They help the two soldiers and Jim going from contact to contact. They end up on yet another plantation, but this time the slaves are part of what is now known as the underground railroad. Being chased once again they take to river and make their way to New Bern.
They are helped by a slave named Jim Young, and they run. While the master of the house sends for the militia to come get them. They move on and end up at yet another plantation where they are caught but made to feel safe. To Hoover's amazement, help comes from those that have so little. Their spirits sore when they are helped by slaves who see in the two soldiers, the opportunity they wish they had. Exhausted they finally reach a plantation and they ask the slaves for help. They keep walking, eating berries and whatever they can scrounge up. Now on the run they are prisoners to the woods and the unfamiliar territory, no food, no shelter and hope fading fast. After a few days, he has a chance and together with his friend Thomas they make a run for it and escape. Arriving with nearly 600 other prisoners, they find the stockade incomplete, and they are kept in a closely guarded camp in a field next to the train tracks near to where they disembarked the train. He is headed for the stockade near Florence, SC.
His experience tells him to keep his head down, but always aware of some opportunity. Joseph Hoover of the 121st New York Volunteer Infantry, promoted to the rank of Corporal but a month ago, sits in the crowded confines of a cattle car. After the war he went back to his farm in upstate New York and worked as a cabinet maker. Joseph was later wounded in the war but survived. They were aided by slaves and what is now known as the "underground railroad" to get to freedom. After four months he was transferred to Florence, SC to a new camp. In 1864 he was captured at the battle of the Wilderness and was taken to the notorious camp "Andersonville". He wrote two diaries which survive today.
Union Bound is the amazing true story of Joseph Hoover a Union Soldier who witnessed many incredible moments during the terrible carnage of the CIVIL WAR. Hoover receives the help of freed slaves on his journey back to the Union in this story based on the real Joseph Hoover's diaries. Sean Stone (son of Director Oliver Stone) plays the real life soldier, Joseph Hoover. Based on the amazing true story of Joseph Hoover, a Union Soldier who was captured and then aided by slaves finds freedom.
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