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The Daily Dispatch: July 19, 1862., [Electronic resource], Interesting narrative of an escaped Confederate prisoner. (search)
Interesting narrative of an escaped Confederate prisoner. Wm. C. Bramlet, of the 8th Virginia cavalry, was captured in November last and carried to Camp Chase, near Columbus, Ohio. He escaped and arrived in Charleston, S. C., a few days ago. The narrative of his escape and adventures as communicated to the Charleston Courier, are very interesting: He was kept in close confinement until March, a period of five months. On the 12th of March some laborers being sent into the prison to ditch the prison grounds, Mr. Bramlet entered into conversation with them, and finding them Southern men in principle, informed them that he meditated an escape. They at once expressed their sympathies with his condition, and offered to assist him as far as lay in their power. He suggested as the most feasible plan a change of clothing in his barracks, substituting a laborer's suit for the uniform he then were. The laborer's suit was procured, the change made, and being furnished with a spade,
The Daily Dispatch: July 19, 1862., [Electronic resource], Speech of the Governor-General of Canada. (search)
They then fired at us several powerful shots in rapid succession. They then weighed anchor and in a few minutes showed us her stern and left us in peaceful possession of the town, that they had the evening before summoned to an unconditional surrenders. The late Gen. David E. Twiggs. The telegraph has announced the death of General David E. Twiggs, G. S. A. He was born in Richmond county, Georgia, about the year 1789. In 1812 he entered the army of the United States, and on the 12th March of that year received the appointment of Captain in the 8th Infantry. On the 30th of June, 1846, he was appointed Brigadier. General, and on the 23d of September of the same year was breveted Major General. He served with distinction in the Indian wars in Alabama, and also in the war with Mexico, his gallantry being most conspicuous in the battle of Cerro Gordo; and, when the latter war was closed, the happy compliment was paid him of being "the hero of all the battles and of none of th