A Belle of the Fifties Memoirs of Mrs. Clay of Alabama, covering social and political life in Washington and the South, 1853-1866. Put into narrative form by Ada Sterling

CHAPTER XXVIII. THE PRISON.

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Again at the Fortress—My Husband’s Cell and Room in Carroll Hall—Some of the Comforts of Fortress Monroe and of Mr. Clay’s Position—I am Told of Some of His Experiences—A Statement of Others—Mr. Davis at the Fortress—An Exchange of Notes—My Husband Turns Caretaker—With a Soft Answer He Turns Away a Soldier’s Wrath—I Have a Curious Adventure in Which I Meet a Lamb in Wolf’s Clothing 345