The Opelousas courier., 1863-07-25
List Of the Names CT the Escaped Con
Eederate Prisoners on board the
Etaa f11ar Mania Leaf.

Ihe following, says the RlchmonI 5eiltlnef OF
the Path MI, are some Of the names OF the pris-
oneEs lateig escaped from board the Yankee
steamer Maple Leaf. on her tip from Norfolk 10
Fort Delaware. All the prisoners, Z in number,
effected their escape, and have reached "Dizie"
in safety. The following are thos, who reached
this city yesterday morning, and are chiefly
Louisianians:
Parser Edward MCGOWAN. Cun50a. Diana.
Captain o. j. Semmes, Semn,es Battery.
Capt Eug. Holmes, Crescent Regt La. Vols
Lieut.. A. p. Mofsa. C. S. ArtjIlety.z
Captain d. II. Hughes. Miles Legion.
Captain J. Long, 9Th Texas Cavalry.
Captain J. s Atkinson. GUnb2at Hart.
Captain Scott, 9Th Louisiana Battalion.
Col. 4. r. Writ, I9.h Arkansas Regiment.
Lieut. " Riley, l0tA Arkansas Regiment
Captain ID. II. Heath. Gen. Beale's Staff.
Captain G i Fuselicr, Gen TaylogS Staff. n
Lieut. Mobly, Cfoctaw {Mss) Battalion.
Lieutenants A Burgaien. w I'll Rogers, S.
Aston, Crescent Regt Louisiana Volunteers.
Lieut. Fisk, Gutboat Queen of the West
Lieut. G + Brayls, 7th Texas Cavalry.
Lieut. 0 II Riley, 10th Arkansas Regiment.
Capt j B Wolfe. 14th Arkansas Regiment.
Lieut. Joseph Hinson, Miles Legion.
Capt G W Holloway, llta La Battalion.
Lieut. T W WilkeGson, c S Artillery.
Capt " Matthews, 18th Arkansas Regiment.
Lieut. / w brown, JIh LOUISIANA Il @lEatns.
Lieut. w S Nelson. Crescent HagiM ut
Leus II Smith. VI Weicii, ATizoua BaGE'n
Lieut. John Wtbre 5r., 2s}h Louisiana 2cgt
Lieut. D h Estes, 9Th Tennessee Cavalry
Lieut. G l. Comfort, 1st Louisiana Regiment.
Lieut. } L Kirkland, 9th Louisiana Regiment
Lieut. I d Melville, 18th Louisiana Regiment
Lieut. x NJ Porter, Arizona Battalion.
Lieut. jackson, 9Th Louisiana Regiment.
Lieut. G " Stafford, Sth Louisiana Regiment
Major + J Smith, Norfolk prisoner.
Lieut. d Il Mahon, 18th Arkansas Regiment
Capt j GleSeke. Lieut. A Sigh, 7th Texas
Some of tbe officers who have furnished us
with the above list, says the same paper, have
also given us additional particulars, which we
sum up as follows:
The Louisiana prisoners. fifty in number left
New Orleans the End of June, on bord the
Cahawba, fortNortolk. Most of these prisoners
had been captured in the operations in the Teche
country, during the series Of fights which took
place on the l4th of April and subsequently.
The Cahawba reached Nor ok on the 9Th Of
June, where forty-six other prisoners, sick and
wounded, were taken on board the steamer
Maple Leaf, to which the New Orleans prisoners
had been transferred. The Maple Leaf was
quietly steaming her way down Hampton
Roads, bearing the prisoners to Fort Delaware
when some of the boldest of the number planned
the means of escape. The authors of this dariag
feat have shed new lustre upon the deeds Of
valor which the history of our new republic
abounds, and in giving their names to the public
we violate none of the better rules of discretion
The sous of Louisiana have played a .eonspicu.
Gus part in the exploit, and many Louisanian
wilrejoce in this renewed evidence that ..life is
left in the old land yet
Captain Fuller, formerly comm ander Of the
Queen of the West; Captain Atkinson, gunboas
stevens,late Hart; Capt. Semmes, Of semnes.
Battery, and Captain Holmes, Crescent Regi.