While the steamer Evansville was wooding at Burlington, a secesh Captain among the prisoners escaped ashore unobserved. When the boat had gone about half an hour, the rebel Captain was missed, and the boat returned, the fellow was found at the Barrett House where he had got his supper, registered his name and was about to take a room. Very fortunate they discovered his absence so soon, or the bird would have flown.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, April 24, 1862, p. 2
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, April 24, 1862, p. 2
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