[from the diary of Matthella Page Harrison as transcribed at a later date]
Thursday, July 24
Powerful rain two or three hours in the day. Evening bright. Many escaped prisoners from Fort Delaware passed through the neighborhood today. Four hundred of the prisoners rose up and overpowered the guards, which only consisted of one hundred and killed a great many of them. They then escaped in a vessel which had been secretly sent to them from Baltimore. Went to Upper Longwood in the evening. Came home today.
MSS
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.