Company K First Alabama Regiment
THREE YEARS IN THE CONFEDERATE SERVICE: CHAPTER I.
by
DANIEL P. SMITH
PRATTVILLE, ALA
PUBLISHED BY THE SURVIVORS
1885
Editied by Terry W. Platt
Enhancements and Notations Copyright © 2019 – 2020 Terry W. Platt
THREE YEARS IN THE CONFEDERATE SERVICE
THREE YEARS IN THE CONFEDERATE SERVICE: Chapter III
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The feeling between the prisoners and guards was not very friendly, and the former delighted in keeping the latter in fear of an outbreak.
Company K First Alabama Regiment - THREE YEARS IN THE CONFEDERATE SERVICE
Company K First Alabama Regiment – THREE YEARS IN THE CONFEDERATE SERVICE CHAPTER VII
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During the negotiations for the surrender, Gen. Banks refused to grant terms permitting the release of the prisoners on parole, on the ground that orders from Washington positively forbade it. On the day of surrender, however, he suddenly changed his mind and decided to parole all enlisted men, retaining the officers.
THREE YEARS IN THE CONFEDERATE SERVICE: CHAPTER II
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The batteries, which had been ably planned, but imperfectly constructed, under direction of Capt. Harris, of the Engineer Corps, contained forty-four guns, mostly 32 and 42 pound smooth-bores, with a few 64-pounders and one or two 100-pound rifles.