When Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman learned that Junius Henri Browne, a war correspondent with Horace Greeley's New York Tribune, and two other reporters went missing when they attempted to run the Confederate batteries of Vicksburg, he reportedly reacted with delight. Browne and his comrades were in fact captured-and Browne spent the next 20 months as a prisoner of war. Here's his story.
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4 сен 2024