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The Daily Dispatch: October 6, 1863., [Electronic resource], Confederate prisoners in Northern prisons. (search)
. Col. Powell, of the 5th Texas regiment. Lieut. Daniel informs us that there are some 35 or 40 negroes also in Fort McHenry, all of whom were taken at Gettysburg. He says they profess an undying attachment for the South. Several times Gen. Schenck has offered to release them from the fort if they would take the oath of allegiance to the Federal Government and join the Lincoln army. They have peremptorily refused in every instance, and claim that they should be restored to their masters and homes in the South. They say they would prefer death to liberty on the terms proposed by Schenck. In Fort Norfolk--Chas Drummond, civilian, of Norfolk city. Mr. Drummond is charged with having acted as a spy, and has been sentenced to ten years imprisonment in his present gloomy abode. Major W R Haughton, of the 66th N C regiment. Major H. was taken near Edenton N C. Dr. C M Morfet, brother of Maj Morfet, of Petersburg, Assistant Surgeon C S Army.--Halls from Baltimore, Md