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General Graham was
wounded and taken prisoner at Gettysburg, after having distinguished
himself at Glendale and Malvern Hill. He was confined for several
months in Libby Prison, and after his exchange he had command of the
gunboat flotilla and took part in the attack on Port Fisher. General
Hayes was taken prisoner in the operations around Richmond and held
in Libby almost to the end of the war. He was appointed to
distribute the supplies sent to the Federal prisoners in Richmond by
the United States Government and the Sanitary Commission.
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Brigadier-General Neal Dow |
While
Colonel
Sanderson was confined in Libby Prison he issued a statement
sustaining the contention of the Confederate authorities regarding
the rations issued the prisoners, for which he was denounced by a
mass-meeting of officers held in the prison who declared that their
food was insufficient to sustain life. General Dow was wounded and
captured in the attack on Port Hudson in July, 1863. For more than
eight months he was confined in Libby Prison, but was afterward sent
South. He was exchanged for W. H. F. Lee, nephew of Robert E. Lee. |
