This message was sent by Sonia Meyer, but it got a little scrambled in transmission...so I have tidied it up and posted it...Sonia is offering to do lookups...reply to her, not to me, as she is the one with the book!!!! Sue _____________________________ From: SONIAGREG@prodigy.net While browsing at a thrift shop a few years ago, I found and purchased a book which pertains to the Fifth N. Y. Cavalry. . It was written by Rev. Louis N. Boudrye, and dated Headquarters, Fifth N.Y. Cavalry, near Staunton, Va., June 5, 1865. Boudrye was the Chaplain of the Fifth N.Y., and he wrote the the regimental history. ."which is a diary of the remarkable events of the period writtten during the lull of battle, in the halt of the march, through the respite of hospital labor, in the loneliness of prision (where I was confined three months) and during the quietness of the camp..." The book has a pencil notation on the first page "The Company of Charles Hildreth was in _____ killed May 5 - '64 Battle of the Wilderness" Chapter XV is entitled Life in Southern Prisons. - Personal Experience of the Author; Capture; Gen. Stuart; Incidents of March to Staunton, Va. from Pennsylvania; Libby Prison, Richmond; Cruelties of Managers; State of Rooms; Vermin; Rations; The Soup; Water; Richmond Papers; "Skirmishing" ; Bone Cutting; The Debating Club; "Libby Lice-I-see'em (Lyceum); The Weekly Libby Chronicle; Literary Classes; Religious Services; The Author Preaches to Our Prisoners in Pemberton Castle; Wretched Condition of our Men; Release; What he Brought with Him; Diary of Sufferings at Salisbury, N. C.; Untold Wretchedness at Andersonville, Ga; List of Men who Died in Rebel Prisions. I don't know how rare this old book is, but will be glad to share any of the information in it upon request. Sonia Meyer Hacienda Heights, CA SONIAGREG@prodigy.net