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Title: Incidents and adventures in rebeldom; Libby, Bells-Isle, Salisbury
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Darby, George W., 1842-1912
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Publisher: Pittsburg, Pa., Press of Rawsthorne engraving & printing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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two hundred pound shells, whichI concluded had been sent in by Uncle Sam as visiting cards.The first night of our captivity we were corralled in the openair near the city. During the night a rebel came among usfor the purpose of robbing us of any valual^les that mightstill be found with us, and seeing Comrade Richie having ablanket, he attempted to steal it, but he had wakened up thewrong passenger, for Richie jumped to his feet and promptlyknocked the rebel down. Upon regaining his feet the in-furiated rebel rushed ofT for his gun, and returning threaten-ed to kill all the d—m—d Yankees in the camp, but a rebelofficer hearing the rumpus, came up at this juncture, andordered the cowardly cur off the grounds. The followingmorning we were shipped to Richmond by rail. On arrivingthere we were confined in a large brick building, known asPemI)erton. It stood on Cary street, above, and nearlv op-posite Libby Prison. While confined in this building John McCloskv, who is Libby Prison. 103
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I04 Incidents and Adventures in Rebeldom. now living in Fostoria, C, threw a Spencer rifle cartridgewhich he w^ished to be rid of out tlie window. It struck thepavement and exploded. This occurrence caused a greatstir among the Johnnies and they at once rushed a numberof soldiers and several officers into the building to punishthe Yank who had tried to blow up the guard. The BuckTail explained that having no further use for the cartridge,he had simply thrown it away ; however, this explanationwas not accepted and the man was brutally bucked andgagged. After this incident we were moved across to Libbyand confined on the second floor of that infamously histori-cal building, and the notorious Dick Turner, and his pal JohnRoss, put in an appearance, ostensibly for the purpose of tak-ing charge for safe keeping of the effects of the prisoners ofwar, but really for the purpose of robbery in a wholesale way.Now, said Turner to us. all those of you wdio voluntarilygive up their money and valu

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