From the Richmond Dispatch, 10/24/1861, p. 2, c. 2
The Federal
Prisoners. – A large number of
persons assembled at the Central depot yesterday afternoon, expecting to witness
a grand parade of the Yankees captured at Leesburg; but they came not, and
public curiosity was unsatisfied. We have been informed that they will arrive
today, by an extra train, but at what hour, no one knows – not even the man who
is always posted up in current events, and starts all the exciting rumors. It is
a matter of some concern to ascertain what shall be done with all these
prisoners, for we have more now in Richmond than any man of generous impulses
would care to feed through the winter; but we understand that a tobacco factory
on 25th street will be converted into a temporary prison, and we
suppose, as the number continues to increase, the Government will occasionally
ship a lot to points further South.
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