Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Columbus, Georgia” in chapter 14 of Sergeant Oats, Prison Life in Dixie: giving a short history of the inhuman and barbarous treatment of our soldiers by rebel authorities:
...u get out?
We climbed out on a grape-vine.
He wrote a little note and handed it to the guard.
Take these men to jail, and give that to the jailer.
So we went to jail in the city of Columbus, Georgia .
We were criminals!
Our crime was believing in the Government of the United States, and being willing to defend its flag.
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