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C. M. PRUTSMAN.

A SOLDIER'S EXPERIENCE
IN SOUTHERN PRISONS

BY

C.M. PRUTSMAN

LIEUT. IN SEVENTH REGIMENT, WISCONSIN VOLUNTEERS

A Graphic
Description of the Author's Experiences
in Various Southern Prisons

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NEW YORK
ANDREW H. KELLOGG
1901

Copyright, 1901,
By C.M. PRUTSMAN,
LEXINGTON, NEB.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

Events preceding my capture—The last day of freedom—Amajor's folly—My picket line captured—Warrenton—Ilose a valuable pair of boots—Culpepper—Farewellto the boots—A disappointing test of good faith

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CHAPTER II.

Libby—Now I lose my money—"Fresh fish"—Quarters andrations—Boxes from home—Two majors escape—A generalconspiracy—Bad news and new prisoners—GeneralButler saves two Union officers by threatening to hangCaptains Fitzhugh Lee and Winder—Two female prisonersdiscovered in male attire in Belle Isle—We securetheir release

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CHAPTER III.

Sick in the smallpox ward—A new plan of escape—Over apowder mine—The plan fails—Filling the roll, one hundredand nine men "short"—Shot at through windows—"Bread!bread!"—Hopes of exchange—May 1st—Boxeswhich had passed in the night—Brutes—More boxes—Danville,May 8th—Two weeks later, Macon

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CHAPTER IV.

A tunnel spoiled by the rain—Captain Tabb's cruelties—Cornpone bakers—July 4th squelched—Beyond the "deadline"—Caught—Sherman sixty miles away—Charleston—Negroregimental prisoners—In the gallows' shadow—Whippi

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