Sunday, July 26, 2009

The number of prisoners taken at Island No. 10 . . .

is about 5000. Of these, 1,500 will go to Chicago, 1,000 to Springfield and the balance to Wisconsin and Columbus, except 25 or 30 officers, who will go to Fort Warren.

– Published in The Appleton Crescent, Appleton, Wisconsin, Saturday, April 19, 1862

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