CHRONICLES 
 
 FROM THE 
 
 DIARr OF A WAR PRISONER 
 
 IN ANDERSONVILLE AND OTHER 
 MILITARY PRISONS OF THE SOUTH 
 
 IN 1864 
 
 Kx|H<ricncoft, ObHorvatiuiiH, Intorriews and IWmhh 
 writUju in Priuon, with HlHtorlcal IiitPtKliietion. 
 
 Ah Ap|K'n«lix Contaiiilnj: StatoiiUMit 
 
 of n ('4)iif<*<li>rn(c PhyHioian uiitl 
 
 onifor Holativo to Prinon 
 
 Coiitlitiun ami >fnnn^'m(<nt. 
 
 BY 
 
 JOHN UOKKtLL iNOHrHKOP 
 
 FoTOHTiy Seventy Sixth New Yorlt Infantry. 
 
 '^hul in A prixK) \ .»«t 
 ^ ' ' Mt no! alonp; 
 
 ■ ■ ' '.;..! (Th r. 
 
 .' I'Xday. 
 
 From Tb» Viaion of North. 
 
 '^TO AMD COrTHlOMTtl' UT TMf •UTMOI 
 
 WICMIT*. KAMtAC. |»o« 
 
DEDICATION 
 
 In lh«- »»"I"' »>>'^* ^'''^ ^"^^* herein 
 chronltUHl will Inmruct. Intere.l and 
 ln»plre p»trlotliim and love for man- 
 kind. thlH book In dMlciit.-l t" the 
 Sont and Daughter, of Union Vet- 
 •ran* "f 1^01 to 1 >•".:. 
 
 HY THK ArTH<»K. 
 
 rim-O P..-MI.T ^o. N -..liaT .WICHIT.. •«•••. 
 
PRELUDE. 
 
 T»'arii' M«*n had no tlm<» for team 
 
 When l>«ttl«> WRveii mllcfl fierce iin<l hish. 
 
 Could only fifht: they had no time for feam! 
 When comrades fell, could do no more than kIk^) 
 
 rreiw to vlriory. or. If driven to d«fetit. 
 I<«>w In Krl«*f when waned the battle's heat. 
 
 Comrade* vlain were •cuttered on the way. 
 
 On flelda. In wikmIm where waa met the foe 
 That cnme to kill where we had come to alay. 
 
 Met aa wave meeta tide In ocean storms that blow ; 
 Hut men who war must not se<>k tlm* to weep, 
 
 MuNt so whiTe duly calls, IhouRh doalh shall reap. 
 
 Sitd visions from distajit and the yore 
 
 Rlne In the heart and In Mid mcmorion, 
 And oft some sweeter thoufcht they stand before, 
 
 IJke shadows frlm be<llm the Veteran's eyes. 
 And yet this sadnons bears swoetnoss all unfel»cno<i. 
 
 For h-arts arc blest where truth and valor rt-lgiiod. 
 
 Kftr o'er the distant list to battle's roar! 
 
 Time, like a valley mend, lies 'twixt us and the scenet 
 Where our fading lines shall march and fight no more. 
 
 Nor countermarch the way that Intervenes. 
 The shinlnir river lies Just on before: 
 
 We sluiU cross, anon, where the van passed o'er. 
 
 O. may the deeds which hlicher justice nought. 
 
 Which sought to strengthen freedom's loftiest fane. 
 
 Be by no recreant head, or hand, unwrought. 
 
 To grieve the souls who for the right were slain; 
 
 But let the work ' Iv did t>estow 
 
 Be bullded on. r than we know! 
 
 —J. W. NORTHROP. 
 
I" 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 .,., »..i» ...» f,. M ifnr.. \ .■ . • « T \«. ■ ^ II . n«».itn.-,» f.i writ® 
 
 ■A 
 !nio ihc nriny 1 pniciiceil ihJs ^ clr- 
 
 :. T'Ot fr.r \i<r. j.nb!?r^v. V-ut for rtaln- 
 
 •n^r lit Ibhi, I waa 
 
 t. I had a bumlnjc 
 
 .4 to iij.ilji.K a way. more or lesii 
 
 what I dltl. PrlHon life fumlahed 
 
 bul u!;"'iu.j ll'M for .1 " " -Inif. To avoid 
 
 •kI ennui Inrldenl to i I made It an 
 
 . T- write. A partly 
 
 ul.l Kfl hold of. became 
 
 J,. »• ••- • ' • T »'^d 
 
 •nis* of t. 
 
 K-..- .11 ..' y 
 
 ire. i gni^iMMi the idea Ih.i" il 
 
 :•'.-! Hfr to tho b«>.!v Mtv! •• .1. 
 
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PREFACE. B 
 
 phynlral rff'ctn. 
 
 Th- t ■'.»»< f*'-\t fnllftw^ \n n f!f!\ry of prison 1lf«* nn<1 <»vf»ntfi at 
 
 A» ' ". antl other i' 'nga 
 
 f I , ftlncoN. atiil >ni- 
 
 llon l'-» llic Lr.l'U In.-, a : 
 unusual Incldontfl an<l of imt 
 
 of bnivo f - . . , ^ 
 
 pha»«« of ^ ' of 
 ens-'* • ' 
 
 :^«! an<l nurvjvcil 
 
 wor«o than war, 
 
 •itntif'i w«i. vveiiiuiilly will follow com- 
 
 • I iU'f-m It a hiRhly patriotic duty to 
 
 J*; the lot of but f«*w to record, 
 
 U th«» public. H«T«» \n chronlcUv! 
 
 wi 
 
 of 
 
 ca ' all the perl In and i 
 
 b<' .. " ...Miirv It) the w "■ f- 
 
 ni • • • Ijfe In ! 
 
 It' ■ ■••>uN AH .: '.)\K IZl ■< 
 
 an. : lyrdom. 
 
 If ! motive 
 
 or ->• I In-Ill MiU iuiw bt-«-ii . If they 
 
 tr i^-h tfv hf'ft^'r. If th. , literary 
 
 qti 
 
 iHoly dotnilinir important 
 t'loctlon 
 f which 
 
 • \*- wriltfn Into life. 
 B«i ■ *' ' • '■• •-••'it would 
 
 b«- ThouRh 
 
 b. 'f tnith. 
 
 t. of proffresN. The past links the future to that still 
 thnt mn-rt rvnlve out of tho pnni element<t ff^r hotter 
 bt. » be. T» of the • ve: 
 
 Ih. They a .., fh*» •'h wv 
 
 •r it. The 
 
 ha ope for. • 
 
 n<'' ••: 'U'' .irii.y 
 
 Of r done. 
 
 I .'4 1 » i-.i;" i,»>«- j>.»Kr"-'i Kii.it- iiif !•• •« I iiiiiiiK '•( the Chron- 
 iicJes. co\*erlnff less Ihsn a year, but they are history written coa- 
 
C PRKFACK. 
 
 t» II : remain Inert? The value nn«l vltul- 
 
 t'\ late; lt« virtues arc ever new. M«»n 
 
 they do for the true greatness of their country will 
 
 Men Mhu fouirht on the other Hide, lacked not valor and en- 
 •luninre. W'v «lo not. In any Meniie. hold th^m r«Ij>5*M^ for the 
 horntm Wf NurTrred In prlnon. They are our re 
 
 « Itix.-im of the I'nitin. The benefits of its pr- rs 
 
 .!•« t: ' ■ n for It we fought for iii.in. In i»>\ing 
 
 • nir 
 
 "•^ptirt of Dr. J * ' . - 1 ..yg 
 
 to |>: . th<'in In a \ c, 
 
 l.v \1. .,.,,. .,f • 
 
 ,,f 
 
 t. 
 
 and hin ' • wan It, 1. 
 
 I'^f't '1 iK'es In II tie 
 
 cundUiun ui i>nt>onci» and the wIckednciM of our prison 
 
 UicJilln. KanHiis, J. W. NORTHROP. 
 
 June 4. 1904. 
 
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION— PART I. 
 
 HiSTORICAL INTRODUCTION 
 
 CAUSE AND EVENTS LEADING TO CIVIL WAR. 
 
 TV- . UHt' of ih«« t'lvJl \\'.»r w.iM f*i;i\«ry. Afri<aii Hlav«Ty In 
 
 wuji un fntullineiil coining IhruuKli inuiiy yeurH 
 
 ■ff ftfht-r I'mkIm. Ii wiiM un offMprtiiK of burbarlsiu. 
 
