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On the recordFebruary 12, 1862
That all prisoners of war and other persons imprisoned by authority of any department of the Government who shall be released on parole or exchange shall report themselves immediately on their arrival at Baltimore to Major-General Dix and be subject to his direction while remaining in that city.
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Abraham Lincoln
Republican · Illinois

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