Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-08-08
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE CAPTURE OF MORGAN'S
COMMAND.
The Rebel GcuriIIn Officers i'm
Prison.
Correspondence of the n. Y. Post.
CINCINNATI. July 81, 1868.


CiScISNATI, July 81, 1868.
Since Monday last there have arrived at
this port some twenty steamers laden with
the rebel prisoners from the guerilla Nor
gan's command and their spoils, together
with the trophies which VIC have taken
! On Monday scventy-two officers arrived, in.
| Guiding four colonies, one lieutenant colonel
two majors, seven surgeons, seventeen cap
tains, thirty-eight licutcnants, one chaplain
and two surgeons. These are now in con-
fincment in the city prison Eight hundred
and sixty non. commissioned officers and
privatcs left the same night for the Camp
Morton prison at indianapolis. On Thurs
day the Bertha arrived from Burlington Is.
land with two hundred more, including six
captains, eleven licutenants and one surgeon.
The officers were taken to the city prison
and the men to Camp Morton. Six steam
crs arrived on Friday evening from Seven
Mile Run with one thousand and eighty-onc
more prisoners, captured by Gen. Judah's
and Colonel Shackleford's command, who
were sent to Camp Chase Immediately upon
their arrival. Three hundred and titty-two
more arrived this morning, to be sent to
Camp Morton.
visited the city prison yesterday for the
purpose of seeing and having a conversation
with the rebel officers confined there. At
the door. on the roof and all around the
building ncavy guard was placed, on ac-
count of the dilapidatcd state of the build
ln". y group of women, whose accent
betrayed their southern origin. were clamor-
ing with the officer of the guard for admit
tancc to sec the prosecuted southern gentle
men, but General Burnside had wisely
issued an order that no person should DC
admitted save "thc press" So the indig-
nant females had to return no wiser than
they came The rebel officers are well cared
for. and have the same rations rs our troops
and are allowed to receive what clothing
! is necessary for their comfort from their
friends.
The officers are mostly from Kentucky
and Tennessee, and many of them are well
educated and intelligent men, much more
so even than had expected to see. But
few Confederate uniforms were visible
among the officers. The men were dressed
IN all sorts OF costumes, the buttcrnut and
Kentucky jeans being prominent. Some
had straw hats. some wool hats and but few
had decent clothing of any kind. They
were III. motley and dirty looking a set of
men as | ever saw. The Fort Donclson
prisoners were neat and tidy compared with
these They were of all ages, from the
5caidcsS boy OF sixteen to the grayhcadcd
man of thrccscOrc and ten, for two were
there over seventy years Of age. There were
number of Texans among them, wild anG
uncouth looking men, apparently well fitted
for the business in which they had been en-
ga@ed-thut of robbers and maraudcrs.
Among the officers at the city prison were
Colonies Basil Duke and Dick Morgan,
brother of John Charlton Morgan. lieu
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in the same ward. The surgeons have been
parolcd,and we understand they arc at the
Spencer House awaiting the orders of the
government. The remainder of the officers
will probably leave to-day or tomorrow for
Jolnsons Island prison, near Toledo.
Presenting my pass to the officer in charge
of the prisoners was shown into the office
of the city prison and requested wait until
the rebel officers OF note were brought down
About ten minutes elapsed when the door
opened and two men of youthful appearance
entered, accompanied by a Major of the
! United States cavalry and an infantry otii-
Ger, the latter of whom was first introduced.
COLONEL BASIL DUKE.
! The appearance of this rebel officer was
rather prcpossessing than otherwise. He is
of small stature, weighing scarcely 1870 lbs,
well built, erect, with angular features, dark
| hair brushed carelcssly aside, sparkling and
penetrating eyes of the same color, II low
( forehead, moustayh and goatce. lie has a
sweet, musical voice, pleasant smile con-
( tinually on his face and is very free and cor
dial in his manner There Is nothing COM
manding in his appearance, though he has
| been termed by some the 'brains of the
raid" lie is reputed brave, and not cow
ardly, like John Morgan. Your cOrrcspon-
| dent recollccts him as commission mer-
chant in st. Louis few years since, ut
which place he is well known, as also in
! this city. and when in business was spoken
of as an intelligent and good business man.
| His birthplace is Georgetown, Scott county,
! Ky, and We find, on reference to the cata-
loguc of Yale College for 1871, the names
of Basil Duke, of Kentucky, of Kentucky,
Brigadier-General Darlington and Captain
| Harrington, United States Army Brigadicr
Generals Taylor, Conner, Brickel and Shor-
ter of the rebel army Colonel Conner, of
Mississippi, and Colonel Dixon, of South
Carolina, in the same class, all of whom, we
believe, graduated in lS45. In January last
Colonel Duke was wounded at Springfield,
Ky, in skirmish with the Seventh Ken
lucky (Cnion) Cavalry, and came near be-
ing captured, but by some means escaped
| llulli OuI CONtl VI tllC
in II carriage. He informed me, during the
short conversation had with him, that he
had no doubt but that Morgan would escape
but that he thought he would not under
take another raid into the border states, but
would contine himself to Kentucky hereafter.
lie said the men were very much fatigued ;
that they usually rested off their horses from
three to four hours each night, and slept in
their saddles, being accustomed to hardship
but that this was the hardest raid they had
ever attempted, and they had anticipated
crossing just above Cincinnati, but that
Burnside had out-g generated them. He seem
ed very willing to converse, ana was appa-
rently in very good spirits, considering he
was a prisoner He was dressed in plain
blue jean pants, without coat or vest lhav-
ing laid them aside), and had on fine linen
shirt. There were no marks Of rank about
him when taken.
THE BROTHERS OF JOHN MORGAN.
In an armchair to the right of me, during
my conversation with Basil Duke, sat me-
dium-sized well-Duilt young man, with dark