. Philadelphia in the Civil War, 1861-1865 . me called by the Commandant,and before I could cross over he said, You will be released in a few days. AsI was approaching General Schoepf (who was walking with General Jeff. Thomp-son) the Commandant said, pointing to me, He is a Rebel, too. I inquired ofGeneral Thompson how lie happened to be at Fort Delaware. He came here, saidGeneral Schoepf, to be well treated. We know how to treat the soldier here,dont you think so? I very cordially assented to this remark. The General con-tinued, You must not abuse me when you leave here. I shall not be dispo
. Philadelphia in the Civil War, 1861-1865 . me called by the Commandant,and before I could cross over he said, You will be released in a few days. AsI was approaching General Schoepf (who was walking with General Jeff. Thomp-son) the Commandant said, pointing to me, He is a Rebel, too. I inquired ofGeneral Thompson how lie happened to be at Fort Delaware. He came here, saidGeneral Schoepf, to be well treated. We know how to treat the soldier here,dont you think so? I very cordially assented to this remark. The General con-tinued, You must not abuse me when you leave here. I shall not be disposed todo so, I replied. You have always treated me with great kindness. I think youhave the good feeling of all the prisoners. It is further related that the famous guerilla chief had been invitedto dine with the commanding officer and was visited, a little later, byhis reverend acquaintance, who found him comfortably roomed andseated in front of a good coal fire. = A copy of Dr. Handys book may be seen at the Philadelphia Library. THE NAVY. PENNSYLVANIA was well represented inthe navy register of the Civil War most notable figure, native of Phila-delphia, in the service was Capt. CharlesStewart. This fine old sea fighter was born whenthe British occupied Philadelphia in 1778. In 1862he was promoted to the rank of rear admiral. Fora long term he was the senior retired officer of thenavy, and was only retired after seventy-one yearsof service. He died, at the age of ninety-one, in1869. Other distinguished naval officers, nativesof the State and all Philadelphians by birth orresidence, were: Rear Admirals James L. Lardner, David DixonPorter, Sylvanus W. Godon, John A. Dahlgren, John , Elie A. F. Lavalette, Clark H. Wells, JamesMcQueen Forsyth, Lewis Wood Robinson, Henry KuhnHoff, Edward York McCauley, George Wallace Melville,John Marston, George Campbell Read. Commodores William McKean, Joseph Beale, EdwardRees Thompson, Garrett J. Pendergrast, John C. Febiger,
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