Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-08-04


them all in a land That knows no strife.
NJ. c. DAVIS, 34th Reg. n. G. T.
Camp near Richmond, July 81, 1862.
Agreement fer an Exchange Of Prisoners.
HAxALL's LANDING, ON JAMES RIVER, VA.,l
!. July %, 1862.
The undersigned having been commission
ed by authorities they respectfully represent
to make arrangements for a general exchange
Of prisoners of war, have agreed to the fol-
lowing articles
Article 1t is hereby agreed and stipu-
lated that all prisoners Of war held by either
party, including those taken on private armed
vessels, known as privateers, shall be dis
charged upon the condition and terms follow
ing:
Prisoners to- be exchanged man for man
and officer for officer. privates to be placed
upon the footing of officers and men of the
navy.
Men and officers of lower grades may be
exchanged for officers of higher grade, and
men and officers of different service may be
exchanged according to the following scale
of equivalents:
A general commanding-in-chief or an ad-
miral shall be exchanged for officers of equal
rank, or forty-six privates or common seamen.
4 fag-ofhcer or maior.general shall be ex-
changed for officers Of equal rank, or forty
~privates or common seamen.
commodore carrying a broad pennant or
a brigadier.genera shall be exchanged for Of
ticers of equal rank, or twenty privates or
common seamen.
A captain in the navy or q colonel shall. be.
exchanged for officers of equal rank, or fit
teen p~rivates or common seamen.
A lieutenant colonel or a commander in
the navy shall be exchanged for officers of
equal rank, or for ten p~rivates or common
seamen.
A lieutenant commander or a major shall
be exchanged for officers of equal rank, OF
eight privates or common seamen.
A lieutenant or a master in the navy or u
captain in the army or marines shall be ex
changed for officers of equal rank, or six pri
Yates or common seamsn.
Masters mates in the navy, or licutenants
l and ensigns in the army shall be exchanged
r for officers of equal rank, or four privates o
. common seamen.
Midshipmen, warrant officers in the navy
masters Of merchant vessels and commander,
= of privateers shall be exchanged for officer
l of equal rank, or three privateS or common
: seamen: Second captains, lieutenants o
e mates of merchant vessels or privateers, ans
Il all petty officers in the navy and all non
commissioned officers in the army or ma
rines shall be severally~ exchanged for per
e sons of equal rank, or for two privates or
common seamen; and private soldiers or
common seamen shall be exchanged for each
other, man for man.
: Article 2-Local, State, civil and militia
s rank held by persons not in, actual militia
Il nv service will not be recognized, the basis
of exchange being the grade actually held in
the naval and military service.
{ on CHARGES Of dlsloyalty or any alleged civil
5 offence are exchanged, it shall only be for
II citizens, captured s~utlers, teamsters and all
; civilians in the actual service of either par
Y ty, to be exchanged for persons in similar
Il position.
: Article ALL prisoners of war to be dis
: charged on parole in ten days after their cap
:, ture, and the prisoners now held and those
u hereafter taken to ebe transported to the
: points mutually agreed upon at the expense
;; of the capturing party. The surplus priso-
y ners not exchanged shall not be permitted to
= take up arms again, nor to serve as military
III police or constabulary force in any fort, gar
IS r son or field work held by either of the re-
III s~pective parties, nor as guards of prisons,
depots or stores, nor to discharge any duty
"a usually performed by soldiers, until exchang.
~ ed under the provisions Of this cartel. The
'e exchange is not to be considered complete
9 until the officer or soldier exchanged for has
- been actually restored to the lines which he
y belongs.
=, Article Each party, upon the discharg,
n' of prisoners OF the other party, is authorized
a. to discharge any equal number of their owl
~ officers or men from parole, furnishing a
VI the same time to the other party O list O
their prisoners discharged and of their owl
- officers and men relieved from parole, ena
:5 bling each party to relieve from parole sucl
d D. of their own officers and men as the part,
: may choose. The lists thus mutually fnr.
- nished will keep both parties advised of tn
:. true condition of the exchange of prisoners
Article 6--The stipulations and provision
40 above mentioned to be of binding obliea
ry tons during the continuance of the var.
e matters not which party may have the SUI
plus of prisoners, the great principles il
- volved being:
1nt LIST. An equitable exchange of prisoner.
~ man for man, officer for officer, or officers
,4 higher grade exchanged for officers of low
at er grade, or for priyates, according to tn
scale OF equivalents.
I'd. That privates and officers, and men
different services, may be exchanged acco
srr ding to the same rule of equivalents.
Sd. That all prisoners, of whatever arm
hes ~ C. = .s.u "'u P"loi0u
are - Noys1 Ho -" "pru.e' u
lines in that time if not, as soon therea
rn ter as practicable.
4. Thatno officer. soldier or enployeein Il
tho service of each party is to be considered
a1 exchanged and aosolved from his parole u
w til his equivalent has reached the lines