I have been a prisoner of war, and I had to take my chances.

We may be in action for aught I know in a few hours, and I do not mean to have half a dozen rebels at my heels to trip me up if I can help it.

The circumstances are entirely different from those on board of the Vernon." "I don't think so," muttered Corny.

"You treat your own flesh and blood as though blood was nothing but water with you." "I stand by the Union, and those on the other side must keep out from under.

When I was in a Confederate prison, my uncle Homer, your father, did not do a single thing for me.