Excerpt from Richmond Prisons: 1861-1862; Compiled From the Original Records Kept by the Confederate Government, Journals Kept by Union Prisoners of War, Together With the Name, Rank, Company, Regiment and State of the Four Thousand Who Were Confined There
They arrived at Manassas at nine o'clock in the evening, and were marched into an open lot, where they halted, sur rounded by thickly posted guards. About the time of their arrival, it began to rain, and in that place, without lights and unable to distinguish one from another, upon the floor covered with filth, without blankets or covering, officers of every grade passed the night. They were mostly strangers to each other, and silence prevailed. Among the number was Colonel Michael Corcoran, whom the severe wounds received the day before and the fatigue of the march had nearly exhausted.
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