Fast and Loose in Dixie
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Excerpt from Fast and Loose in Dixie: An Unprejudiced Narrative of Personal Experience as a Prisoner of War at Libby, Macon, Savannah, and Charleston While serving as an officer in the Ninth New Jersey Veteran Volunteers, it was my lot to face the enemy in a series of battles on the right bank of the James River, Va., in the month of May, 1864, where, in a day of gloom and disaster for the Union cause, I was taken prisoner. With the gallant Heckman, intrepid Belger, and other officers whose good opinion it was my privilege to enjoy, I passed a few days in Libby Prison, and was successively introduced to other gay and festive scenes in the so-called Confederate States. But to men thoroughly in earnest to serve their imperilled country, the attractions offered for our gratification by rebel officials, failed to make life happy in the "Sunny South:" in point of fact, the captives with whom I mingled despised the hospitalities tendered. Nay, more; the souls of these brave men animated them to resolute action to escape from their depressing surroundings. At Macon and Savannah carefully devised plans for regaining our liberty received the hearty approval of many who owned that no peril or hardship should hinder them from again following the old flag as it was borne aloft on ensanguined fields; and weeks of severe toil were cheerfully endured in constructing tunnels for escape. Though baffled by treachery in a promising enterprise for regaining our freedom by tunnelling, I conscientiously declare that I never ceased to cherish the hope of escape from rebel prisons. True, the prospect was gloomy indeed. Confined in fetid strongholds and surrounded by sleepless sentinels, the boldest at times were ready to despair. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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