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Six Federal soldiers escape from a Confederate prison and make a nocturnal overland journey through hostile country to reach Union pickets, navigating by the North Star without maps or compass. The narrative details cold winter marches, scarce food, sore and lame feet, hiding from cavalry and hounds, occasional aid from local Black people, risky encounters with civilians, and the forced separation and differing fates of comrades. Recounted from memory and supported by sworn statements, the account emphasizes endurance, improvisation, and the perils of escape behind enemy lines.

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Title: An Account of the Escape of Six Federal Soldiers from Prison at Danville, Va.

Author: W. H. Newlin

Release date: January 19, 2016 [eBook #50970]
Most recently updated: October 22, 2024

Language: English

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AN ACCOUNT OF THE ESCAPE OF SIX FEDERAL SOLDIERS FROM PRISON AT DANVILLE, VA. ***

AN ACCOUNT
OF THE
Escape of Six Federal Soldiers
FROM PRISON AT DANVILLE, VA.:

Their Travels by Night

THROUGH

THE ENEMY'S COUNTRY TO THE UNION PICKETS

AT GAULEY BRIDGE, WEST VIRGINIA,

IN THE WINTER OF 1863-64.

BY

W. H. NEWLIN,

Lieutenant Seventy-Third Illinois Volunteers.

CINCINNATI:
WESTERN METHODIST BOOK CONCERN PRINT.
1887.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870,
BY W. H. NEWLIN,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.