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Prisoners. I saw him take from the jail I was confined in, Mr. William Williams, and iron him, hand and foot, cast him into a dungeon, and keep him 48 hours for committing the dreadful crime of singing America in a Confederate Jail. From the crown of Mr. Shafers' head down to the bricks, there is not now, nor never was, one drop of honest blood.

Pray tell me if my brothers have died that such scoundrels might live.

Hastily Your
Obt. Sevt.
B. Wardwell

P.S.
I see running to  Comm'sn offices this morning not the

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