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The Daily Dispatch: March 7, 1864., [Electronic resource], The cause of it. (search)
The cause of it.
--The firing off of their muskets by the guards on Belle Isle, on Saturday last, about 11 o'clock, as is usually the case after a damp night's guard duty, gave rise to the rumor which was currently circulated in the city, that there had been a revolt among the Yankee prisoners on the Island, and that our cannon overlooking their camp had been fired upon them, killing some three or four hundred.