On this day in 1865: Prisoner of war A.O. Abbott, first lieutenant in the 1st N.Y. Dragoons, recalls his release in Wilmington: “We laughed, cried, hurrahed, hugged, kissed, rolled in the sand, and — rejoiced generally. Many declared it was the happiest day of their lives. “The 6th Connecticut was encamped on the bank of […]
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For freed POWs, ‘the happiest day of their lives’
Posted in On This Day, tagged 1st ny dragoons, 6th connecticut, a o abbott, cape fear river, civil war pows, wilmington nc on March 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Union prisoners were grim sight indeed
Posted in On This Day, tagged 1st ny dragoons, a o abbott, civil war pows, florence sc, goldsboro nc, salisbury nc on February 21, 2011 | 3 Comments »
On this day in 1865: A.O. Abbott, first lieutenant in the 1st N.Y. Dragoons, recalls the arrival in Goldsboro of a trainload of 700 fellow Union prisoners, these from Salisbury and Florence, S.C.: “They had ridden all night in open flatcars, without a particle of shelter or fire. It was . . . a bitter […]
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