 Before the beRliinltiK uf any movement 
 
 •t«>ni the rule of Kuropeun powem, ittf 
 
 t»-d from ihoKe countries, wim 
 
 men of tliiil time. It was one 
 
 "I ' ' ■ !. an the era of Inde- 
 
 |M»i I it8 lnrorn|>atlbillty 
 
 wit .... ;.....• approached for ItM 
 
 em .-re the Torle« of the Revolu- 
 
 ti. ,;|on. In the formation of the 
 
 an In the ArtlcleH of Confederutlon. they 
 
 > be left untouched, that some provision for 
 
 Urn I be titc«>r|>omte4l In that inMtrument. Contrary to 
 
 th» M of th«' authors of the dot umeiit the desire was 
 
 of all It Till all classes was hif(hly 
 
 iitual ui ■■•K that Its abolition would 
 
 • II." Slavery was re- 
 
 '•al or social signifi- 
 
 ip>\v ami when, was an 
 
 i it was a cliiss Interest. 
 
 uont In which e<iuality of 
 
 made It seem plausible 
 
 in Its control be inserted 
 
 tn lh« Constitu' '* compromise authorised Conirress to 
 
 IMUM n Iriw for ■ • ry of j-.rr^nns hr-If! to sorviro In one 
 
 ■tn' -'l Conicress 
 
 rr«>- I'l as slaves 
 
 uni a way for other 
 
 «lei -ntation In Con- 
 
 Hfi ix'pm.ni"'!!. \\n'..n %%.»?♦ K'runted aa a com- 
 
 pr- I for full representation. 
 
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION— PART !. 
 
 Ii . «*lcven stateB 
 
 |,: »•>• tho tcinp- 
 
 ot luii to strike out 
 
 f,. T. N*>rth «':«roHna 
 
 ai ■' 
 
 (' 
 
 f. 
 
 I.. 
 
 h 
 
 U ■- 
 
 t. : but for which Bhivory would 
 
 ha i: .\tl.iliTl<- S! i!.-». As It Wn« 
 
 slnv<>o' w.. I the traffic 
 
 In i«!av. «« V writ rirr^ulred 
 
 n* in iJu' t.irl:. ' the 
 
 It. IIx<h| by ih. of 
 •ltt\t . 
 
 In •• government 
 fr. 
 
 JuMt'ce of tho United Btntes 
 
 c- 
 
 r . . . '. 
 
 I) Ho BHid: "A hard necessity, 
 
 li • vilji of slnver>' for a time. It 
 
 %« while we were In a 
 
 pt iM««nlv removed. Tet, 
 
 V > and 
 
 r ef. 
 f. 
 r 
 
 W ' 
 
 r- ■- *^ • ••♦. ♦- ••*; 
 
 f ! the utmost of his power, tbe 
 
 W : ■ 
 
 This WAS aaid by n ' and llvlnir In a slave 
 
 Btatc. but who, In later ■ vc to the slave power. 
 
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION— PART I. 
 
 nni] thirty-nln« 
 
 Of 
 
 "It tnumt I 
 
 by th*» wr 
 
 or 
 
 V 
 
 h ■ 
 
 !>• 
 
 !•• 
 
 Ill- 
 
 alrMidy tx 
 
 with a alii 
 
 over lh« « 
 
 Thouirh H 
 
 c«- - 
 
 T 
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 F; ». 
 
 From the hour 
 
 T! 
 
 r« 
 
 l< 
 
 T 
 
 t- 
 
 c- 
 
 »i 
 
 I 
 
 • '■ 
 
 Y 
 
 tr 
 
 t-. 
 
 tr 
 
 yean after, at Chief Justice, declared to the 
 
 \\\:\X nil'. .•r\ h'li! i-^irv rlirtif ln thc T«-f ' ' ' "t '< ** 
 
 lilt no «' 
 He. HIa i 
 . awny, " waa lutiK before wlpetl out 
 of f1l^/'tj^i»!on of poliflea looking to 
 . thua brlng- 
 V 
 
 of ita frieiula 
 
 d In 1845. of 
 
 !f were free. 
 
 lorrltory hn»l 
 
 ' •• rxll terrl- 
 
 ill terrl- 
 
 • •url had 
 
 Trrntory. ita adniiaaion to the Union 
 
 1 iit thia time, cauaed Rrrnt oxcltement 
 
 to oilay. 
 Line, ex- 
 In terrl- 
 o Coaat. 
 
 the C'ompromlae Act 
 very north of fho Cnw 
 
 would <: 
 
 « - ^ ...fi l>een a^K ••-•-■» •-. 
 
 of the firat conceaalon. thc conflict became Irre- 
 
 to alavery for aordid reaaona. 
 
 v.ry In the North, Moba were 
 
 a led by men of Influence. 
 
 ; i-oy antl-alavcry literature. 
 
 h .md condemn Juatlce. North- 
 
 and lhrenl<»ned hv Southern 
 
 In thi* South. 
 
 i,..t v><!.'. .... I 
 
 ned until the movement affulnat alavery 
 ' In the South 
 ah— 
 
 of the c 
 
 ; qu(«t«* a 
 
 imnnM.l.ir. 
 
 i.< i.irioua 
 
;toric'al introduction- part i. 
 
 n will he iii»nrr<! tliclr 
 
 !»'*'v wMl novcr return 
 
 rime by belnff 
 
 ii 
 
 (Hrmtiution |tjiH»«*<i at a public meeting In n church at Clinton, 
 MlMi.. Sept. 5. lX3r>.) 
 
 •*I.«et no AboiltfonUt come within the bonlerp ■ - 
 line: If we catch him • • • we will hnng him." 
 ton In I'nlted Stated Senate. June 4. 1838. 
 
 "The t>eop|e of the North must Ro to hanclnc the fanatics If 
 
 e at H 
 and c<>i 
 
 thoy TSouM not l<»v. :* 
 I»««I»«"i><l u|»<>n It N 
 lucriitlve tru«l«' wit.'. .... . ■■ 
 
 Ab<*litlonliitii will prevent f 
 
 Henr>' A. Wine. Iat<'r t»i. 
 Brown In 1R59 for hl»" 
 acrlbed "I>up<»nfii b4'nt ^ 
 for "Abolition fanatlcii." 
 
 Rev. T. S. WIthfrBiHwn. Alabama 
 Itor of the Kmanrlpjitor: "I>»t your • 
 and I pronilne you that your fate wi 
 
 Rev. William Plummer. D. D.. 1: 
 other rieriomen. In 18S5: "Let the " 
 they will be cauRht If they come an 
 care to stay away." 
 
 \ lh«» Kind of tr. 
 • I to N'-.rTh.rr,. r^- 
 FuKitiVe • 
 
 do It. • • • 
 
 • their present 
 
 'V thousand 
 
 ' UT.f Tohtl 
 
 wrf>Te W T. OnrTl!»nn ed< 
 
 Va.. \" ..f 
 
 -^ts undr t 
 
 and they v. iii i.ike 
 
 " ••>""-— d 
 
 -. . . :. :n 
 :id tM and 
 
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION-PART II. 11 
 
 ,,»f V. ).!.». It V. .- I...1I... .. I »»uTc could be no comiK-tlllon 
 
 ki«t for the rhief proiluctH of 
 
 ;'ii.l th«- lioii,,. lU'inaiul for 
 
 iVf (Iculeni 
 
 - at South- 
 
 t)t<-> luulil \tv kl(Inu{>etl. 
 
 puttllo Me II 1 1 till* Ml ufraliist 
 
 Hi! '.•. mIuvo IruiltTM bfiiiK «irlven 
 
 fn'i ! from our itortit. Hut um an 
 
 iv ( iMilii)U**<l a Krowinic 
 
 k^fly ll»«» prfHM un<l pulpit. 
 
 ItH Muliv«>rMl«iti. Itn chief 
 
 .1 InterfMtM in tin? Kreat 
 
 fflally It wIfldiMl II (>ower 
 
 N«.' 
 
 a tariff on tm|K>rle<l roo<Iii uim.m1 by 
 
 M»ni» wftr i«tr»*nu«iUN for frrt* exchanK** of thflr 
 
 •« Nt»t hfInK «*uc«««MMful In Mecurliifc free trade. 
 
 •ni larice lni{>ort**rM In New York. 
 
 lore. An U ftequence thoHe centerM 
 
 III November. IH32. South l^irollnu 
 
 llify the National Tariff \mw and to 
 
 ■II tiie Tnlon. The nuivenient wan aban- 
 
 • • of the firm mand taken by PreHldent 
 
 '^ i..<rr 1 . .. w ,.,,! hliehfr r«iiiMl<leratloni«. 
 
 iiiatiufa<*turlnK. furnlithed 
 
 1 for labor. Manufactur- 
 
 liiK th. aKrIculture Improved und 
 
 • T* In *he North while slavery 
 
 Ut the South. iepelUM |>opulation and capital. 
 
 ii»f lx» vr»»«»ntl»i»»f>f. mn««t Iw promomted though 
 
 r,',\ S«>uthern rulers; 
 
 >rlnK iMiJitical renultii. 
 
