Author : Oliver R. McNary
Release : 2017-12-23
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis What I Saw and Did Inside and Outside of Rebel Prisons by : Oliver R. McNary

Download or read book What I Saw and Did Inside and Outside of Rebel Prisons written by Oliver R. McNary. This book was released on 2017-12-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from What I Saw and Did Inside and Outside of Rebel Prisons: A Paper Prepared and Read Before the Kansas Commandery of the M. O. L. L. U. S W'hile Mr. Johnston's information did not change our status, it did give us cause to fear that the rebels intended to enforce the law in our cases, and did not add to our peace of mind. General Wessells suggested, that as we were about out of ammunition, we should send our negroes across the river into the swamp after dark, and that Major Marvin and I should follow them at the proper time, and try to make our way to our gun-boats then in Albemarle Sound. But the best. Laid plans of mice and men aft gang aglee. A majority of the negroes refused to leave us, and just before day-light next morning, in a dense fog, while placing a section of the 24th New York Battery, I was wounded in the leg and captured.' About 9 o'clock, what was left of our small force surrendered. I was then compelled to witness a sight which will remain a disgrace to the confederate authorities, and a reproach to General Hoke and General Ransom, for all time. Immediately after our men surrendered, the rebel soldiers commenced firingon the negroes, shooting them down, old and young, where ever they found them some ran for the timber and were pur sued by Dearing's Cavalry and shot as they-ran. I saw two loyal white citizens, an old man and his wife, both shot. By order of a rebel Lieutenant, while standing in their own door. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.