The
Online Archive of Terry's Texas Rangers
Sharing & preserving the history of the 8th Texas Cavalry Regiment, 1861-1865
The
Online Archive of Escaped from Rock Island
Confederate Veteran
Volume 12, Number 8, Page 384
August 1904
ESCAPED FROM ROCK ISLAND.—S. S. Priest, of Side View, Ky., who was a member of the First Kentucky Cavalry, in sending some data to the VETERAN, says: "I was a prisoner at Rock Island, Ill., from Christmas, 1863, until December 3, 1864, when I made my escape and went to Canada. Five of us escaped through the sewer—John Totts, of Kentucky, who has since died; Tom Berry, of Kentucky; Tom Daily, of Henderson, Ky.; J. W. S. Emerson, of the Eighth Texas Cavalry; and myself. I should like to hear from any of them through the VETERAN or by letter. The last I heard of Emerson he was living in Columbus, Ky., but I've never heard of Berry or Daily since we parted in Chicago."