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Fragmented wartime letter details Confederate prisoner ordeal
Readable sections describe a lengthy prison narrative involving Corporal William Pinger and Private Robe. The text recounts capture, confinement at Chattonooga and Atlanta, executions and trials, starved meals, rope breaks during escape attempts, and Allied reactions. The piece weaves in political commentary and references to Kentucky, Richmond, and Vermont revelations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warar
Wiliam Pinger
Iment Obin
Robe
Pryor Wiliam Bede
Vales
William Ennini
Kentucky