 In 
 
 lid 
 
 ••1 l^l.lWI* IM-IIIK 
 
 inliient to iilave- 
 
 . Ih.in It. IHGO 
 
 'IIH. 
 
 tah 
 : y. In effect re- 
 ave iiectlonii eH- 
 Act of 1820. The 
 lit to control the Ex- 
 ini L.-^i*.! 1 1 1 \ .• I.I iiiifM i>f Kovernment than 
 ••w territory for iila\ery. In lSi4 the Kani*u4- 
 
urr I. 
 
 A 
 rr 
 lila\«r\ 
 
 tonsiun of 
 
 th ^•>> • ' 
 !• 
 
 «!• 
 
 I! thcHe wordii of L>incoln. uttered at the llllnolH 
 
 S n tn Junn. 1^'.<?- 
 
 ' Htaixl. I bi>IU-Vf thiM 
 K' If Hliive mill half frf«v 
 
 1 Jo ijut Lxjcci ihf li-luii lu Lc Lil>s"l\cil. I «lo not oxtKCt Ih. 
 hotiH** to full, but I do exi>ect It will ccaKe to he divided. It will 
 I.. thlMK. t»r jiU Ihe other. Kllher th. 
 
 h ••Nt the further Mitread of It and i 
 
 t' ' M reMt In the » ' ' " t It In li. ... ■ 
 
 ij or llH advo< I'UbIi It f«»rward till it 
 
 »*' '.'.fill In nil 1.. . . .' M, old a» well aa iicw. 
 
 N 
 
 s.-wnrd .it n..< h. wt. r. X. Y.. dechirod thtit 
 i»" t "an Irr- Netween the N ". 
 
 ;i ' -.r thf* rt \\]:h th*- S" .• '. 
 
 II 
 I- 
 tl.jj. iL \\ b. • 
 
 The V. il War vran slavery: the occasion, aeces- 
 
 *!•--' • " ■" • '• ^ ■-. ' " .: 
 
 II 
 ij 
 
 Ir 
 t- 
 
 f' 
 ^■ 
 \' 
 
 . it by 
 l- - was at; 
 
 by the ruish and fa.iuilkul utUon of the South. 
 
lii.«.i..UlCAL INTRoDT-. -• - ,.»m',.i jj 
 
 EVENTS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING ELECTION OF 1860. 
 
 Thr i i»jii at ll' 'o 
 
 nn4 nt •' • «r. !•» n ' 'ic 
 
 K It V.llll- 
 
 : .• concl8oly 
 
 IT. 
 
 wftn Hectotl PreMltloiit. Novfinber 6. 1860. 
 
 — ' • ' •^' '• • . 11..;. ^ ^ , South 
 
 tiutive 
 
 :•• on 
 
 Ma 
 
 I y 
 
 1. ls«ii; VtrKintu. Aprii 17. Ih61; 
 
 ft«» Mny *). iv«?i Norfh Carolina. 
 
 f r.ov- 
 
 . public 
 
 .11 r..r ih- u'loptlon 
 
 foriiml act of secefl- 
 
 n !« ' • 
 
 ■nt Duchannn sent this note to hlfl 
 
 I P^ntl you n tt-leicnim which I have lhl« 
 mo: Ti.ui I'lt f ♦«j.iirir (Th.- f. ;. ^'i.itii rt-ad afl follows): 
 
 I tent to traniifer 
 uH In this city to 
 
 .Ml • • • by 
 
 !«Tir>.Tn'1*H!. We 
 
 be 
 
 s.) 
 
 At' er 
 
 A.I J»- 
 
 of 
 yd 
 
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTIOK— PART U. 
 
 l.rig.. !,.- ... ;. 
 In Ihf F«»«l»Tiil 
 ■trvyliiir It. 
 
 Four iiuMitha later 
 
 h ,lf ..f \,! t-l- 1 . r. Hif 
 li 
 
 In a frw 
 
 r wnji It 
 :> ' iriir In vlotikt lot, <•! 
 (!ii\ frnnirnt for tht 
 
 Rohcrt K. I.,c«' 
 
 .• ! >s I •........•1 
 
 uftfr th< 
 
 nt of t 
 
 h> 
 
 
 I anil 
 
 J 
 
 
 
 «• of 
 
 dv 
 
 i> fu>K>«*iiiiion of 
 
 one 
 
 , !• th. 
 
 ,• !• S 
 
 r«'i.' 
 
 th«-r«' frtun otli- Two dayii befcjte purrtMulcniiK hiM luni- 
 
 ntlmilon to the : lithorlty I><*e wrote thin letter to hl« i»on 
 
 "I can untli-liniU- j.o greater calamity for the country than the 
 dissolution of the I'nlon. It wmiM lu» i»n nrruinulatl«»n of nil the 
 evils we rtMnplaIn of. I art k' but 
 
 honor for lt« i»renervatlon. ."- in«Ti* 
 
 of the CotlMtltUtloti lU'V«-r exri iu>^i .-i ^i> iini«ii i.iix.r. wi.sj.iin unJ 
 forUearatu-i*. uixl MurromuUMl it with ho niiiny KUiinlM and Hecurl- 
 tt'-^ ' • \\j»» intei)«l«-<l to be broken by every nteniber of the 
 r V at will. It was lntende<l for perpetual union. w> 
 
 IX. . m the preamble. an<l for the extabliMhment of a gov- 
 
 ernment, not a compact, which can only be dlHHolved by revolu- 
 tion, or the roHHent of the tHHipl«* in convention. It ii« Idle to talk 
 tif He* enttion! Artarchy would have be«*n extiiblishfd. and not 
 Kov«*rti>n**nt. by Waiihinifton. Hamilton. Jeffermm. Mudliion and 
 the other patriots of the Revolution." 
 
 And yet he violated his oath to sustain that government and 
 that I'nion. to »i«»ek Its overthrow by exerting ft power no other 
 man In the South coubl exert, his sole excuse 
 Stat«>. <ir a major part of It. had taken n di< ' 
 about the fcri>atent "calamity" that could be 
 lountry. Secession was anarchy In h^^ >»..... 
 took U|» thf Hword of anarchy and <• 
 had attempted to break a Tnion i.. 
 Its founders, saying at last that ' 
 rather than to loyalty to the r<> 
 p<]ucHte<l him to be one of Its deffinifrs. 
 
 Shortly after the Inaugural ion of T.lncoln. John C. PreJtei 
 rIdge. who. as Vice-President i> .-nl of t» 
 
 clare«l that the eleitlon of Llnc«il .1, and h 
 
 Itrlgadler 
 the wnr 
 atioth<T f 
 nieiit. fur 
 
 being that his 
 
 i to bring 
 I. tt> the 
 t . I>ut he 
 hiH State 
 !..'k.h by 
 itlon 
 ! and 
 
 
 
 MionnJ 
 
 1 
 
 I 
 
 
 
 close of 
 
 
 ■0. 
 
 This 1 
 
 H 
 
 r II 
 
 •ur 
 
 govcri 
 
 
 of 
 
 th 
 
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jRl^kjM>n. fnv 
 
 ernry. 
 
 but 
 
 Or - 
 
 ■ ' 
 
 m\ 
 
 
 of 
 
 
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 holder. 
 
 sntl 
 
 pinvrry 
 
 . Ih. 
 
 In 
 
 Juru', 
 
 HIHTORICAL INTRODUCTION— PART II. 15 
 
 On ' ■ ■" 1861. by a factional convention at RusiioU- 
 
 vllle. h. by onllnnncr. diH-larM out the Tnlon. 
 
 ajfn" ■• - -■ • "ifta. The Ptiite AdnilnlHtration aa- 
 
 Nii •< rwutrnllty rouM b<« practical, al- 
 
 th' '•e Kenturklann In both tho Union 
 
 an ' •* Th« preponderance of popular nentlment 
 
 ¥i«i- more than S to 1 and Ita reprefi«»ntallon In 
 
 CoiitfrvMi viatt itmiiiialne<l. At the beKlnnlnic of tho war. f;overnor 
 Maffuffln. wtt« u Heceiuilonlat and cliiiulcnllnrly aided Seces- 
 •lonlata. 
 
