The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-16

Generals Johnston. nucinsr.. Pinow end ritgl1nsn.
nor for that o. prisoners who had s.rvsd IN our ses1-
lar army. without special orders sro% thsss =. so-
quarter" commsnains .. 8. Army.
The captured Confederate Gcnerais-ot whom
sl,Spo E EsDSr but tTo iid II 1sSs' s 1aoS Albert afa sidney ad,Sn;
warren SSarTsD"i in Bsoston SsITbor and there ordered
'" One el SsTk pnrposo At Washington is discern
iblo in all the ramihcntions Of this controversy.
d ISGsias as tr fnS Z sla s s%rsitor 1a' and not patriots 5
as they piumod themselves, there was unques-
stIpsoi IN ." certain r I 0f high quSrtsrs%hot Including
Mr.. Lincoln, however, 70 punish the Confeder,
law should success crown the Union cause.
This feeling, shared and ENCOURAGED By ne
S Sorsin1HSEni Po 81 sSfi R Mas a SsF BY tSe stories Sg '@ Of
federaite hands. The attitude toWSrd d. the ,S off,
and and tft''s Gaics. cRssnse Of 'front.' ,SSftefwSrd. dc.
TONS OF a 'vTiIndictise spirit which BODIED IN fer
the safety Of the Southern chiefs II Mcclellan
had followed up Grants, successes In 1852 by
II Grants sweep had occurred before secre.
Government BY the orders Of Jan. 81 and Feb.
IL, respectively, IL Is improbable that the. pri'
yateersmen would have been PLACED on the foot
ing Of regular combatants, or formal, negotia.
prisoners. The south's belligerent rights would
At tho South the fret intelligence was that
Buckner and Tilghmen had been placed in irons,
made tho SUBJECT Of formal protest. After a
sober second thought the Northern Government
5SsSSy ysd no, their ar, moral Tan e9 ~ ssHa Tho IN da a G a@ior
his first interview. with Cobb. Gen. Wool called
Secretary stanton's attention to the fact that
erals conficted with his tStanton's) instruc-
tons of the 18th. in which no exceptions OF in
dividual persons or rank were to be made In the
negotiations for n general exchange. He had
not dared to breach to Huger and Cobb the eS;;
course, unknown to them, lest it Should en-.
barrass negotiations and prevent the PrisonefSs,
Feb. rs som N4s Stanton Stanton notified Ia d'' Wool % that the
9 RSsTns of BIZ pif,o lst ans efffIiH gSmsn d fSon : sShhns5ee.
fered for g general exchange had not been &C.
at present except for actual exchange
Thus, affairs stood at the end Of February.
yatccr savannah. Gen. Cobb believed, and 80
informed his Goyernment, that negotiations
because the North was now possessed Of a largo
excess OF prisoners and did not wish to yield
he III a eSarHe of o SopPS SIEol dssl fne a Mns soon to h lie
with just as much force against the Confeder-
ates.
1asco an agreement was reached between
Wool and Huger to exchange the .privateers.
ali the privsteersmen, eisStyethree in number.
having been forwarded from Fort Lafayette to
5 5Sas M RiHeT to tof city tS' Point RF%tFP p1 june ws! 5, i Ss6s t.
DO turned over to the enemy, on receipt Of the
aSestss to Uh Boz f SSn; HeSe to had Cat r sSi0s. yT Re,
authorities sqasfeiy repudiatod' Huser's agree:
eessfal to Fort Monroe. WHENCE the priyateers-
There is no adequate explanation Of this con.
tretemps; The Confederate Secretary OF War
SSa aG misSp e Pfhssl1dGsaF'hhfE s RI nstrustion 1ha and ddu %ss
"overrcached" by Wool. The records do not
s sqsea'n Wool SG Tas sFoMs shi that Hi'T Hn in en' a lS%o Si%s ai;
agreed perfectly, on every detail, and denied
emphaticalIy and convincingly all desire to cir
Hnger corroborates Wool and was at a loss to
understand the action of his Government,
duplicity. He was too punctilious and clear
headed. far too experienced an officer. not to
much as he was in quick Geographic reach OF
the capital. with which he was in daily corre-
s fsp1tian iS. an be- often Maa Visited Iot faI Rsrs poasasss the Of eS SG,
Governments views upon a question that had
Secretary Randolph explanation Of tho matter
lame one, and leaves the Investigator nil at
sea as to the real motive for the sudden change
As a result Of this last complication there
was q Iurtner Qclay OF more imam TWO months
before Corcoran, Wilcox. and the other hos.
taRes were released. The long-ncgotiated. for
event occurred on the 10Th day of August,
1862, about which time the pirates were also
exchanged. thus finally closing "A controversy
which should have been settled n year pre-
vious. to the very great advantage of the Union
cause, without aiding the Confcderates in the
smallest degree, at least in 80 far as their bel
ligerent rights entered into the matter.
AS a reward for their long Imprisonment Cor
coran and Wilcox were at once promoted 20
Brigadier-G Generals, to date from July 81, 1861.
the day of their capture at Bull Run. Gen.
Corcoran was accidentally killed in the service
Dec. %, 1868. Gen. Wilcox served with dis
~tinction throughout the war and is still living,
n retired Brigadier General. Major Vogdes
also became a Brlgadier.Gcnera Nov. %. 1852.
Major tafterward Colonel and brevet BTiga-
dier-GeneraD Revere of Massachusetts was
killed July .. 1868. at Gettysburg. Coils. COgs-
we'll and Nelf were both brevetted Brigadiers
for mcritorions services during the war. sery-
ing faithfully to the end. Coils. Wood and
Woodruff both left the service soon after their
release: Wood being discharged Oct. ls. 1862.
and Woodruff ~resigning Feb. 2s. 1863. Col.
Lee resigned Dec, II, 1862, but was brevetted
Brigadier for distinguished conduct Mt the bat
tie of Antietam. find no record OF Lieut.. Col.
Samuel Bowman after his release. nor of Capt.
KefTer. Capt. George w. lockwood resigned
Jan. %, 1868. Capt. Henry Bowman became
Colonel OF the Thirty sixth Massachusetts
shortly after his release. LESLIE J. PERRY.