Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-09-28
,.,,,s OF A cosrDrA.rR PRISONER FROM

rn.s,,,,,,v item appears in the Washington Rspsb
l,eaa Of the 20.h insti
,,on wednesday afternoon, Lieut. Dunnot Of a Viz.
ii ssinsnt Who was taken prisoner at the battle Oh
an Rn9 and since ouhaed in the old Capitol ouiel 81
e.c,nsd He is supposed 70 have been AIDED oy some
On the outside Of the prison. snd IL |, thought
IA, he Is s, in the city. Toe two sennels ty whom
-, bsv, pissed are under arrest The proves
marshal has Crtd reward Of $50 for bis recap'ure
Lent, d. biusslf brought to this city the paper cor
tariug this par graph and gave to one OF our oo'e~po
r,es, (hc Dispaieh) the following account OF bis s'
cape:
We had an inte,yiew. YESTERDAY, with Lieut. Dunno
nc the Confederate army who q crd his escape rom
the Federal rristn at Washington on WEDNESDAY, Tue
ls.h Leus d was cap ured in thu battle OF hlnassss
near the Henry Hou.e, having been decoyeo o! ne
enemy (Sho had possession OF our sshsI INV S'''e
ID -oxi1ty xith = boly Of 200 men.
DurlpR the e., tire light previous to his 6scipe me-
With two others kept ANXIOUS watch, out iouon
possible to sluds the vigilance Of the sehnheis ne Osu
heen provided With the uniform oi FeoeiaI omei y!
some ld l,dirs Of Washington who used the peculiar
"a, AZ s,pgsleo which We have often had occasion to
no,. D eui-ed in this uniform, be determined 70 rsk
1, alone aud IN the daytime; and ACCORDINGLY, gstlng
two OF his friends 10 assist him over the wall ne soon
f,uai himself on the outte the pr son, ot'
hz rious part OF DIS enterprise was yet 70 DC
ed An old lady saw him make IL leap rom the WAL
bet he dsarmed her suspicious by pretending 10 De
Ed "a. ca ,er-ssksd her IL she had been annoy
ed by aay of his men, ard PROMISE her that any
co-DSaint In that respect SHOULD receive ms promp,
.,tention. BE remained in the city an hour ana
a hall ana then started for BiAdensorrg, where
h arrived safely Some Of bis lady aequa n'ances
here procured him the diguse Of drover and be went
on through the country making extensive contracts tr
the pn.chlse Of cl,tlc. He INST many II hienuh men,
VINO for their fidelity the cause OF the Soutn we're IN
constant danger OF arrest to avoid which theJ we're COM
q He'd 20 sleep in the woods at pight Lieut. purnot
sep three ri hts in horse stall while hs hieud- kept
va GA 20 warn him OF the approach OF danger hHirp
through MARYLAND extremely hazardous yet be mar.
agad 10 eluGe the foe and finally came TO the vcay OF
the Potomac, where he met his friend Aejutant A1ah-
d. an sc,o1n, of whose escape from Fort NcHeory We
hays already published Toe surprise vas mutual ano
they shed hC, psr'ous journey together, Lieut. u
bane hs hepsss CEN p.nion his back 10 the shore
OF the river which they crossed and soon bad occasion
to th4uk G1d that they once more on the irenay
. II OF old Virgins
Lieu Daunot says that the parting words OF the 'rae-
hearted aaryandsrs uersTor Gods sake Use your IN
A. &c 20 re. them to come over and help US"
The prison rs in ashngton a. our readers are aware
are COZ 6ned IN the cid Congress building The fare pro-
viei b. the Federal Government IS hard bread, piece
o. a. pork. and water, twice d.y. Some generous
friends Of the South however, managed octaaonAy 70
f.-ai.h them with something uore psla'eAGle.