Sufferings endured for a free government; (1865) (14759486321)

Identifier: suffendure00wilson (find matches)

Title: Sufferings endured for a free government;

Year: 1865 (1860s)

Authors: Wilson, Thomas L., of Tennessee

Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Prisoners and prisons Refugees -- Southern States United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Anecdotes

Publisher: (Philadelphia)

Contributing Library: The Library of Congress

Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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around her neck, swungher up, and left her in her death-struggles, in the pre-sence of her terrified little ones, till next morning,when some of the neighbors took down the body andburied it. This act caused the citizens to feel alarmed, and threeor four hundred leagued together for self-defence.About the 1st of October they were betrayed, andJacob Lock, the President, was arrested. A couriercame down to Sherman and stated that he (Lock) hadbeen hung. - Mr. Sumner could only rally eight men togo and release some men that Bolan had in custody.They rode all night, and were within eight miles of Bo-lans place, in .Cook county, the next morning. Therethey met a man hid in the woods, who informed themthat Bolan had five hundred men under his command,who swore they would never rest till they had hungevery Union man in Texas; that he had thirty or fortyUnion men, who would be hung that day. Mr. Sumner returned home, and as soon as he couldarrano-e his affairs started for the Union lines. Mr.

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IN TEXAS. 261 Sumner met witli many adventures, but escaped Iiis pursuers, and considered liimself nearly safe, till he arrivedat Leroy county, Arkansas, where lie met a Texas recruitwhom he had known before. This soldier reported IMr.Sumner to headquarters. He was arrested on the 29ihof October, 1862, and sent to Little Eock. GeneralHolmes turned him over to the provost-marshal, and or-dered him to be locked up in an iron cage. He was theonly white man put into the cage. The others had theliberty of the prison. Some time afterwards, nineteen young men, who hadbelonged to Harts Texan company, who had been cutoff from their comrades, were brought and put in thecages. One, who had been forced into the Rebel ranks,and whom they claimed as a deserter, was hung. Therest were put into iron cages, which were originally madefor negroes. Their irons were taken off. In a few weeks disease began its work. The jailortold General Rema, if they were not taken out of thecages they would die. The Gen

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