In and out of rebel prisons . theloafer, etc., and so it kept on during the whole night. The next morning Tabb had two more field piecesplanted in the woods to the south of our camp, and horse-men appeared with hounds to fvdck and capture the fugi-tives, l)ut for some reason they could not get on the righttrail and only succeeded in treeing a coon. There wereseveral other escapes al)out thistim(\ One by Lieut. Clark, 2d Massachusetts H. A., who sought out MissFrankie Richardson, who made arrangements to heljihim out of the city, but this same Hartswell Silver, whowas boarding there, liet
In and out of rebel prisons . theloafer, etc., and so it kept on during the whole night. The next morning Tabb had two more field piecesplanted in the woods to the south of our camp, and horse-men appeared with hounds to fvdck and capture the fugi-tives, l)ut for some reason they could not get on the righttrail and only succeeded in treeing a coon. There wereseveral other escapes al)out thistim(\ One by Lieut. Clark, 2d Massachusetts H. A., who sought out MissFrankie Richardson, who made arrangements to heljihim out of the city, but this same Hartswell Silver, whowas boarding there, lietrayed him and he was broughtback again. This Silver was paroled the day the tunnelswere discovered and was never in cam]) afterwards, andit is just as well for him that he was not, for, as the boyssaid, Silver was at that time at a premium, and wouldhave been higher, if he had ])ut in an appearance. ^rost, (S5th New York, also escaped in a rel) uniform, asdid several others, and Lieutenant Wilson of the regulars ^ «A. M^ MR, CASHMEYERS SUTLER WAGON, MACON, GA. IN AND OUT OF REBEL PRISONS. 91 was sent out in the sutlers vegetable box: This Lieu-tenant Wilson was an Englishman, and I think belongedto the regular army. Mr. Cashmeyer came in one afternoon, as was hisdaily custom, with his cart, driven l^y a negro. Uponthe cart was a dry goods l)ox, filled with potatoes, onions,cabbage, turnips, l)acon, l)eef, eggs, &c., whicb he usuallydisposed ol to the Yankee sutler and (others whose meansjustified them in purchasing, in what we call large quan-tities. He stopped as usual, at the shanty of the campsutler, and there sold out his load. While he was in theshanty settHng up, the crowd as usual gathered aroundhis cart, and this Lieut. Wilson clambered into the boxon the cart, while the crowed stood al>out the door of theshant}^, the negro driver all the time maintaining thatstolid look of innocence, so peculiar to the race, as he(the Lieutenant) was covered with empty sacks
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