The prisoners were allowed to occupy their old camps behind the intrenchments.

No restraint was put upon them, except by their own commanders.

They were rationed about as our own men, and from our supplies.

The men of the two armies fraternized as if they had been fighting for the same cause.

When they passed out of the works they had so long and so gallantly defended, between lines of their late antagonists, not a cheer went up, not a remark was made that would give pain.