RARE 1869 EDITION OF THE CAPTURED SCOUT OF THE ARMY OF THE JAMES. A SKETCH OF THE LIFE SERGEANT HENRY H. MANNING, OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH MASS. REGIMENT

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Trumbull, Chaplain H. Clay.  Boston:  Nichols and Noyes, 1869.  60 pp.  From Roe, The Twenty-fourth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, 1861-1865, “New England Regiment” (1907), Manning was a farmer from Warwick; enlisted on October 1, 1861 and mustered into Co. G, 24th Massachusetts Infantry; re-enlisted January 4, 1864; discharged as Sgt. on June 16, 1865, having been a prisoner of war.

As described in Roe (pp. 421-424), Manning was a member of Company G, as one of the early recruits to the Guard regiment.  In General Butler’s movement against Richmond by the way of the Bermuda Hundred, early in June, ’64, General Butler called for a volunteer scout, or quasi-spy, to enter the enemy’s lines and bring back information as to his position and numbers, the invitation found a ready response in the case of Manning, thinking that he might be of real service to the cause he loved.  Late in the evening of June 7, ’64, at the banks of the James River, he was seized by Confederates and hurried before General Beauregard. His order from General Butler, found upon his person, gave ample evidence of his mission and he was assured that he would be hung before sundown. However it was decided to try him by court martial and he was sent to Petersburg, where he was consigned to the most loathsome of prison cells, when he was eventually sent to Georgia for trial.  He was mistakenly taken to Andersonville for a brief period before being turned over to the authorities by Col. Wirz, who cursed him as “one of Butler’s spies”.  From there he was taken to Macon, GA and placed in a jail cell. While there, the charges against him were somehow lost, and the trial never took place.  He escaped from his captors a number of times; on one attempt he was re-captured after  jumping from a train bound for Andersonville and being chased by bloodhounds across a swamp.  He finally escaped for good in the spring of 1865, returning to his regiment following a 10 month absence, and was promoted to sergeant a special commendation.

Book is overall in good condition; cloth covered boards with gilt lettering show some wear, particular at edges and corners.  All pages are present, with light age yellowing throughout and scattered minor foxing.

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