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The Daily Dispatch: August 25, 1863., [Electronic resource], Johnson's Island — the Confederate prisoners there. (search)
permitted to go to the lake shore, where they can walk eight rods upon the rocks, with the water not more than five feet deep. Each in turn once in four days visits the lake if he chooses, and good swimmers have an opportunity to test their skill in aquatic exercises, taking care to keep within the range of the guard's gun, always at command, should any attempt to reach the opposite shore, three miles distant. The island has a garrison of four hundred soldiers under the command of Major Pearson, who has had charge of the island since it became a rendezvous for prisoners. Dr. Woodbridge is the Surgeon, Mr. McCuue Chaplain, and E. A. Keeth, Steward. Generals Archer and Jones are the only rebel officers now on the island holding that rank. General Jones is a Virginian by birth, and was captured at the battle of Gettysburg. His brother is a merchant at St. Paul, Minnesota. Colonel Humphrey, captured at Champion's Station, Mississippi, owns three plantations at Port Gib