Horses used on the Escape Route

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Corbett was captured by Mosby's men on June 24, 1864 near Culpepper, Virginia. Corbett was taken prisoner and sent to Andersonville prison for five months, after which he was exchanged. Upon his return to service he was promoted to sergeant.

There is a good chance that Powell participated in this exchange.

The following is from the May 13, 1865 Harper's Weekly -

"...a detachment of the Sixteenth was sent to the vicinity of Culpepper, where they were hemmed in by MOSBY, and nearly all compelled to surrender except CORBETT, who stood out manfully, and fired his revolver and twelve shots from his breech-loading rifle at his assailants before surrendering, which he did after firing his last round of ammunition. MOSBY, in admiration of the bravery displayed by CORBETT, ordered his men not to shoot him, and received his surrender with other expressions of admiration.
He was taken to Lynchburg and thence to Andersonville, where he experienced, during five months of imprisonment, the same treatment as others have so numerously testified to. Out of fourteen members of his company, fellow-captives, but one besides himself returned. Upon one occasion he made his escape, but was tracked by blood-hounds and returned to captivity. When exchanged he was but a skeleton, and has not yet fully regained his health."