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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1966
Page
3
A Confederate prisoner recounts a perilous 1864 escape from a New Orleans narrative camp. He details five days of rations, rough clothing, swamp treks, bayou fords, and nights soaked by cold rain. The group dodges scouts, seeks shelter with sympathetic civilians, and passes through pine ridges toward Red and Sabine rivers, aided by a cooperative African American family before continuing toward Alexandria.
A group including Cary and Hall recounts a risky night march fleeing toward the river. They pass a rebel commissary train and dodge pursuit, then ride out a brutal storm and wade swampy terrain with alligators nearby. They scavenge corn from guarded plantations and cross the Atchafalaya by raft, nearing the Mississippi with cold, wet feet and constant danger.
The narrator and companions endure hunger and cold before escaping through a back route to a river, where a gunboat crew rescues them. They receive medical care and generous clothing, then share their tale with the Signal’s captain and his family, who treat them with maternal kindness.
L B Cocklin father of Mrs Dewey Stephens of Ainsworth and grandfather of Richard Stephens. His wife Evelyn Essley aunt to Ward Essley and Mrs Roy Stewart. He led Centennial school in Washington then long as superintendent in New Windsor Illinois. After retirement he delivered mail from Ainsworth for years. Mrs Murray Smylie owns the February 6 1913 Washington County Press copy used for this letter.
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