From the Richmond Enquirer, 9/23/1861, p. 3, c. 2
THE RELEASED YANKEE SURGEONS. - Our statement on Saturday
that eleven Yankee Surgeons had been released on parole, though derived from
official sources, proves to have been incorrect. But five left this city on
Saturday morning for Norfolk, from whence they were conveyed to Fortress Monroe
under a flag of truce, and there released. They were accompanied to Norfolk by
W. Sidney Winder, Esq., the courteous and efficient aid to General Winder, who
secured for them every attention and comfort proper under the circumstances. The
following are the names of the released Yankees: Alfred Powell, W. H. Wilson,
and Wash. A. Connothy, 2d New York State Militia; C. W. Le Bontillier, 1st
Minnesota; James Harris, Rhode Island; Andrew McLetchie, New York 79th;
and R. E. Goodenough, 14th New York State Militia. Surgeons being
regarded in civilized warfare as non-combatants, the release of all such
captured is in strict compliance with the rules of war.
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