However, the siege continued; and if the prisoners were anxious to escape and join Grant's army, certain of the besieged were no less anxious to join the Southern forces. Among them was one Jonathan Forster, a determined Southerner.
Cependant, le siège continuait, et si les prisonniers avaient hâte de s'échapper pour rejoindre l'armée de Grant, certains assiégés avaient non moins hâte de s'enfuir, afin de rejoindre l'armée séparatiste, et, parmi eux, un certain Jonathan Forster, sudiste enragé.