Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1864-03-04
POINT gaOKOUT.
Arriuas of Confssssats oG;sers--TEei
Camp-ChanesJ Camp ct Tho
Prisatss. dc.
Correspondence of tss Baltimore American.
Pos LOOKOUT. Mo. |
FebruaFss Is, 1864.

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To-day we have % report the arrival CT
four hundred rebel 94sssFs from johnson 5
Island, and if their f5oks do not deceive
them, they Jared well IN their last abode
They are a fine lookia ses ofmen. Among
the officers is the celsbFatea guerilla chief
tain, Brig. Gen. JEFF. Thompson. The son
of John G. Breckinridge is another noted
prisoner, not on accoaat Of his o,oa fame,
50 much as in being .she son Of the Great
Leader in Secession. He is Colonel Of .
Confederate regiment The officers are
lnoH CHARTERED ii ~ Vsmsnoad General
Hospital under close guard, and will be
kept there Until the camp that is intended
for them is finished Il is now almost
completed. This camp is situated between
the old one and the Point, and is laid out
With wide streets, which are baing finely
gravelled and drained. The officers getth
Sibley tents, and they are furnished with q
floor, and stove to Keep them warm:
90 last Sunday the camp was all astir,
as orders had como from headquarters that
the men should get resdy and pack all the
things they wanted ready for march
where, no one could tell. Rumors of all
kinds spread about tha camp as to an ez.
change. This report appeared to the pris-
oners, as they supposed, a reality, as soma
Of them had been out on d detail the day
before, snd noticed o large number Of trans
ports, and soon tha word came that there
we're e in ell, and these they thought were
brought to take thorn al to Dixie There
ny~ "a Il by,ctio
the ranks had been formed, they presented
s funny sight. Thera Horo men with box
es, trunks, knapsaoks, blankets: others
With clothing Of all kinds snd description
each one bent on taking al he could.
When the lines were formed, The men wers
marched into tho new cam designed for the
IoficeFa. All to siek in tents (and thase
we're feT) were ordered to the hospital
grounds. This was 70 sooner completed
than detachment Of $40 5th New Hamp-
shire Volunteers marched in with flying
eolors then commenced q search fer arr1s.
Everything was carried ous OF TIE tents
and deposited in the middle Of the streets
blankets shoes, clothing, picks, knires,
spades, BhoYols, chaira, tables by the thou
5AuQ, sUOu uttt4 busS>~ss&GGs ITULl OuS SllU
10 the other. & person could almost walk
frem one end Of Division to the other over
this mass Of articles accumulated hero since
she camp was formed. Almost every Tent
seemed supplied with toola. Ia some Of
the tents end box aonaea there we're 81 many
IS Ten to A~elva hi:skes. and Il Soma q
them there were found nooo. In those
houses where the baskets were found the
rebels were rich, and thus able to buy CT
che poor. Among the items found vero
two bosts, almost ready to sail With oars
and sails complete, snd on board Of one was
found 81 ample supply Of provisions to car.
~ them to Dixie, with cooking utensils,
together with 9 nicely constructed keg tc
carry full supply Of fresh water. The
boats reye about eight fees long. aad cor.
strueted Of pine boards and, in facs, were
capable o. transporting Ave or six persons
over the river.