The Immortal Six Hundred; a Story of Cruelty to Confederate Prisoners of War
The book The Immortal Six Hundred; a Story of Cruelty to Confederate Prisoners of War was written by author Murray, John Ogden, 1840-1921 Here you can read free online of The Immortal Six Hundred; a Story of Cruelty to Confederate Prisoners of War book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Immortal Six Hundred; a Story of Cruelty to Confederate Prisoners of War a good or bad book?
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All went well with us through the tunnel until we reached the trapdoor in the casemate at the end of our tunnel, which we were to ascend through to the casemate above. When we attempted to remove the door we found, to our consternation, that it was weighted down by some very heavy weight. It was a dilemma we had not 172 THE IMMORTAL SIX HUNDRED counted on. We knew we could not cut through another wall by daylight, so we concluded to force up that door at all risks. Four or five of us got under ...it, pushing with our hands and heads until Dave Prewitt could get the poker under the edge of the door. When he pried down on the poker he started the heavy body on the door to moving. Well, I have heard the artillery of Jackson in the Valley; I heard the roar of the guns at Gettysburg ; I have heard the heavenly thunders of the Rocky Mountains; but I say to you, all these sounds combined were but pop-gun reports when compared to the noise those barrels made above our heads rolling over the casemate floor ; and yet, strange as it may be, the noise did not disturb the slumbers of a whole com- pany of the 157th New York Volunteers, asleep in the very next casemate.
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