Though he was a prisoner and in disgrace, he did not feel that he was absolved from the duty of attempting to save the Bronx to the Union.

He had refused to accept a parole, or anything of that kind, and his honor as an officer did not require him to submit to the discipline of his situation.

He was a prisoner; but the responsibility of retaining him as such belonged to the captain of the Vernon for the present.
His reflections relieved him of all scruples in regard to any action he might resolve to take.

He was held in confinement as a Confederate.

When he had been taken by the enemy and locked up as a Union prisoner, he had considered his duty, independently of his desire to be free, and he had effected his escape with Flint.