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The Daily Dispatch: February 19, 1864., [Electronic resource], The movement on Mobile. (search)
on. All these reports indicate a grand combination of movements, having in view the occasion of Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. The Chicago Times says Grant is advancing on Montgomery, Ala. The escape of Col. Straight--his arrival with other prisoner, at Fortress Monroe. The following official dispatch announces the whereabouts of Streight and seventeen, of his comrades: Fortress Monroe, Monday, Feb. 15. I have received a telegram under date of February 14, from Gen. Wistar, which states that Col. Streight, with one hundred and ten other Union officers, escaped from prison in Richmond by digging a tunnel. Col. Streight, with seventeen others, are safe. Benjamin F. Buttler, Major General Commanding. Another dispatch says: The following list of officers is reported to have arrived at Williamsburg: Col. Streight; Col. we Creary, 21st Michigan Lieut.-Col. Hobart, 21st Wisconsin; Capt. Wallack, 51st Indiana; Lieut. Harris, 9th Ohio. Six