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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore) 3 1 Browse Search
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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 109 (search)
tty officials and prison attaches. Some of our unfortunate men are continually confined in these filthy holes on one pretext or another. It is the uniform practice to feed any and all persons sent to these cells on bread and water only. Lieutenant Reed, of the Third Ohio volunteers, was thrown into one of these cells and kept there for forty-eight hours, without any thing to eat or drink during the time. He was not allowed any blankets nor his overcoat. The weather was very damp and colded to pass the guard. Some days previous to this, one of my officers succeeded in making his escape in this way, and although I was not without apprehension that it was a trap, nevertheless I resolved to try the experiment. Accordingly, Captain B. C. G. Reed, of the Third Ohio, and myself, went to the designated place at the appointed hour, where we were assured it was all right. We complied with the terms and passed out, but no sooner were we outside the guard lines, than Lieutenant La Touc
The Daily Dispatch: February 6, 1864., [Electronic resource], The reconnaissance to Newbern. (search)
ns, who are to be put to hard labor, with ball and chain, till the end of the war, in retaliation for similar treatment which is now being inflicted upon Captains William Waller and Shultz Leach, by order of Gen. Burnside.--These brave officers are Kentuckians, and it is alleged were recruiting in that State for the Confederate army. They were captured at Maysville, Ky., last summer, and under Burnside's order (No. 38) were tried and condemned to be shot, but the sentence was afterwards commuted to hard labor during the war, with ball and chain attached to their legs. Yesterday the Secretary's order was carried out, which resulted in the selection of Capt. B. C. G. Reed, of the 3d Ohio cavalry, and Capt. R. O. Ives, of the 10th Massachusetts infantry, who will receive the same treatment as that which is now being inflicted upon Capts. Waller and Leach. These Yankee officers will leave Richmond this morning for Salisbury, N. C., which is to be the field of their future operations.