From the Richmond Sentinel, 5/18/1863

Arrival of Prisoners. - On Saturday, 882 Yankee prisoners, including 136 officers, captured by Forrest, near Rome, Ga., arrived from the South and were quartered at the Libby prison. This makes up the whole of Forrest's prisoners, several hundred having arrived a few days ago. Among the officers are two Colonels, two Lieutenant Colonels, four Majors, four Surgeons, and three Chaplains. The officers and crew of the gunboat Indianola, 100 in number, also arrived on Saturday. There are now at the Libby prison 242 Yankee officers. Among the tenants of that inhabitation are also 94 deserters from the Abolition army, and 25 negroes.

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