Identifier: unitedstatesbond00hand (find matches)
Title: United States bonds; or Duress by federal authority: a journal of current events during an imprisonment of fifteen months, at Fort Delaware
Year: 1874 (1870s)
Authors: Handy, Isaac W. K., 1815-1878
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Prisoners and prisons Fort Delaware (Del.)
Publisher: Baltimore, Turnbull Brothers
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ents into the common reservoir, return to quarters, no mansaying aught against him. The only defence against thismonstrosity of filth is a comparatively clean wash, in the earlymorning, when the tide has had some little opportunity tocarry off the accumulations of the preceding day. Twenty-six persons — citizens of Virginia, from Loudonand Fauquier counties — were introduced to our quarters soonafter breakfast. Among them are several persons advanced inyears. Gen. Asa Rogers, who is of this party, is a well knownmilitia officer, about sixty-eight years of age, and a gentlemanof intelligence and influence in that section. His son-in-law,the Rev. O. A. Ivinsolving, of the Episcopal Church; theRev. George \V. Harris, Baptist minister; and Mr. T. J.Galleher, are prominent persons in this company. They wereall arrested without a moments warning, and hurried on tothe Old Capitol, at Washington, as hostages for persons allegedto have been captured by the Confederate army, and now in ■i
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^ J^*° DURESS BY FEDERAL AUTHORITY. 549 confinement at Richmond. Mr. Kinsolving is here in thinclothing and a straw hat, with the weather damp and cold.He was hurried away from his motherless children, whom hewas obliged to leave in care of a servant, without wood, andsuch other necessaries as will be required even during a tem-porary absence. The old General, who appears to be a sortof leader to the party, refused to take a parole, binding himto neutrality during the war. He has a son (a Major atDrewrys Bluff), who bears honorable wounds received in theservice of his country. We had an interesting meeting of the Christian Associa-tion, commencing at ten A. M. A question arose in regardto the propriety of holding the morning services at sunrise,instead of ten oclock, as heretofore. The debate, in whichCol. Hardeman, Adjt. Boyle, Capt. Tracy, Lieut. Bullitt, andothers took part, was quite animated; and the question wasfinally decided by a majority of two, in favor of the sunrisemeetin

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