. The Photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . Gap,where he ambushed some of Forrests men, wounded his brother. W . H. Forrest, and capturedtwo pieces of artillery. After another skirmish on Hog Mountain, in which the Confederateswere repulsed, he proceeded to Blountsville, Alabama, and then toward Gadsden. All of this timethere was continuous skirmishing in the rain, and much of his powder became worthless. Heattempted to reach Rome, Georgia, but Forrest overtook him and the force was surrendered May 3,1863. Ther
. The Photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . Gap,where he ambushed some of Forrests men, wounded his brother. W . H. Forrest, and capturedtwo pieces of artillery. After another skirmish on Hog Mountain, in which the Confederateswere repulsed, he proceeded to Blountsville, Alabama, and then toward Gadsden. All of this timethere was continuous skirmishing in the rain, and much of his powder became worthless. Heattempted to reach Rome, Georgia, but Forrest overtook him and the force was surrendered May 3,1863. There was much excitement in the South over this raid into the interior of the Con-federacy, which was one of the earliest made, and also much indignation over the capture ofNegroes for enlistment. The command was charged by the Confederates with many men were soon exchanged, but the officers were kept in prison at Richmond. ColonelStreight and four of his officers escaped from Libby Prison with 105 other Union officers bymeans of a tunnel dug by Colonel Thomas E. Rose and a few associates, on February 8. forays fmm ffetam that they scattered, and the entire detail of prisoners several occasions, when smallpox was prevalent, prisonersthrust red-hot needles into their faces and hands. The resultwas a fair imitation of smallpox, and they were transferred tothe hospital, outside the main stockade, from which they hadlittle difficulty in escaping. One morning a ladder was found leaning against thefence. How it got there was never known, nor was it easy tofind in the confusion how many had escaped. The ground,being as it was a tenacious clay, was especially suitable fortunneling. At one time it was known that sixteen tunnelswere in various stages of completion. As mentioned elsewhere, the guard at this prison was com-posed almost entirely of boys under seventeen or men overforty-five, and prisoners gifted with assurance were sometimesable to deceive or i
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