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The Daily Dispatch: September 4, 1863., [Electronic resource], Northern correspondence — Statement of deserters. (search)
ricks go down by cartloads, the guns dismounted, the casemates revealed and then destroyed, and they know that Sumter must fall — that, indeed, it was fast falling. So these seven men, knowing that victory was certain to the Yankees, tired of fighting longer for the Confederacy, and anxious, if possible, to get back to their homes in the Old North State, procured a pass from their commander to visit Mount Pleasant, stole a boat and rowed out in the darkness of the night to the Montank. Capt. Fairfax picked them up and sent them ashore this morning. The sight of seven able-bodied men in the rebel uniform, as they marched down to the beach to the Provost Marshal's office was sufficient to attract the attention of every one in camp, and by the time they reached Col. Hall's quarters they had been subjected to a pretty thorough pumping. The curious and inquisitive sent volleys of questions at them as they passed along, and to all these the gray backs responded with as much good nat