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Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 45 : exchange of prisoners and Andersonville . (search)
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8, Chapter 58 : (search)
Desertion and death of a soldier.
--On Wednesday night last, about 9 o'clock, two Confederate soldiers were seen prowling about the plantation of Mr. M. Beasley, on the Meadow Bridge Road, and being questioned by the proprietor, stand that they were soldiers discharged from the Hospital Giving such a lame tale, Mr. Beasley charged them with desertion, and advised them to return to Richmond, after which they went off. On Thursday morning one of them called on Mr. Beasley and told him that his comrade was dead, and acknowledged that both were deserters.
Mr. Beasley, with some of his neighbors, had the deceased, whose name was Griffin.
H. Rice, from Richmond county, buried.
The name of the other soldier was Walderson, from Northumberland.
They both belonged to the 40th Virginia regiment.
The cause that produced Rice's death could not be ascertained, though inquiry was made to effect that object.
The Daily Dispatch: July 16, 1862., [Electronic resource], The enemy's lines before Washington . (search)
Two thousand Dollars reward.
--Ran away from the subscriber a bright Mulatto, named Burnett or Bernard, aged twenty- one years. His complexion is very light, but his hair is rather wooly.
His front teeth are bad. He is good-looking and well-spoken; is rather above middle height and is slender.
Had on blue- grey pantaloons, with vest and soldier's jacket of the same color.
Took with him a bundle of clothes; among which was a frock coat, grey in color, with good buttons.
Were a felt hat. He left my house at 11 o'clock on Wednesday, the 7th of December, and went with a mulatto servant, named John, two a three years older than Burnett. They were seen in a wagon bound for Richmond county.
The above reward will be paid on the delivery of Burnett to me in Richmond. John M. Daniel. --6t