SaraSibley
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My Great Great Grandfather, Hiram Luther Sibley, was a lieutenant in the 116th O.V.I, Company B. Here is an excerpt from a book written about the "One Hundred And Sixteenth O.V.I., in which Hiram Sibley is quoted:
"I was a lieutenant in Company 'B' 116th O.V.I. Resigned the County Common Pleas clerk's office, in Meigs County, O., to go into service, under the second call for 300,000 men in 1862. Was captured with part of General R.H. Milroy's command, near Winchester, Va., June 15, 1863, by the advance (Ewell's corps) of Lee's army. June 22nd I went to Libby. May 7, 1864, I went out, going to Danville, Va., about a week, and thence to Moscow, Ga., where I stayed till July 30, when I was taken to Savannah. There I was kept till September 13th, when I was carried to Charleston, S.C., and put 'under fire' (from our bombardment of the city) until October 5th, when I was taken to what came to be know as 'Camp Sorghum, about three miles from Columbia, S.C. There I stayed until December 9, 1864, when, as one of the "sick or wounded," I was taken back to Charleston and the next day (the 10th) was exchanged, being a prisoner eighteen months, lacking five days."
My question here: where is Moscow, GA? Was there a Confederate prison there? When I Google Moscow, GA, all I get is info about the Russian City .
"I was a lieutenant in Company 'B' 116th O.V.I. Resigned the County Common Pleas clerk's office, in Meigs County, O., to go into service, under the second call for 300,000 men in 1862. Was captured with part of General R.H. Milroy's command, near Winchester, Va., June 15, 1863, by the advance (Ewell's corps) of Lee's army. June 22nd I went to Libby. May 7, 1864, I went out, going to Danville, Va., about a week, and thence to Moscow, Ga., where I stayed till July 30, when I was taken to Savannah. There I was kept till September 13th, when I was carried to Charleston, S.C., and put 'under fire' (from our bombardment of the city) until October 5th, when I was taken to what came to be know as 'Camp Sorghum, about three miles from Columbia, S.C. There I stayed until December 9, 1864, when, as one of the "sick or wounded," I was taken back to Charleston and the next day (the 10th) was exchanged, being a prisoner eighteen months, lacking five days."
My question here: where is Moscow, GA? Was there a Confederate prison there? When I Google Moscow, GA, all I get is info about the Russian City .
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