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... early on the 4th of July. One of them [wagons] was sent by way of Westminster the other in charge of Dr. McDonald, who had the general superintendence of the Commission's work in the army of the Potomac, was proceeding on the direct road to Gettysburg, when it was unfortunately captured by the cavalry of the retreating Rebels. Dr. McDonald, Rev. Mr. Scandlin, one of the Agents of the Commission, and two laboring men, who were in its service, and who were in charge of the wagon, were detained as prisoners of war, and marched to Richmond, where, for months, they endured all the loathsome horrors of the Libby Prison. |