"The Plot to Kill Jeff Davis" Topic
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Tango01 | 09 Mar 2014 10:09 p.m. PST |
"Samuel Kingston, a Union soldier and prisoner of war, languished in a dungeon on a late winter's day in March 1864. The cell was in the basement of infamous Libby Prison in Richmond, Va., the capital of the Confederacy. A severe cough and cold racked his body. His cellmates were similarly affected. Ten in all, they were crammed into a dank, drafty cell not much larger than a common tent. Rebel guards provided Kingston and the others with nothing more than scraps of food for subsistence and an open bucket for a toilet. If some of the guards had had their way, the prisoners would be left to rot in the filth and cold of the converted brick warehouse. Four of the cellmates were enlisted men of color, who were often abused, if not executed, by their Southern captors. But in the minds of the guards, the other six, including Kingston, had done something even more heinous: They were implicated in an alleged assassination attempt against the Confederate president, Jefferson Davis and members of his cabinet. The mysterious plot to take out the senior leadership of the South was uncovered in papers found during a Union cavalry raid on Richmond. The stated purpose of the coup de main was to free federal troops held in Libby Prison and the nearby Belle Isle camp
" Full article here. link Amicalement Armand |
Tgerritsen | 10 Mar 2014 6:34 a.m. PST |
But do they want to kill Jeff Davis? He was so much fun on Whose Line Is It Anyway? YouTube link |
Tango01 | 10 Mar 2014 10:50 a.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my good friend! (smile). Amicalement Armand |
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