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WINDER, JOHN H.

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WINDER, JOHN H.
(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 A.L.S. "Jno. H. Winder Brig Gen", 1p. 8vo., Richmond, April 1, 1862, to Capt. A. C. Godwin, Provost Marshall of Richmond, in part: "...Please release Joseph M. Elam, at the request of the Secretary of the Treasury". Trimmed at edges, very good.