Article about Edman Spangler at Fort Jefferson

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Thanks to Carolyn Mitchell for alerting me to this nice article about Edman Spangler's time at Fort Jefferson:

http://www.ydr.com/history/ci_27565416/j...e-prisoner

I remember reading Spangler's missives years ago and being impressed with his use of the English language. Except for a few cases here where he uses singular tense verbs when it should be otherwise, it is obvious that he was fairly well-educated.