Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-03-04
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Col. Streight's Escape.

Colonel STREIGHT, of the 5lst Indiana, who
made his way out of Libby Prison by the famou.
under ground passage. arrived at Fort Monroe on
the Oath of February, in company with the fol-
lowing officers:
Col CHAs ". THEN. 10th Maine
Major HOOPER, 18th Massachusetts,
Capt F. FISHER, Chic. of Signal Corps,
Army of the Potomac
Capt II Is. CHAMBERLAIN, 9th New York.
Lieut. RANDOLPH, 9th L. ). Artillery
Colonel SrREIGHr reached Yorktown twelve
days after leaving Richmond The New York
Herald's Fortress Monroe correspondent gives
the following account of Col. ). and Capt CHAM
BtRLAIN:
Ii WAS about 9 p VI when they left the prison.
Passing up Canal street two squares, they turned
To the left ah,l went into Second street thence
going 10 the right and keeping on the east side Of
the town At this early hour of the evening it
was Impossible not to meet and pass good many
persons. but they did without exciting susp.
cion Going by the lorthcations they saw no
one Taking noith-e lsterly course. they con-
tluued their journey. proceeding slowly and eau
tiuusv Of course. auii A NJ when thew
halted IN dense wood close by The Chckahomi-
nv swampS. and remained the next day Several
search OF tie missing prisoners, pissed close by
them. Tut happily without discovering their place
of cOnceament
At dark. they started a. ain on their journey
crossing the Chickahominy fallen tree, and
good luck would have it, encOuntering no
pickeis. They cot into > terrible tbicket, and
this-nish, .c)mpiiShei only five miles. They
lay in this thicket all the second day, and the
frequent firing OF guns about them materially
haf 81
might otherwise have derived from ,hcr wilder
ness lodge. Thus lar they had slept but little in
the day; but, nevertheless. on the third nght
they made another start, now striking for the
Pamunkey River The detours they had 10
make TO keep themselves under cover of the
woods, and swamps to traverse, made the journey
slow. and daylight only found them midway be-
tween Chickahominy and Parsnkey Next day.
they passed in a swamp Rebel scouts were still
proving about: but they lay low and quiet. and
nos discovered They suffered greatly
from cold Next night they reached the Pa
munky. near Piper's Ferry. and some ten miles
above the White House. How to get across the
riveT-which here, although not very wide, Is
deep aud dangerous, aud the weather mnantime
had reached a degree of codness making swim
ming Il an impos>ibty-was nuv the question
and il Was difficult TO solve Thus far
they had abStaned from coming IL contact with
any one. white or black They were compelled
20 call in contraband ASSISTANCE and in accom-
pliShing this were four days
At length they get a negro. and the negro got
boat. and in this way they got across the river
And now good fortune smiled on them. This
negro turned them over TO another negro. Who
piioted them fifteen miles down the opposite
bank of the river. As good many of the rebel
soldiers. and particularly the cavalry, living in
TINS vicinity and Gloucester county. were home
Oh fnrloughs. they still had to move With ex-
ceeding caution. But the kindness of the ne
groes sANei them from capture. They were
brought down to York river. and Sc, across by a
skif at Bigelows Landing From here they
went down the river. passing " est Point in day
light. Here, seeing no one save negro soldiers
on picket. was the first positive assurance of
reaching our lines