From the National Tribune,
3/11/1888
A Note From a Prisoner’s Diary.
TO THE EDITOR: I
was a prisoner during part of 1862 and confined in jail in
Staunton
, in the stockade at
Lynchburg
, in Libby Prison, and on
Belle
Island
. During the time I kept a diary, which
I found to-day in looking over some army papers. One entry, dated
July 22, 1862
, contains the following statement:
“This morning a prisoner belonging to the 66th
Ohio
, and named Bowers, was shot dead by one
of the guards for coming too near the guard-line.” I give this to you, as I am
under the impression that some months ago I read in your paper a request for
information on this point. – E. C. CULP,
Salina
,
Kan.
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