[from the diary of Dr. Brodie Strachan Herndon]
13th We are now totally cut
off from our People South. the
arrest of 16 or 18 of our prominent
citizens brings dismay & apprehen-
-sion into every household. No
one feels safe. Revd Mr Broaddus
C C Wellford, J Bradley T F Knox, Mr
Gill & Mr McGuire were the first
batch arrested and sent to prison as
hostages for Union men confined by
the Confed Government. Subsequently
Messrs J F Scott J Coakley Dr J Cooke Mr
Benj Temple Clay Rowe Montgomery
Slaughter (Mayor) J H Roberts and two or
three others were arrested-- all taken
from their beds and marched to Head
quarters & thence sent next day to
the Old Capitol prison, Washington.
MSS 2563-b
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