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Samuel Woodford, Diary, October 12, 1863

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Title	Samuel Woodford, Diary, October 12, 1863
Creator	Woodford, Samuel
Date Created	1863-10-13
Subject (FAST)	American Civil War (1861-1865) POWS (Prisoners of war) Confederate States of America. Army Prisoner-of-war escapes
Subject (Places)	Georgetown (Kent, MD) North Island South Island
Subject (Local)	Sammy Cass
Item Description	Woodford's diary entry (dated October 13, 1863) continues his previous account of his prison escape via river expedition. He writes that the provisions for him and his companions begin to run low. They try to catch crabs on the shore, but theyare deemed inedible. The entry cuts off after Woodford spots a boat in the shadow of a lighthouse and calls to it, believing it to be a Union vessel.
Collection Description	This is a part of the larger Samuel DeForest Woodford Collection, available at the Center for Western Studies. Samuel Woodford served nearly the entire Civil War as a member of Company I, 154th Regiment, New York State Volunteers. The collection consists of 65 letters, mostly to his wife during 1863-1864, and a short journal in which he details his escape from a Confederate prison in October 1863.
Type	Diary
Format - Digital	Text/PDF
Identifier	30300_B1_F7_A002
Language	English
Collection	Woodford, Samuel DeForest Collection
Contributing Institution	Center for Western Studies, Augustana University
Rights	This item may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rightsholder(s) for instances falling under "fair use" as defined in United States copyright law. For other uses obtaining permission from the rightsholder(s) and the Center for Western Studies is required. Credit lines should appear immediately adjacent to the image or on a separate acknowledgments page and must read, “Courtesy Center for Western Studies, Augustana University."
OCLC number	982700320

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