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I had all such released the moment I learned of their arrest; and finally sent a staff officer north to release every prisoner who was said to be confined by my order.
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gutenberg.orgUlysses S. Grant: “I had all such released the moment I learned of their arrest; and finally sent a staff officer north to release every…”
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Grant details his efforts to release civilians who were wrongfully imprisoned under his name.
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