Prisoner Memoir From Point Lookout To Home
Atlanta Journal offers a Close Calls memoir recounting capture after the fall of Richmond, life in Point Lookout, prison barter, sickness, and a perilous June sea voyage aboard a condemned steamer off Cape Hatteras. The author notes brutalities, humane guards, and a dramatic mutiny led by McGee, before arriving in Savannah and finally home.
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Mort Tiegg
Ley
Johaston
Grant
City Point
Petersburg
James River
Point Lookout
Potomac River
Juana
Tattoo
Lir
Vogal
New York
Toombs Cullars
Lincoln County
Senjejcy
Cullard
Savannah
Cullars
Chesapeake Bay
Cundor Cumpela
Pt. Lookout
U. S
South Atlantic
Fortress Mooroo
Remalo
Davis
McGee
Bet
Welsh
Cape Hatteras
Beaufort
Wilmington
N. C
Charleston
Amity, Ga
Moonshiner's Wild Ride From Atlanta Depot Prank
A North Georgia tale recounts a moonshiner arrested by a revenue officer who rides to Atlanta with him. At the station a delayed train leads to drinking and a safety break. The moonshiner later turns up injured after an attempted platform escape, claiming he rode only partway before deciding to walk away.
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North Georgia
Abner Daniel
Will
Harpers
Revenue Service
At- Tanta
Atlanta
Eyar
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