Libby’s Prison, July 1, 1862.
Dear Father, — I was taken by the skirmishers of the 3th Virginia regiment on the morning of last Friday.
I got right in their midst while looking for General Reynolds’s brigade. I am well treated and in good health. There are about 100 of us officers in a room about 70 by 50 feet. Colonels Corcoran and Ely were confined here at one time.
You need not feel at all anxious about me. If you get a good chance, send me $50 in gold and silver, half of each. I have but three cents left, having but a dollar on me when taken.
