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Title: History of the 121st regiment Pennsylvania volunteers. "An account from the ranks."
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Pennsylvania infantry. 121st regt., 1862-1865 Strong, William W., b. 1840 or 41, ed
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Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. Press of Catholic standard and times
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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to have returned us to prison, we knew that our success layonly in being able to elude them. Knoxville, Tenn.. was our objectivepoint, and we chose that route because we could keep in the mountains,and thus avoid the danger of being recaptured which the more opencountry would afford. At dark we started out along the railroad trackand traveled until near midnight, when we reached the house of aUnion lady named Mrs. Hare, where we found food and warmth, whichwe were sadly in need of, and where we were well taken care of untilthe night of the 28th, when we left at ten oclock in company with herson, who piloted us to a path which ran along the ridge of the moun-tains, and which would take us to a Union mans place by the nameof Wilburn, who was a lieutenant in the rebel service, but a staunchfriend to escaping prisoners, many of whom he helped along on theirway north. During the night we strayed from our course and got lost inthe woods. We finally emerged from the woods about two oclock in
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FIRST SERGEANT EDWARD SCHEERER. APPENDIX. I05 the morning, and came out on a plantation, near the negro quarters,in one of which was a Hght, and on going to the door we found anegro woman engaged in ironing. She was the only treacherous-looking colored person I saw on the route, and I distrusted her at firstsight. I afterwards learned that my suspicions were correct, andthat she had given several Union men away. I kept between her andthe door, and had she attempted to give an alarm, I would havechoked her to death. By doing some good talking I finally got intoher good graces, and she cooked for Mac and myself one of the bestmeals I had eaten in two years, after which she woke her father upand he put us on our course again. On the morning of the 29th wecame to a village called Slabtown, where we inquired the way to Wil-burns; after getting the desired information we traveled on till tenA. M., when the rebs got too thick and we had to run to cover. Acolored man named Richard Roseburn se

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