 Mlaaourl waa irr^ntlv convuta«d. Ita Governor. Claiborne F. 
 I «leclare<! for the Southi-rn Confed- 
 !iie to the wlndoni and courage of 
 .1. I ..ihfru a formal act of nocennlon waa 
 -nt pro|H»rty wived and virtually the loyalty 
 ...1. 
 I wan dlvlde<| by fearful afrltatlon, but CJovernor 
 If!, ks u.m ntronKly for the I'nion. though a nlave- 
 * of much fM'ceanlon Inclination on account of 
 .<xl for the Union. 
 IsCl. Wentern Virginia, (now Went Virginia), loy- 
 ally repudlale<l aeceaalon. formed a new State govt^rnment and 
 rvmalne<l Utyn\ and waa recognlxe<l by the government and con- 
 tfibute<l to the natloruil cauae. Such waa the action uf the slave 
 Stalea, 
 
 ¥U\ch Htate Convention In Statea where aeceaalon un«iuall- 
 
 fle^lly t '• ' " • ' -" ' •" "• ' - the relation between th*- Stale 
 
 and of I government; cho«e membern 
 
 to thf ' hit met at Montgomery. Ala., 
 
 on February I. l^Kl. with H- '. of t»eorg|ji. nn Prealdent. 
 
 Cobh h\-\ r>-iilgno<| from the I < iblnet aa Se<"retary of the 
 
 Tr "ft bankrupting It. ti. ln-ct.me prominent In the a^cea- 
 
 al«. ..'nt. In arr.-pilng th«' ponitlon he de< lare<i the aecea- 
 
 alon Iff lliv South "a flK«H| and lrrevi>cable fact, an<l that the 
 •tfpamlion la conifilet# nn<l fM*r|M>tuul." 
 
 • itlon of Lincoln, the Con- 
 f»" of rebellion, had been or- 
 
 »•' *• ' tgomery. aj»»iumlng to 
 
 V* N. On K«'l»ru;iry Sth. 
 
 t!i' .... ..; \Ur |,r..< imi... .i goVfrn- 
 
 ment. on tho ?th It on Davin Pr- id Alex- 
 
 ander H. Strphonn •. of the Coi ' . . on the 
 
 10th I>nvl» \M\n Itmugumted with Impoalnff ceremonies, and a 
 
 full Unhlnrt jipI^'fritM 
 
 I Note. In -• no State had withdrawn from 
 
 the Union fur t; iil>o»c a SUlc In our Republic, 
 
1<? HIPTARtrAMNTRnniTTION— PART H. 
 
 In i>*»r»on« 
 
 :iii1 were 
 
 r«J Ihr 1 -'-'l the 
 
 •v! fh«« -'1 nt 
 
 •n 
 • M 
 
 .1- III t loi.ii ton 
 
 I 
 
 I t,i..t, South 
 
 IMnk- 
 
 Ntand 
 
 •I nnd 
 
 Jrtck- 
 
 lh«* IiiiUhJ StulfH alitfiHti ill SiiValtluth, t-ia^ were 
 
 •iiry 1 !'?<;! K'»rt M'>rjrM!i iit Mobllo. Wit., and Mt. Ver- 
 
 iiit of urinM aiul ammunition: 
 
 .1 nt 8t. Auf^UHtlne. iiIho the 
 
 ' ity 9. the SIaf 
 
 r Fort Sumter. 
 
 T muary 
 
 Jan- 
 
 l Fori 
 
 ry 12. 
 
 and 
 
 ta 
 
 •I: 
 
 .UllUl- 
 
 -*. I>e- 
 
 niiu.ii.a ■ s val- 
 
 • r <»f m- I dis- 
 
 lU" Ht.i-' or Texnii. 
 
 • V. John \V. KM is bc\zo<\ 
 
 • n 
 
 ■ ■■■■ . ■ H. 
 
 Kock. Ark^ with many cannon and small 
 
 full Into tho hand* 
 
 'r.nr !r Klwanl A. 
 
 I side. 
 
 theae 
 
 . War 
 
 . after 
 
 • •:i i"^in, M .i< ii.-.i Is.".'"..., 1 .Mi.U'i f» ^■ IT' tii-ni amount! 
 
HISTORICAL INTROOrCTION-PART n. 17 
 
 to n cor.feiMilon of trenchrry as h© had a position In the De- 
 
 IMirtmrnt. 
 
 It In n«M»n that war hii'! ' ' '"* 
 
 
 ■I A b> 
 
 Hi- lu.irHh- 
 
 
 Thin 
 
 fiirt Hh'uil.l 
 
 fCOV- 
 
 l re- 
 
 KIM 
 
 .1 1 
 
 
 Bu- 
 
 •Irlfl 
 
 Hanctlon- 
 
 Events 
 
 Ull 
 
 or A 
 
 Jarknnnlan 
 
 I- 
 
 |tr<ivr^l thnt n 
 
 ivri!».v In ft i».- ive crlnin. wnuM have 
 
 !<• !lvo. It wouM have re- 
 
 »i aa to powtT. Influonce. 
 
 !• I that a vant 
 
 I lui'l Ifuchaiiai) 
 
 » ij I. or four times 
 
 t' to a call to annn 
 
 f iry. an quickly as 
 
 I anti their equlp- 
 I 
 
 wnn not were traitom In the Cahl- 
 
 •* In <' •• 5Tv!rr. rvyinpathlzers In 
 
 i service. Yet 
 
 « 'Inic the terrl- 
 
 *• • «< llie KovornmcMit 
 
 »* ' the exlraonllnjiry 
 
 •'• * • by what 
 
 I !. A call 
 
 t riotic re- 
 
 "i • of such 
 
 '• !i pro|>or- 
 
 t' 'lea or enUinK the war 
 
 I' 1. 
 
 i.ut for the firing on 
 
 J^' h?<v#» h*»/»n r'»T''»fMllv 
 •' ■ 
 1 • 
 n- 
 
 I 
 
 .U.ry 
 
18 
 f.. 
 I.. 
 
 HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION-PART H. 
 
 M have h«^n 
 
 huvc dr!.i«-l 
 
 4 ii« unwls'ly 
 
 \ know J! iti 
 I? 
 I» 
 It 
 V ' 
 
 \' 
 
 «•<■ 
 
 COlifllcl. iniiH.v.rfsriliiK «Mn.:ii "I 
 
 •rchy. 
 
 \i - •■ ' "■ - - • - - ' 
 
 the !•! 
 
 nny rlnun 
 
 pie nrul !<>> 
 
 Ihnt uiipnrall«»l«»»l t>cc«iiion. 
 
 An It wan the w^rk of r«in 
 conflncatlon of nan '-rt 
 
 le»t to the clone of i . •» 
 
 coln'H term the Slave (.onfui 
 harder to nubdue than at • 
 It'. ' 
 
 r>t« •iiiluT wh.il f«.M-f.H'«i«»n meant. 
 
 l.lre. 
 
 1 to 
 
 t.. I..- M..o.iy 
 
 •4 of drIftlnK. 
 
 iii'ui ;iii'i .n»lrucllve an- 
 
 quent by the nlave power or the 
 
 y prrHVMMleJ without official pro- 
 
 Uni««. HO at the hoR-iimlnir "f Lln- 
 
 ^ n'»mlna l and 
 
 The •« of 
 
 • • iM»ii< \ Mill lit I per- 
 
 ifadiiifc to the final 
 
 he wan I'reHident. Il«* \viii« 
 
 Like clay he wan in««i '• i t.. 
 
 by loyal people wh 
 
 subvert or <1. strrjy i- 
 
 for c< iiervfMl to k.li 
 
 kill. l: \ Tnrv!*» ft cl-.r 
 
 no terntA of t . 
 
 Cffpted bv thp s 
 
 t> 
 
 ji ■ 
 
 f 1 1 < t i I 
 
 iier\'e<l to ■ 
 
 ClaiMM*" v 
 
 had ( 
 
 T 
 r-" • 
 !• 
 I 
 
 •ion a plot to 
 
 t.. the North 
 
 tiiiif •■ read to 
 
 M't.r ; ,oln. thai 
 
 Ihvj Ni'Mh uoultl be ar- 
 
 ' l>oen fioHMililo It rtnild only 
 
 •i<»t by an 
 
 ••onntltu- 
 
 •I^••. It only 
 
 !i and certain 
 
 .. « oncluHlon thnf 
 
 •d. 
 
 •Iin.jit Vorth thai 
 them. It 
 ■1.! w.MiM 
 
lII8Tt)RICAL INTROnrCTION— PART 11. 19 
 
 hi ■.■••■• had 
 
 rr '">' 
 
 pr. ' «" 
 
 ••». \ivr 
 
 4, _ . >re<l 
 
 111 or lh«' right lo nup- 
 
 pr. I :iHkM the queMtlon 
 
 %i \ power to coerce 
 
 a .- ^ hich In nttempt- 
 
 hu. it. from tho Confed- 
 
 er "Aft»*r much BHrlouii 
 
 rt-r that no Huch power 
 
 h:i -r dfpartineiit of the 
 K. 
 
