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The Daily Dispatch: April 29, 1862., [Electronic resource], More Federal prisoners at Mobile (search)
More Federal prisoners at Mobile
--What They Say--The Tribunes chronicles the arrival of a second batch of Federal prisoners in Mobile, and says:
These troops are composed of Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Ohio and Indiana regiments.
Among them was Brig-Gen. Prentiss and 158 commissioned officers.
There were several prisoners who had lived in this city.--Some of the officers with whom we were speaking, and who had fought at Manassas, report the battle of Shiloh as a greater and more bloody fight than that of Manassas.--They blame their Generals for incompetency in not gaining the victory.
Even the prisoners are of the same character as those who preceded them.
Some of the officers are sullen and angry, and cannot conceal it. Others are gentlemen in their manners, and have discretion enough to express no opinions which are offensive.
Gen. Prentiss belongs to the former class.
He seems to be impressed with the belief that he is in durance only temporarily amo