Monday, April 15, 2013

Late From The Prisoners

A letter was received in this city on Saturday from Col. W. E. Woodruff, of the Second Kentucky Volunteers who is now a prisoner with the rebels. – The letter was dated the 1st of January.  Col. Woodruff and his companions, Lieut. Col. Neff, and Capt. Austin, are now incarcerated at Columbia, S. C., and were on the 1st inst. enjoying excellent health.  They await their release and return to the service with much anxiety. – {Lou. Jour., 27th.

– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, February 1, 1862, p. 2

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