 ' Kuiit.i!ncd by Attorney Oenonil Hluck. nn 
 
 Of •■•' ' i^.-.vii. «. f . ...,-f n.i»,,nft| law. but 
 
 U| 1. The MieH- 
 
 nii. '<.MlKn«'d a» a 
 
 Ju- I id favoriMl meanM wJiereby 
 
 It V ««ry\vher»«. n |»««nal offenfie 
 
 li» it ln'caim** fn'«* i»p«H'ch waH 
 
 mu\ alHo be Hllenced in free 
 
 Hi i!ir fii' . v'.. I ••xpanHioniHt nhould have 
 
 "f» fVfrywh.riv "' !i.id no rifrhtn white men 
 
 i»' • ' itej* 
 
 N« . .i i i.-iM .i.-.-i i II. 11..!.: In 
 
 th- t hJn conviction, namely: 
 
 Tl>- - 1 l! r.\... ..M.. fact." 
 
 'I*'" Mon for fav- 
 
 urlnv '■ \ . 
 
 ^»" 1 1 htnttirir paK«* than that 
 
 ^•••' '• I'nlon In onb-r to per|>etu- 
 
 **' •• which. If HiicceiMful. 
 
 "»' ' v\ N«» p*»r»pl*» fu\ mitt- 
 
 u»t- 
 ^tly 
 
 ui 
 
 la I 
 
 a* ' 
 
 th 
 
 N. 
 
 nivn and i- 
 
 than drift . 
 
 Htatra. If why that, he was treated 
 aa a traitor 
 
 Nunnl . ,j^,l told that necesiilon waa 
 
 revolution ly a„j cxlenalvely estubllsh 
 
■:o inM«.iu« .M. i.> ION— PAUT II. 
 
 humnn »t!nvf»rr. n fry^f^-m «• to thMr nwn rl^hti and 
 
 oi • 
 
 Ih 
 
 vor- 
 • of 
 
 11, I to 
 
 fr. "^ 
 of 
 
 Ih. * HIack 
 
 1^. in their 
 
 J, the 
 
 N.. ...uM 
 
 whip I v.»i.i i.ijilojy u. 1. The 
 
 South "•• th.» nillnir p* »t"-i nnJ 
 nway t 
 lor In 
 
 V I •• ' oil t iiin 
 
 b.. • rallied 
 
 to i IKI'l i- . 
 
 ( »ur iiri to hold at- 
 
 larWs h. ! ■ lli.ru. ! of 
 
 Ih jced 
 
 b> H In 
 
 the Vkvnl wrr*" fur dtfii-ri-nl inuii now. Ci- • ott. 
 
 Comtrrirv!or-ln-C'hl«'f. ronMl<I«-red th«* of«»!ro nrmy ) t lo 
 
 nff • .on to H ex- 
 
 t»- I tho P.. fter 
 8>. 
 
 C«f 
 
 m- 
 
 It 
 
 w.. 
 
 w. 
 
 th 
 
 A ,.pl 
 
 Hu 1 by 
 
 r«t 
 
 iHrmlMirly f»vf»1*»nt In Iho 
 
 N* 'h#» Vlr- 
 
 if' of nn 
 
 n*:' a. Alft- 
 
 *>*' I threat 
 
 OI. . Irit 
 
 of 81- 
 
 «>••• . •• . - .... city 
 
 M^Mi Bttaclu and to r< t oa impoaln* aa posalble. 
 
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION'— PART 11. 21 
 
 y^f r) .. f..« .1 f «..,>.!. I \i iH 111? •","1 men. Thin condition 
 
 dill nor did nuchnnan'a 
 
 net r"''"ry of thn Snuth. 
 
 Ion*. iifiKtofi. ill 
 
 n^ : It to r- ■ tly 
 
 i»d 
 •d 
 
 rit, 
 - ll.im .x.'i I II- : n :: 11. ,i. : . . -. alld 
 
 iiortii to Southern in r uho In a 
 
 ,..,.,,.., V. . . ' '»•• • ••'•■• 'I '^•"verm ..^ order alone 
 
 tranafrrrinic 
 
 Miv 1 Orleans wn« seized by a 
 
 mil " specie: aiso the U. S. Custom House 
 
 wit*. Cobb had bankrupted the treasury'. 
 
 Floyd iiuil ti«UH«r.l ii iit*ralcatlon In the nterJor Department by 
 complicity \*llh a cl*»rk. of ov<»r $1 Ofto OOO, an«! both hnd joined 
 the host of treason. ' - infc the : fter 
 
 showlnff formal couf sor. LIti. to 
 
 ■ ' ^ . . . ... Msirlct 
 
 In the 
 
 • v.. ...►,., ■■,-. .,..- .,, ..,...,..,,.,. vAi.ectlnif. 
 
 it It would e'er lonir be lncori>orated In the Slave 
 
 al and moral status 
 
 of ' 1 of the Irate slave 
 
 power. •d" %*e hml bt-f-n l«»ld was their rule, yet 
 
 nothfnr ■ rotf«»n In nn f'»»i(frt! 5<»n^f». more dishonor- 
 
 ah!- to the country. 
 
 Htu • ry of aires, the 
 
 plotji of tr.i Ming inor.« w i. k.-.Jiy iiAtincd and savagely 
 executed Is 
 
CHRON1CKE8 OF A WAR PRISONER. 
 
 CHRONICLES 
 
 ^HOM THE-: 
 
 DIARY OF A WAR PRISONER 
 
 OPENING CAMPAIGN IN 1864. IN VIRGINIA. 
 
 I„ . • . , ..,..!..• \ \t., '. :: ! ; -..1 v> . l: >.. i .l.-livlit - 
 
 ful. I; 
 
 we hxi 
 
 fur Nome liin««. Ii haji Uhmi in> I «»f 
 
 May uiid flue weather, we hud i ainl 
 
 inUil, we would have been provoked i^ult (tvit' t«i tttx liitttoiM dally. 
 So thiit'M iii»thl!»K. ; hut we nhall iiiaich H«Mm. I'muhI drill fore- 
 noon und •' march an hour undei 
 pepper wit for examination for 
 r. » .\i . •• i»Vlork drew " 
 
 a •• ttilfi week, for my f-s 
 
 t) inttre ratlnnx. Had a {.....- . >-.^ 
 
 ij . ter Im K«'ttlnK i*ver>ihinK ready in !• 
 
 f« ) . ■ .1 1 1 1 . 1 . 1 1 > I L- ) 1 1 I : . > I . • . I , ! 
 
 |. 
 
 »• . \ ■ 1 
 
 o'clock we ma I ' 
 
 M iV iTh \' HiiUthWPDt 
 
 di- -I u( Sloiiy Muuiiluiii uiid ran ' 
 
 I- ' hlnir rolutnn** and movlnif 1» 
 
 t > 
 
 \i. I 
 
 »•; 
 
 K- 
 
 I 
 
 \\ 
 I 
 < I iM'iter dayH. 'i • 
 
 »■ > tJif rljfht nf J.fi 
 
 .lit Km*. I 
 
 IIM* out t- 
 
rilRONICUKa OF A WAR PRISONER. 23 
 
 riRhC UN. Thin will hrinv our Imum of suppIlM Muth to polnta 
 
 •. rourno 
 
 !i<l view 
 
 lily Htately 
 
 . bTPH rirma 
 
 Ml) 
 
 t. Thoiio who h4u1 prruplen iibout throwlnic 
 
 1 1. felt 111 ty. For an hour nn<l 
 
 vn with ' 'Xin*-n. shirtii. hlankctM 
 
 .11 .... ,^ ,. , ,,,i,,j „ot march In flloii 
 
 ni' t'lc marchirifc tiresome. Miles 
 
 or 
 
 fell nn If nhot rlea«l: one who fell 
 an -! iwv, i\. rolleil down the hill and 
 
 |o.' It la 1 moan they Rjve aa they 
 
 fai .ins ..fi • 1. The alcl they gret from 
 
 c<>i t. wv can only caHt a pitying look 
 
 ail ; JllnK. Friends api>lie<l water from 
 
 cmul4M;t.a lu lUv Uick of n.y lu-ad, neck and breast, whl« h proved 
 m r»ll«f. rapt. Hwan told me to full out but I felt determined 
 not to leave the runka; threw away my woolen blanket and ffot 
 better. 
 
