander of the Confederate Libby Prison, Belle Isle and the notorious prison at Andersonville. He escaped the hangman, dying just before war's end. War-date D.S. as brigadier general, 1p. 12mo., Richmond, Sep. 17, 1863 to a Capt. Turner asking that Capt. McNeill be allowed to see prisoners brought in a day earlier. Some paper loss affecting location, tears into center of document affect text but with no loss there, mounted, with a fine signature.
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