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Date Posted: 08/ 3/04 11:52:01pm
Author: Doug Cooper
Subject: Re: Can you say Camp Douglas?
In reply to: Fred Yokubaitis 's message, "Can you say Camp Douglas?" on 08/ 3/04 6:34:11pm

Fred - this is a fabulous idea...and for Danny and I as officers, a particularly tough choice. This introduces a train of thought into firper for this event every soldier probably thought about during those tense moments just before the battle.

1. Do I surrender or die fighting, even if there is no hope? Or do I run away to avoid both?

2. If captured, do I take the oath and avoid prison? There was plenty of feedback on the Cold Island of Camp Douglas.

3. What do I know about treatment at the hands of the troops behind those works? How do we treat them? If bad, will they shoot me even if I try to surrender?

This just gets better...

Doug

>I'm sure you know by now the work we have been doing
>with the AOP in working out our hand-to-hand combat
>during the Franklin battle. Now I’ll let you in on the
>latest of my endeavors.
>
>Imagine this: you’re captured during this God awful
>engagement of fighting behind the breastworks,
>disarmed, and sent to the rear of the federal lines.
>What fait awaits you next? Will you be paroled pending
>your oath of allegiance to the U.S. government, or
>taken off to Nashville with the withdrawing federal
>army, eventually being sent to Camp Douglas to wait
>out the war (i.e. held as a prisoner with only your
>haversack, canteen, and knapsack until Sunday
>morning)? Which would you choose?
>
>If my idea is accepted, and you draw a casualty, you
>just might get to choose.
>
>Or maybe you’ll be one of the lucky survivors detailed
>to guard a federal prisoner during the night. Don’t
>take your eye of them; you know how tricky those darn
>Billy Yanks can be.
>
>That’s all I’ll say for now. Cross you fingers and
>I’ll post more if my suggestion is approved.
>
>Col. Fred Yokubaitis
>Red River Battalion
>a.k.a Maj. Rhoads Fisher
>6th/15th TX Consolidated Inf.

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