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THE IMMORTAL SIX HUNDRED
- Lieut.-Col. Thomas B. Webber, Kentucky.
- Lieut.-Col. J. M. Wilson, Louisiana.
- Lieut.-Col. W. H. Manning, Louisiana.
- Lieut.-Col. T. E. Upshaw, 13th Va.
- Lieut.-Col. F. F. Warley, S. C.
- Lieut.-Col. W. L. Davidson, N. C.
These officers left Fort Delaware in June, 1864, in charge of Major Strong, U. S. A., and in due course were delivered to Major-General Foster, commanding United States forces at Hilton Head, S. C. After the arrival of these prisoners correspondence took place between Maj.-Gen. J. G. Foster, U. S. A., and Gen. Sam Jones, C. S. A., commanding Confederate forces, Charleston, S. C, which will be found in Vol. XXXV, War Records.
It was General Foster's intention to place these Confederate officers — prisoners of war — under fire on Morris Island. But he found, upon investigation and from correspondence, that his hasty action upon General Jones's letter had gotten him a very large elephant on his hands,
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