Show ramp AMP FOR LIBERTY I 1 PARING ESCAPE OF FOUR UNION PRISONERS NEAR charleston j they Jill Ped from a movine train nad and tolled through and over to story or of capt dralle oue olio of the ilia Wo number ruber copyright 1501 by Anic ilean pre lion book reserved edl N 1 I the morning of 11 oct 0 A n pirty p arty jot of captive union officers I 1 wore were put on oil board of a train 0 of box cars to be trans ported from alie ta ail burd at charleston to sf fp prison quarters at columbia among tile number was capt J drake of tile the gioth yen jersey voltin who hall been it prisoner of war ihu flie months and rill nn inmate liming inic of prisons liaisons libby macon ga and charleston Cliar leston although ha be had bad been toiled foiled in in amny iny attempts to escape lie be resolved on one ODO more effort and having ball a little litile warning of the trip was d for or any emergency that could favor the ilia the story of lis ills in breaking brel kius guard near charleston and rea re achins cIlin knoxville knox ille teun tenn after forty nine days of wandering wan derinK is 3 told in the history ut of the ninth mcw jersey recent ly published drake induced three fellow prisoners to join hini capt 11 II 11 II todd I 1 eighth yer ier jersch capt calit J E lewis ieva is eleventh alei crith connecticut and capt alfred grant nine ine wisconsin while tile train was crawling slowly on oil toward columbia the bold projector of the scheme managed to remove the gun caps from the nipples of the of several guarigla on the cir car elicie the four were and us ua soon scion ns as dust cime came on tile the party nt at a signal took their ilic ir dading datert leall they lauded landed in a ca press sn amp on congaree Con garee river and found themselves waist aalst deep in water und and raud nud A volley of shots shota front from all tha ilia guards followed tire fugitives but no one the train was running under good head headway wRy A night and it ii day ii were ere passed in ili the swamp null and alt although hougil tile the larking barking of dogs and shouting of men ind indicated that pursuers had been sent out tile the runaways wei e not distri led the second nighta brig bricht lit new moon arose and they started on a systematic journey toward the union lines in tennessee before leacint le aint charleston one of the party had found a school map of south carolinians Carolini Carolin and tand matli ahli guide it 1 l course hool been studied out they deci decided deI to hd leathe tile swamps and woods by doy day and at night use the hie fields and roads and spend its as little time is possible in sleep until the mountains of north carolina were reached their chief guide guid ernat maik lin ID south carolina was the Wa icier mer ou on the morning mornin ji of 0 the second day the fugitives struck a high road and a milestone told them jhc thc m they veto within seven miles ot of columbia alarmed armed at this discovery they hastened lots ion aid the river and were soon luither alatau d by the barking of 0 flogs dogs in pursuit they then took to the swamp and remained all lay day in hiding iding li with sonic difficulty they got out of the jungle ill at ni nightfall and shortly came across a patch of sweet potatoes nuil and enjoyed a good feast at the end of a week their rations had all been consumed and even their cooking utensils Is had bad been lost in a stampede that occurred one morning when a party of horsemen surprised them at breakfast the wild food of nature grapes persimmons and berries und raw corn front from tile the stalks so 3 in produced graver evils than hunger and in desperation tho the wander cis besan began to think of fool food to the exclusion of ill all else capt drake says that in these times they heartily yearned tor for tile government hard tac tack kand aal the contractors beet beef they hid so ho often anathematized on the march and in camp but fortune will sill favor the hold bold and one night HS they halted ona on a roadside to debate whether it Is should be a quest for bread or lor for a road to libei liberty lib eity ty a dark daik form came shambling along the read null and in hie in oon light they HW baw at a distance that it was au an old with ii basket on his arm with r e V alrtle cj CP 4 4 r 4 1 S i BJ arl fir I 1 A I 1 I 1 XZ I 1 TO afe it dij t q N N THE mom THE CATL CAR out ceremony tho the tarnished men inen crowded around the old kanand iliin and fin lindin ling that he be had bail in ill his basket a pone of corn bread they seized it fani bebau begau to devour it raven oil ly after it il time the situation was explained pla ined ana is hen tell tho the ue degro ro learned who the highwaymen were nere he be supplied a quantity of ineil and salt and sent them on oil their vay mentally resol ed cd to cult inte acquaintance u ith colored folks its often asi as possible no cut until ral hundred miles mlle shad imd been placed beti cea veen their fainting fica and ami ChRO eStOll lid the limpl ss s lug lugi gi thet liLs leel feel a Bt sense iDse or fr freedom adoni often their fears and alarms were ecA useless but they buffered loss of vitality nil all tile alie same sometimes accruing mis fortu ties proved to bo be one night a pick pack of doki chased them into a crowded villie village and they took refuge I 1 iu u a gr graveyard aveyard there capt dr drake a ke found a copy of fi a local newspaper warning ng the people tobe to be on guard for escaped union prisoners the escaped pria oneri them athes got the lit liefie of the hint at another anotle r t I 1 me some home con fede rate caval cavalrymen ry men chased them on the liili high road null they escaped by getting into a deuse dense N woods vi is hero here the horses follow while wandering they fell in a loyal mountaineer talu ta eer tile amk t them hent to liis ills home red fd f d them and iliK cled to other unionists on ren ebbig alio t lie vicinity of mot ganto n I 1 N Z C Q they to avoid it by it wide debur e it II miia its it a for erm scripts while making aitkin mit kin their way cautiously through a piece of pine they ran onto i mounted confederate officer front from tt A lioe notice there was no lie all hauda hands aunte cunte to a hult halt |