 *' • " -,'./... %- . .. ,...».,„ Rjvcr 
 
 at MU were 
 
 III i>\ siKht 
 
 to :fj» side. 
 
 a«* "f cattle 
 
 b> -u^i. There was once 
 
 m ■ 
 
 m r.ite 
 
 fo Th. Sixth 
 
 <.^ 1. The poal- 
 
 l>' ■ 'mac. In 
 
 til romlnjc 
 
 b.4 in the 
 
 c« corp la 
 
 I -1 In 
 
 ! on 
 . or 
 b.. >. 
 
 by officeni and men. We feel the 
 
 '. la on. It la the befflnnlnir of the 
 
 re to m<K«t the enemy In reglona 
 
 ■.If iikTin:,g ru'.sily favorable to the Southern army. 
 
CHROKICLES <•!' A WAR PRISONER 
 
 In Its choMtu often fortlfJe^l positions. Offlcrrt r» l our 
 
 corps win t' .w. f>.. f •^' .t'L.k. or will be flr»t The 
 
 ilr>- where battles are iikely to 
 
 • t) of hostilities, he has moved 
 
 lu ncqualnt them with It LeaJInK 
 
 enemy U 
 occur. 1 • 
 forces about 
 officers know 
 %*an taxes. N' 
 urn nt a tlm«» 
 
 try 
 
 ^'xtural slraleKy 
 ! make a tie**; 
 • to him. n 
 K. or by our ^K 
 
 h«n^e have many ad- 
 
 •••mpt to crush 
 
 wo shall find 
 
 "f -rs and scouts. 
 
 are nerved for the crisis. Our fate 
 
 They 
 
 forros In 
 
 th.Mc fo: 
 
 sleep. A 
 
 Near 
 
 Ijif.ii.try 
 
 wh.K». It aM>v;i.i«, by Ihc 
 disposed to check us today; 
 
 thluK aM battle. We n • 
 
 iri < 1 I rrxi !s about 4 
 
 ^ . near portlonn «'i 
 
 fortified here and a half mile back, but 
 
 ... 1 after a few shots. We lay down behind 
 
 two hours, taklnic rofrfshnients. rest and 
 
 Iv i.f tr.'.iiH ;ir<» assembled In this vicinity. 
 
 >< sounde<l aicaln: columns of 
 
 • out by briKades. the corps 
 
 for convenience In formlns 
 
 Mons with the left and right 
 
 u.iy wo move, the enemy are not 
 
 ill Is quiet aa If there were no such 
 
 "uly. throuKh hen- :iesses 
 
 ni. Htrurk the ; I and 
 
 • ■ oid battle grounds aixMjt v iiuncel- 
 
 supply tr 
 
 ,.., ».r,.L.. ,.ff hy regiments on either side. To 
 
 •• would pn»bably stay the night. 
 
 with troops of all arms; heavy 
 
 rtiller>-. no doubt 40.000 armed men. Generals 
 
 rrn riT 1 «»tnffs arrived soon after we camped, 
 
 staffs. General Wads worth has 
 
 ' his division and parsing a wonl 
 
 :.s .iH go«K| natured as ever. He wears 
 
 llsht gray horse, his gray hair cut 
 
 • • ■ — '■ •• ■ ■ . -he 
 
 >• 
 
 Are 
 
 ■r th« 
 
 woods, the trees are 
 I M. T, by thousands 
 
 ^la's sake, now 
 
 ftoiti Jhc ImO", they nre not likely to slight It 
 
 Into the ground. Home are running through It 
 
 : what can be picked up; others are knocking and puUlnff 
 
 tHMnls from lU sides. U Is rwt a tiranfer to soldiers, they 
 
CHllOKlCLES OF A WAR PRISONER, :iS 
 
 iixl RcbM; Stonrwall himself. 
 
 Il wan about here the 
 
 r for a 
 
 some 
 
 ••■'■'ht 
 
 'S 
 
 , :. . h 
 
 ■ n the morning. W« 
 I them. 
 
 OPENING THE GREAT WILDERNESS BATTLES. 
 
 l««'fore Uiiy bugles blowe<l. drums 
 
 ^«v^• At diiwn troops were moving; 
 
 • out uuisioit liutiv lit .1. A mile out we discovered Indi- 
 
 ■f tho onomy. Mort* sklrmltth«-rH are thrown out ((6th 
 
 of our brigade) and a battery a> ing It. 
 
 lines move on the rlvht and left o: mcing 
 
 '. Into thirk ^\'.'>l.^. The 
 
 : tllU«ry that moving was 
 
 " — * " • - to give 
 
 Court 
 
 It two 
 
 : hav- 
 
 check. 
 
 • ore rldiDg on the hue. In a few minutes Gen- 
 
 ' f't:r ^irtiT't'l'*. fnlrrrl thrm romr.nnl*?? of the 
 
 U ad- 
 
 i. Ad- 
 
 1 Rice 
 
 : i>Iace 
 
 Our 
 
 UK aa 
 
 • "'-y 
 
 ...ce 
 
 our llr >\ but wo 
 
 \s.M,,!s . cut roads. 
 
 Y again ;iear<l cannon boom- 
 
 !v VTf ■ Thf Urrs on our 
 
 :;*: I. 
 
 y iu.l r.kl .1 ll\. ly brunti. l.LkluK li.ric "r fL.ur I'llwoui-ra and 
 •■\g the enemy. Our orders wore to advance two miles, if 
 
2« CHRONICLES OP A WAR PRISONER. 
 
 I • ' ' 1 on firing niul maneuvering ever>' 
 
 1 flat, loading luid firlny. We took 
 
 it — 
 
 V ^ Wimn on our riKht 
 
 rt>ll ' • tun ll.MMM. It \\.i.S 
 
 It uptx-Htiil ihtry httU lurtKrO uur ivli riuiik. which cut u» ull £rui 
 
 nny MupiMtrt. 
 
 We f«' • .iiul front 
 
 In hrnvy t We netit 
 
 in<*n lo flii'l t thii V V unti 
 
 I hey never rei . •• wore <i thnn 
 
 ten tt» out 
 behind L« 
 
 It" •» ., ...^ ,.,.,.. .^ ..,.11 
 
 IH. That we nilKht i titul 
 
 t lo our force the line I we 
 
 } • men. Home of the &6th mid 
 
 r M nn«l wi-Mt.Mi f .Kitii.-fit** ; -..mI- 
 
 t«Te«l. let exietiii our line \\ 
 
 bayori'-f'» JmtiMv rheerlnif. fi < 
 
 who .' -r the rl<lK«. l»»h;t..l a ItiKt' 
 
 we ni; )>y the rlicht flunk and file 
 
 We IhouKl'l uuryclves lucky when we Rot out of thii* t»rrilc.. 
 ment. 
 
 We had !«• * * . ' .» - -. - .'ment > 
 
 comiiaiilefi. 1 • we 
 
 I ' ' i. «anie 
 
 « .md came 
 
 1 . L- ,,ut I 
 
 ) Into this bo«ly. An I n; t»i« > 
 
 • t»k!"; their i»le<eii were at I'Ut I 
 
 iduoReil to the riRht into a mirrow Rulf down an enibunktnent 
 through the brunh to thf» bottom. f!e«»nlff» vhf««tHnif bulletM. and 
 mK»n came up t<» t> One of tli- 
 
 iMiyn who waji tak< ' hat or equip 
 
 men til. 
 
 Several buUeta came near hittlnff me during the forenoon. At 
 
 *■ • - ... ... .- » --■ ,- -- - :'i. when a 
 
 1 t my eye 
 t .... ;. Uelow and 
 i Others struck a 
 
 '1 we ran as fast as possible 
 
 and I- thought It the place where 
 
CHRniNrTr'T^Ka OF A WAR PRT80NER. 27 
 
 oil' 
 
 
 a tic In t? J where we were 
 
 .1. 
 
 
 I .1i 1 I If waH now 3 
 
 hunifry 
 
 ::<! fact-a 
 
 1 ulv .i h.tnltack. 
 
 ! i\n Hl»«-iif|on to 
 
 .nt. 
 
 ilch 
 
 1 • 
 
 
 on 
 
 at 
 
 
 >: to 
 
 oui .... .. 
 
 .... .....; 
 
 the 
 
 offlrrni i>f 
 
 what I 1 
 
 1 vore 
 
 C«>iiMii!t 1 tiLT 
 
 .1 \ ..'1' c 
 
 1 aa 
 
 hi- 
 
 
 in Co. I) of our rejclment. 
 
 H. 
 
 
 ^' froni the woodii and iiaid 
 
 Ih. 
 
 
 iry riKiil »»ul ilur." pointlnfr Jn the direction 
 
 w. 
 
 
 • nrniv An ffHr-r !Tn?Mr..nato|y rode to the 
 
 e«l. 
 
 
 iiic ua In and wo 
 
 trt' 
 
 
 1 not reucho<l the 
 
 %»■ 
 
 
 ..II trw • rInK 
 
 ai 
 
 
 Xv were '.ml 
 
 %l ! 
 
