Account of my capture / by B.T. Holliday ; 1913.

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Account of my capture / by B.T. Holliday ; 1913.

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Holliday describes joining Roger Preston Chew's battery, the action around Culpeper September 12-13, 1863, hiding out in the federally occupied town, attempt to reach Confederate lines, incarceration at Old Capitol Prison and Point Lookout where prisoners were guarded by U.S. Colored Troops, scurvey, return in June, 1865 on the "City of New York" and walk home to Winchester through Charlottesville and Ivy. With the memoir is a hand copied map of the Chesapeake Bay showing the location of Point Lookout. Among the persons mentioned are John Minor Botts, John S. Pendleton, and Alexander S. Webb.

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Private in R.P. Chew's Battery of Horse Artillery. From the description of Account of my capture / by B.T. Holliday ; 1913. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 123758622 ...