. The boy spy; a substantially true record of events during the war of the rebellion. The only practical history of war telegraphers in the field ... thrilling scenes of battles, captures and escapes . wn my spine. The locks and bars, whichwere always in sight, as well as the bayonets of the armed sentry,that were everywhere in view from the windows, seemed to sinkdeeper into my heart, when I realized that Fredericksburg was alsonecessarily abandoned, and Geno in the hands of the Rebels. Whenthe crowded inmates of the jDrison would form groups in the yardin the evening, and, in the wildest gle
. The boy spy; a substantially true record of events during the war of the rebellion. The only practical history of war telegraphers in the field ... thrilling scenes of battles, captures and escapes . wn my spine. The locks and bars, whichwere always in sight, as well as the bayonets of the armed sentry,that were everywhere in view from the windows, seemed to sinkdeeper into my heart, when I realized that Fredericksburg was alsonecessarily abandoned, and Geno in the hands of the Rebels. Whenthe crowded inmates of the jDrison would form groups in the yardin the evening, and, in the wildest glee, openly congratulate eachother on the prospect of their speedy release by Stonewall Jacksonsmen, when he should reach Washington, I felt, for obvious reasons,that Id rather not be released by that sort of a crowd. Thisfeeling was especially exhibited after the news of General Popesdisaster at the second battle of Bull Run, that occurred while I waslocked up there. But I am getting over these three weeks in 0, C,P,, as we call it for short, a little prematurely. Very few of the tourists who visit Washington are aware thatwithin rifle-shot of the Capitol stands (in greatly altered shape, of U12. IN OLD CAPITAL PRISON-1 ADMIT THAT I BROKEDOWN COMPLETELY. THE B07 SPY. 4IS course,) one of the most historic buildings about the city. A good-sized book might be printed about the Old Capitol, and yet not one-half the secrets the old walls could tell would have been told. It waswithin these walls that John C. Calhoun, in dreadful agony of mindand body, breathed his last on earth, and it is said that his lastwords were not those of peace and happiness. It seems a little oddthat the same brick and mortar hid from the outside world the lastdreadful agony of the arch-fiend Wirz. The Kit Carson C A. , of Washington, of which I am a comrade, was organized overthe same bier and in the same dungeon that contained the body ofWirz after execution, in the year of the assassination of Lincol
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