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Andersonville to Tahiti: The Story of Dorence Atwater by Thomas P. Lowry, BookSurge Publishing In July 1863, Dorence Atwater of the 2nd New York Cavalry was carrying messages to Colonel Judson Kirkpatrick’s headquarters when he was captured near Hagerstown, Md., by two Confederates dressed in Union blue. From there he was sent to Belle Isle, …
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