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Excerpt from Deeds of Valor, Vol. 1 of 2: From Records in the Archives of the United States Government; Hoe American Heroes Won the Medal of Honor; History of Our Recent Wards and Explorations From Personal Reminiscences and Records of Officers and Enlisted Men Who Were Rewarded by Congress for M
There was a large number of prisoners, sick or wounded crowded together in the buildings, and the suffering was so terrible that several Union surgeons, who were prisoners, were permitted to assist in caring for them. Upon giving their parole, they were provided with red rosettes, and allowed to pass from one prison to another, and also to go about the city. Among these was Lieu tenant Murphy, though not on parole, and, when not on hospital duty, always accompanied by an armed guard.
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