Arrival of Surgeons.
The flag of truce boat on Saturday last brought
Drs.
Freeman and
Gibbes, who were captured June 17th, on the C. S. steamer
Atlanta, in the engagement of
Warsaw Sound, Georgia.
They have been last confined at
Fort Warren,
Boston harbor, having been removed there four months since from Fort Lafayette, New York.
In the last general exchange of Surgeons they were over looked, but our authorities here made a demand for them, and they were brought from
Fort Warren on the 7th, and arrived at
City Point in the
U. S., flag of truce boat
New York on Friday last, and thence came hither on C. S. flag of truce boat
Roanoke on Saturday last.
The other officers of the
Atlanta were well.
First
Assistant Engineer E. J. Johnston died on October 14th, and is buried outside the wall.
His
brother officers have had a substantial marble tomb placed on the spot where his remains rest.