How Abraham Lincoln righted a wrong
By: by Henry S. Burrage, D.D.
Published: 1901
Language: eng
Number of pages: 385
Subjects: Prisoners and prisons; Anecdotes; History
Notes: Detached from the Independent, February 14, 1901.

Henry S. Burrage entered the 36th Massachusetts Regiment as a private, rose to the rank of captain, was wounded at Cold Harbor and brevetted major of volunteers, and became an assistant adjutant general on the staff. He was captured at Petersburg in November 1864, and held as a prisoner at Libby Prison until 22 February 1865.