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Title: Famous adventures and prison escapes of the civil war
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925 Pittenger, William, 1840-1904 Richards, A. E. (Adolphus Edwards), 1844-1920 Duke, Basil Wilson, 1838-1916 Willcox, Orlando B Hines, Thomas Henry Moran, Frank E Shelton, W. H. (William Henry), 1840-1932? Wood, John Taylor
Subjects: Mosby, John Singleton, 1833-1916 Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875 Libby Prison Chattanooga Railroad Expedition, 1862 Morgan's Ohio Raid, 1863
Publisher: New York : The Century Co.
Contributing Library: University of Connecticut Libraries
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houlder, I instantly recog-nized the coat of the latter as the snuff-colored sack inwhich I had last seen Lieutenant Lamson. It hadbeen given to the man at Chattanooga, where thesesame guides had conducted my former companions insafety a month before. Quince Edmonston, the elder,had led numerous parties of Yankee officers over theWacheesa trail for a consideration of a hundred dol-lars, pledged to be paid by each officer at Chattanoogaor Nashville. Two other officers were concealed near by, and anumber of refugees, awaiting a convoy, and an ar-rangement was rapidly made with the guides. Theswollen condition of the Valley River made it neces-sary to remain for several days at Shooting Creek be-fore setting out. Mack and I were staying at thehouse of Mrs. Kitchen. It was on the afternoon of amemorable Friday, the rain still falling in torrents A HAED EOAD TO TRAVEL OUT OF DIXIE 291 without, that I sat before the fire poring over a smallSunday-school book,— the only printed book in the
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house, if not in the settlement. Mack Hooper was sit-ting by the door. Attracted by a rustling sound in 292 ADVENTURES AND ESCAPES IN THE CIVIL WAR his direction, I looked up just in time to see his heelsdisappearing under the nearest bed. Leaping to myfeet with an instinctive impulse to do likewise, I wasconfronted in the doorway by a stalwart Confederateofficer fully uniformed and armed. Behind him washis quartermaster-sergeant. This was a governmentparty collecting the tax in kind, which at that timethroughout the Confederacy was the tenth part of allcrops and other farm productions. It was an uglysurprise. Seeing no escape, I ventured a remark onthe weather: only a stare in reply. A plan of escapeflashed through my mind like an inspiration. I seatedmj^self quietly, and for an instant bent my eyes uponthe printed pages. The two soldiers had advanced tothe corner of the chimney nearest the door, inquiringfor the head of the family, and keeping their eyes riv-eted on my hostile unifo

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