A Rebel Guard Deserts From Castle Thunder With Union
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A good war-date Union naval officer's letter, 1 1/2p. 4to., signed twice by Acting Master Nelson Provost, USS Anacostia, Rappahannock River, [Va.], Nov. 24, 1863 addressed to future Brevet Brig. Gen. Joab N. Patterson (WIA Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863) as captain 2nd New Hampshire and provost guard of Point Lookout, Maryland POW camp, in part: "I hereby turn over in your charge, 10 men, one woman, one boy and one child. Seven of the men are escaped Union prisoners from Castle Thunder, Richmond, Virginia. The other…3 men , one woman, a boy and a child being refugees from Virginia have taken the required oath…I also turn over one rebel soldier, a deserter from Castle Thunder…whom I have not administered the oath…" VG.
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A Rebel Guard Deserts From Castle Thunder With Union
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