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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1894
Page
2
The account details Libby Prison's interior and guard routines during the Civil War. It relays how officers and enlisted men endured harsh winter conditions, cavernous cells, and a constant watch from a cordon of guards while some prisoners carved bone keepsakes as morale and hope persisted amid confinement.
The memoir recounts Libby prison life with tales of contraband bone articles sold for Confederate money, minstrel shows, food shortages, roll calls, and bold escapes. It details disguises using uniforms, a tailor’s skill, and daring acts by prisoners including Kupp of North Carolina and others, plus the looming Libby tunnel and Morgan’s visit.
A Confederate prison escape tale recalls Captain Johnson of the Fifth Kentucky and a band of prisoners who tunneled from Libby to freedom. The account details night patrols, the tunnel's opening, guards' cries, and the chaotic jailbreak that led to hundreds attempting escape and a final tally of 110 to 213 men miscounted before the breakout was secured as a historic Civil War feat.
A chaotic memoir fragment describes a cream colored hog in Grand Rivers Kentucky, railroad legends, and a touring troupe the Singed Cat Opera Company. The narrator recalls a dramatic rail delay with a blinding headlight, a street scene of vanished activity, and a wild travel anecdote filled with eccentric characters and local lore.
A fragmentary note recounts a New Orleans poet’s admiration for Rocky Mountain grandeur and an American writer named Henry Walter. The tale shifts to a Pittsburgh resident, hinting at a distinct national character and a nostr of health by Hood Villa products claimed to be vegetable based and superior in merit.
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