Tag Archives: prison escapes

“insurrectionists cried out for mercy”

Posted on November 25, 2014 by SUMPTER

A Richmond newspaper admired the effectiveness and restraint of the Confederate garrison that thwarted an attempted mass escape by Union prisoners at Salisbury, North Carolina. From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in December 1864: Attempt of the Union Prisoners … Continue reading →

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Streight away

Posted on February 10, 2014 by SUMPTER

150 years ago this morning jailers at Richmond’s Libby Prison found out they had lost something – 109 Union officer prisoners who escaped during the night through a tunnel they had dug. Although Colonel Thomas E. Rose was the leader … Continue reading →

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corrections?

Posted on December 6, 2013 by SUMPTER

Maybe John Hunt Morgan and his confederates didn’t escape through a sewer under the Ohio Penitentiary; it might have been an air chamber. Maybe the escapees didn’t head to Kentucky right after the break-out; they might have gone north first. … Continue reading →

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sewer escape

Posted on November 28, 2013 by SUMPTER

Morgan’s Raid through Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio during June and July of 1863 ended when Confederate General John Hunt Morgan was captured on July 26th. He escaped from the clink about four months later. From The New-York Times November 29, … Continue reading →

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surgeon swap

Posted on November 18, 2013 by SUMPTER

The prisoner parole and exchange system had not totally broken down by 150 years ago this week. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch November 16, 1863: Exchange of Surgeons. The exchange of Surgeons, we learn, has been agreed upon by the … Continue reading →

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well corked canteens

Posted on August 28, 2013 by SUMPTER

150 years ago today folks in Richmond could read about the ingenuity and daring of some Confederate prisoners of war who escaped from Fort Delaware and/or the recently built barracks on Pea Patch Island. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch August … Continue reading →

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