 
 ■ ' : ;iii 1 11. '>\ ''1 nil., the 
 
 fk< 
 
 
 U-nt that If we could 
 
 n««' ... It. A few men were 
 
 •n line. 
 
 . (a more by-road). Dla- 
 
 c«' • relurniHl. Ttwy iinnio.lliit«'ly rhaiiKcd their 
 
 €•• 'n. W. riHivi'd aa ffiat and na rautloualy as 
 
 |i4. lh«- \*«H»da ■ • :ll of the enemies acouta with 
 
 W "»hot«i w^r** . I. Turning north we paaaed 
 
 th' :nc out near u clearing. A portion 
 
 of tit over. Dead and wound«»«| were 
 
 a* ■ T - thernera. 
 
 K" . From 
 
 Ih- • i oiM i-.-rM over- 
 
 wi In or r ijc noar the 
 
 •«U •••' 'f ' I'Mitenant 
 
 I'r odRe of 
 
 Ih- K younir 
 
 W' re or the preaence of any of 
 
 Lr. uMth tia to ahow the way to 
 
 CM. .me to where the road 
 
 fo: • • «♦ n e*»fl!n p^lnt to 
 
 I" In 
 
 at" .cer 
 
 In V .~. . ^.r-.r. i r.otiotrJ t.^o dla- 
 
28 CHRONICLES OP A WAR PRISONER. 
 
 J 
 
 to 
 
 •r. 
 
 II 
 
 .. . . , i:..lr 
 
 <h1 the c.iuiio. rep- 
 
 : • Caj.t. S\v;in ftfK)!- 
 
 cgixetl to the woman. 
 
 SURPRISED AND MADE PRISONERS OF WAR. 
 
 \V. } , .«. ;irr<l> Ij.ilf a mil.- J.. f..r, ^\ .• u.-re Irj the mld«t 
 
 n. The first liMtmation we hxuJ of It wn« the 
 
 inketii as they cocked them and I saw two of- 
 
 li. • r!^ .11 :. to the rl}?ht of the road ahead and their lines 
 
 r-"- •::- • '\ on tv*th ••^!e« of us. Our offl«'*»r^ were too 
 
 • put out an Kuard 
 
 viKh we had !. id. It 
 
 h- 
 
 y 
 
 ' I . >■» . JM 1 ., t ' > \\ J . < •■ i . : . i ' > i I tie 
 
 whit h v iMi-nced to reload as we 
 
 •;»... J- f.. I),,. »,,,,«(•,. ..( men. 
 
 . them 
 
 '•n luid 
 
 • ». H 76ih N. Y.. ' arm. 
 
 f our rnininny \\ others 
 
 i iifl I < Hi'wrul fail In the 
 
 e was < ■ ..t. most of the men 
 
 • ftway < hoplf.K to escivpe. Lieuts. 
 
 II fli'w . «'imn'M h<tr«^. Our tympany 
 
 ■ d 
 
 ■ .'1 i»ri. i'«i>i». MM|<| «.i. u)<> .ir«' «Mir n.«ii. <i«»n"l 
 
 flrr 
 
 k . II. ('.t.f.tia SCii .1. r....l I Mv.l.. It. tK.. t.il.l.f of 
 
 ht 
 
 • M 
 
 • t *«••' thftt they wer*», we eac^rly i « 
 
 :-^"' TV.- r. I H.T'rt- Thr. Tv-r. r.ii'i'r.f. . •« 
 
 , otnts. :• 
 
 "throw m 
 
CHRONICLES OF A WAR PRISONER. 29 
 
 If in in ■■ ftoii».* vv«'r«- for ninnlTjr. «;r.m.- fnr r«~nr»w!Tifr tho ftcht. 
 
 un«lJi •' >. ili.ii •. ijum!e<l 
 
 In our tWi: r t %vhlch 
 
 It. u'vo 
 
 r.t 'pa 
 
 at to 
 
 In- «»f- 
 
 rtt • on 
 
 y«. xe<I 
 
 fr.. . .tH. 
 
 tolMurco box i about 
 
 to rod* to .^ >r IIIIlH 
 
 ct>rpii In 111 • -<iUl to iiie ihiit tlu'X 
 
 hn«l h«^n v .u. "Wo'nii recKon***! 
 
 Ih«t. 1 na. yuuHa played right Bmart or 
 
 ^ Wi-Tv full of cavalry looking for us. They 
 
 gt>t 
 
 • '' • • • » ■■':■'] hpfnre 
 
 tha kiiif? nil 
 
 M..; ■' if h,nl 
 
 ■••t- 
 
 !.in 
 
 • TH 
 
 .iiui 
 
 i»f witlfi'. i'annon- 
 
 the nlr nlmoitt over 
 
 ' and Lee'* left flunk 
 
 ■ .la 
 
 gir ly 
 
 iho 
 oke of 
 ' . .fid 
 
 • w, 
 1 • .-.^ot 
 
 ftiit on the 
 
 \ by bullets 
 
 i'»* our party. 
 
 In wnm given 
 
 ing by 
 
 f mus- 
 
 »*••..' fc' I " Mil .. ^. ,,r shells 
 
 iKAs terrtflc. As ms .. i to be lo 
 
 \ 
 
so CHRONICLES OK PRISONER. 
 
 k' up br^iiat 
 . I ho front- 
 
 s tn.- tt.H,|,H 
 
 ill the line of 
 
 ,.. .r fr..,,. th(* 
 
 • •m 
 
 u ns easily mm 
 ft few minute* 
 the <iuicl wftii brt»krn by nii «»uii urnt t»f llritiK clone nt hand. 
 *;reiil roiifuHhti) prfViillfl; HhoutH of ilifftrewii iir<i j»htrp com- 
 iniin«lii iniitKie*!; teunm with mil without r dern r -r back; 
 
 flown the road. thr«»nirh fl*'l ! mul w«in-l fled f <»f In- 
 
 fantry, ofncem ^! ^ " ! r.volvem. 
 
 c:uardfi yelltHl. "l •* broken, fall In 
 
 rtKht nnmrt. ifet •»tji "i .'.it ^ 
 
 It wnn a m iirry time f-T um. thoui;h we reJolcc<l to nee It. 
 lUtyoiwtjt In hundH of extit* I IleLcli*. Home nn cnmiced an to be 
 arjxIouH to UH«' thern. We i«y ecte<l th- whole line might be 
 
 i)>r..vv,, .lis!, .v.- I ni...n MS .'i.! ..11' » Mll.fM Itilffhl whittle UH. 
 
 •* hnntenlnR for- 
 
 • icnne a ro<l an 
 
 officer came nlonK ""d In 't mild. "Sit do%vn. hoys. 
 
 and take It c< ol." Tankn ifre of Rebn about par- 
 
 tlculam of the excitement. \<...... .tn u^.'.oer told both parties to 
 
 "ahut your h**Mdn. It* nothlnir b«t a A d nlnrer let a span of 
 hor- •••d. The roll of 
 
 mu- almont contin- 
 
 ■ •! .• 'i.irK u •■ * ' ^-''Ut 
 
 • \vh«'re wo f .-ra. 
 
 ■ >.. >,,. ,i ,. ,. ■ .^s and Li. 1-. .-...*«-. ..i..i lay 
 
 ■ the nlRhl. It dark, and we were closely 
 
 ^ md not allowed !■ ., ... lo the iruarda. 
 
 BEHIND THE ENEMY'S GUNS ! f r anp i ns r,c;T reeT. 
 Friday. May «th. 1R64 Ip at : «iulte 
 
 \\.ii Th«- "out.! >'{ »•..!''•• A ».» In !n very 
 
 t frofin hat tie ground. I>ead cav- 
 
 ', ..ijr mt tsT r.Tir n- r, t.ury them. 
 
 A» •ti*>of(i>t 1 '.. mov- 
 
 Ins clone to .. •cl and 
 
 stall osil al UtttivruJ Lvu m hcaUiiOa-rUrn, a. hui.UrcU >ards distant. 
 
