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The Daily Dispatch: August 28, 1863., [Electronic resource], Escape of prisoners from Fort Delaware . (search)
Escape of prisoners from Fort Delaware.
--Yesterday afternoon five Confederate prisoners: A. L. Brooks and C. J. Fuller, company G, 9th Georgia; J. Marian, company D, 9th Ga.; Wm. E. Glassey, co B, 18th Miss., and Jno, Dorsey, co. A, Stuart's Horse Artillery, arrived here from Fort Delaware, having made their escape from Fort Delaware on the night of the 12th inst. The narrative of their escape is interesting.
Having formed the plan to escape, they improvised life preservers by tying four canteens, well corked, around the body of each man, and on the night of the 12th inst. proceeded to leave the island.
The night being dark they got into the water and swam off from the back of the island for the shore.
Three of them swam four miles, and landed about two miles below Delaware City; the other two, being swept down the river, floated down sixteen miles, and landed at Christine Creek.
Another soldier (a Philadelphian) started with them, but was drowned a short distance from the s
Richmond Circuit Court, Saturday--Judge Meredith presiding
--Edward M. Sandy, of Essex county, who was before court on a writ of habeas corpus to get from the active into the reserve branch of the service, was, after deliberation by the court, remanded to the custody of Captain Fry, at Camp Lee.
Writs were awarded upon petitions of Madison Dunlop, James Benden, William D. Mills, C. J. Fuller and James T. Blake, all detailed farmers, and whose details had been revoked by the Secretary of War, and made returnable to Thursday next.
These parties all state that they do not wish to get out of the service, but are merely anxious to change one branch of the army for another.