The following escapees from the North’s Fort Delaware, one of them being a Philadelphian who returned to that city, found willing “conductors” to aid their break for freedom and make good a return to their lines.
Underground Railroad to the South
“The Richmond Dispatch, August 28, 1863:
Yesterday afternoon five Confederate prisoners . . . arrived here from Fort Delaware, having escaped therefrom on the night of the 12th inst. The narrative of their escape is interesting.
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