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The Daily Dispatch: August 2, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 6 (search)
Adventures of an escaped prisoner. Jos. Cox, who arrived in this city from Fort Delaware, Tuesday, was captured while on a scout in the vicinity of Front Royal, on the 18th day of May, after having his horse shot under him, and was sent from tto the old Capitol prison in Washington city. Here he remained until the 4th day of July, when he was transferred to Fort Delaware, from whence he escaped about a week after. In his escape, he was accompanied by Mr. J. A. Toole, of the 9th Virginin their situations.--When they arrived in Kent county, Maryland, they disclosed the fact that they were refugees from Fort Delaware, and found plenty of friends and sympathizers. Mr. Cox says that on the night of the 3d of July the Secessionisto cleanse it from the polluting effects of the Confederate banner. He says that there were about four thousand prisoners at Fort Delaware when he left, and that they were very uncomfortably situated, with scarcely food enough to sustain life.