Here we had rather a doleful time.

We were supplied with food three times a day; but the supply was scanty, and we had meat but once in two days.

We gathered that it was intended to send us to Richmond; but from day to day there was a delay in doing so.

We decided that our chance of escape would be much better then than after we reached the rebel capital.

We, therefore, formed a plan for defeating the intentions of our captors.
"Though the building assigned to us as a prison consisted of two stories, we were confined in the lower part.