An act relative to prisoners of war [drop title]

[N.p., Montgomery: neither publisher nor printer identified], May 21, 1861. Broadside (approx.10" x 8"); previous fold, small break in the right margin; very good. The document has been stamped on verso by the Record Department of the War Department. "The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That all prisoners of war taken, whether on land or at sea, during the pending hostilities with the United States, shall be transferred by the captors, from time to time and as often as convenient, to the Department of War; and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War, with the approval of the President, to issue such instructions to the Quartermaster (truncated) General and his subordi­nates as shall provide for the safe custody and sustenance of prisoners of war; and the rations furnished prisoners of war shall be the same in quantity and quality as those furnished to enlisted men in the army of the Confederacy..." Crandall, Confederate Imprints; 43; Parrish & Willingham, Confederate Imprints, 59. (Inventory #: 57403)