CIIRONICLKS OF A WAR PRISONER. 81 
 
 Thr fore part of Iniit nlicht >i**vorul Imltorlon were hurried pa«t. 
 nonl. I think, to Leen right. I think thin tarly nichtlnic In to facll- 
 Itnte a nwvrnicnt by our Irft winjf around I^e'n rlRht. Hard to 
 (ri water. Th««y let a few rnen out with cnnteenH under minrd. 
 When Lonjjitreet returned to hia column he wim arcom- 
 |mnl«d by Oeiieral I^h*. A nhort tlm<* thfy iitoo<I toKether dli- 
 
 iM <»n the other wide of 
 
 ►: to battle. Gmve con- 
 
 ... M >v i^ ..,. ..i... .1..- .,. » .i,. . ... ; • ' •" I felt opprewied 
 
 with thr ftt«t of thflr attHulf toward try. HKhtlnic to 
 
 .lint (II. f If (.. II. .11.1 .111 .1 .;.im t.r iicht . 'uate nlavory by 
 
 try an It rumen the 
 to do It. they break 
 thetr tmihw by iirtn v. ••niilj)<-. jUHitfyinK their course by 
 
 the niniay i»rft«-xt >^f • f thflr ittateH In ne<*e<llnif because 
 
 a prenldent. not t v in vU-vivi], It Ih apallinfc how men 
 
 ■»r larifi* ability ttMl illKiiitv. Hlultify thoniHtdven! the 
 
 •nKful act«. 
 
 h their and 
 
 ''.• • •» ^!K >\n.i %N : -Ml <'i t m«' Sentiment 
 
 t»f I Their caus'* f (leneral Lee and 
 
 "♦' • -■ '■• ' ' " " •<> the front. He 
 
 ru: an ln)i>eni- 
 
 t.itlon an«l fear, 
 
 the my an*l pemlstent character- 
 
 twtt tijt liable to act from llloif- 
 
 ils to prejudice, narrow 
 
 • of rhM meter when once 
 
 K . beat ability to 
 
 ac<> 
 
 Kin 
 
 • d an ho'. 
 •<i ha%e r. 
 llitea nre n<|M»ii<Mi n, 
 
 The rent of i»ur ; 
 
 Kht In aftrr ir\n.K" lil 
 
 Mo an prlviit«'>». lo..k full 
 • . r ■ -s ' 
 Hut 
 
 
 rie<l. 
 
 
 ;■ nttackinR. 
 
 
 rther west. 
 
 . 1 1 > 1 UK 
 
 • << corp 
 
 ue and ; 
 
 >Hltion 
 
 Di.iii ' 
 
 w ..<>. 
 
 
 d 
 
 
 vir 
 
 
 In<tt nlsht. are 
 
 
 ••r« are as 
 
 
 •^t". Talk 
 
 
 rthesl. 
 
 
 t di«. 
 
 
 \.- results. 
 
 
 vicinity of 
 
 
 • '• iunifcr than 
 
tS CHRONICLES OF A WAR PRISONER 
 
 1 8 
 
 •••• 
 tiiken to ;t with us. bottip huve 
 
 »:i:n ntl • hiM to j«^f ^o m:iny 
 
 ri 
 in 
 strrvt uuuitJed. Poic ciexirs uwuy; gets plensdnt. 
 
 LEAVE BATTLE LINE FOR PRISON— INTERVIEW REBEL 
 
 OFFICER. 
 
 At 10 ii. in. . t 
 
 Houa«*. Diiy hot, i. m, 
 
 '■ ' " t. 
 
 An we it 
 
 ) \ T.. <. ,.,1 ..,; •'• 
 
 !Hirth 
 ' ' : f we 
 
 i« wc were \ 
 
 Tilt T..M.n ■ .t. 
 
 We 
 
 i .lilted 
 
 ■ irunrd: h^tt«»r m«»n 
 I 
 
 M 
 ^ I 
 
 > his 
 
 . I. lit 
 not ptiiiid It 
 
 f'T n IttTir . 
 
 i> ill (tuul uf htiii. 
 ■ iin out Tb« gruuy 
 
 iiUl 
 
 lint » 
 
 
 1 
 
cnnoNicLEs of a war prisoner. ts 
 
 that l!i»t.n.-.1 w. r. rnnvlrrrrl thai Northern »ynipnfhlK*r« arc of 
 the V rtl that can »<»« *•• - night 
 
 rtf ^ -< ant! the art of r. and 
 
 n«>t of * r" 
 
 Jio furt). to 
 
 ,,... • " -n 
 
 !ld 
 
 ♦We 
 
 ild he. 
 •that when we set » <h wi»i help un 
 
 t.. |.i,. !.. f!.. u.ttl • ..nlBl«. suppresn 
 
 i liiop the incendiary 
 
 h fho ITnion on Southern 
 
 in hill inauKuration 
 
 ■ tie of a new gov- 
 
 cxuincnL" 
 
 We accepted hiii declaration r.a very frank and representative 
 
 of K. " ' -•--'-' •" - '••■•" '- •»— .■-'-. I. -od 
 
 to ^ »t 
 
 . .. m 
 
 of the 
 
 flerce- 
 
 . uf UiiM many 
 
 • .H and in plat- 
 
 fui ii.M. ik luv« fur L'nion, he said: 
 
 •'Klrnl Ji ■• of th* South must be the 
 
 end of ... ^.jjino 
 
 for a V iermn 
 
 \B 
 
 M- 
 . .ih. 
 There 
 which 
 
 AH)' 
 
 •MpoftTibtn. T (rfvr Knmo pofnta to 
 o. I o|»»M» l\ re up." 
 
 f fo tw> nM«» • r a. but 
 
 that If 
 
 '. tkirty 
 
 s r<>r . v]r . •*M;.k- <>j-i!,ion« we 
 
 • r. the problem would have 
 
 Tin ' n llnea. Hiii wife reHiden 
 
 there. 1! my years and from the 
 
 first was ready to follow him either way In this contest: so was 
 
S4 ciinnxTci.rf? \n prironer. 
 
 all northern ^ srrtlon that If Lo<» 
 
 ». ..I ..• I f... kx th.il th.- rtMt)orlty 
 
 I. and 
 
 . that 
 
 •■ ry 
 
 in 
 
 >te 
 
 ..• .ili-l lIi.H IJU4 «iut>- to 
 
 to the national vovern- 
 "A II South rti mon art* Htateii rlKhtn." said he. "and 
 
 vi>,..., It fl.,t f»i.. o^.Mt). VK..nM >..•.'.•. I.- St >ti- :ifti*r 
 
 to 
 
 te 
 •I- 
 
 Ul- 
 
 lloii. S«>u()i«-iii 1 > lii Ute i>rfVallinC 
 
 !r»*"».1 mm! nf'.<\ »Mi' No mnn of chur- 
 
 Mucreim '■*, 
 
 A Ml iS 
 
 .•■ 
 •le 
 ■ •*. 
 la 
 
 i !o, 
 
 fven In 1 to 
 
 »»l.i\.rv Tid 
 
 who did n«' "d aiavr-power, always 
 
 ..f tho rrlcn • 
 
 H«* own*' > td thlrty-lhre«. 
 
 lie lutld:- "Y- . he la a cook In 
 
 l<«M»*a art 
 
 "I II • -ran by ■teftllnff and 
 
 1 It l« 
 
 • mor- 
 > hold 
 Slav- 
 
 •id 
 
 nd 
 
 under 
 
 alave 
 
 isa aa 
 
 The 
 
 fut\ii.- ..r th'- .S..utf> In a ii.llltari rii-i-lff alid lii <. • «i«aTil> a wealthy 
 
 power.- 
 
CHRONIi'I.KS OF A WAR PRISONER. 3S 
 
 I rndor-- ' »' ' " •» o ...I. ^« ,,|i,| iiucr«'<k<l, niwl 
 
 ••kM: "If -iKhtlnfc to rnaln- 
 
 I .If, It • w 
 
 • al 
 ikIi 
 ' Ik 
 
 UJ. -hlH 
 
 •11 A«r 
 
 a aii'i fliiuiiclal lul'jrentii. 
 
 fir 
 
 f^f in. I 
 
 Vour np- 
 You iitol«» 
 
 ro- 
 of 
 •ur 
 • •ht. 
 We arc • .ver 
 
 •r, ^tr^^'n • ..f-y 
 
 to 
 
 MIT. 
 
 t." 
 and war by 
 
S6 « 
 
 power In Co: 
 "Bui It \ 
 
 \ WAR PRI80?«:R. 
 
 i^-r.^iw by 
 •Hc his 
 
 have been \vn» 
 
 Yor 
 
 
 Nc 
 
 
 up 
 
 
 rut. 
 
 
 with 
 
 
 a 111) Ua» lu 
 
 
 adiletl: "Th 
 
 
 upon this (■: 
 
 
 Injure our m 
 
 
 Union and u>\ 
 
 • I >% Mi K^^ « 11 
 
 do It." 
 
 
 • <.... ,, >. . t » 
 
 >...v .1.11 .1.. If 1 > 
 
 »: 
 
 • >ine 
 
 running It be let It 
 
 our Is In sympathy 
 
 I. till the last/' My 
 
 t ihc Nurth is a unit. So I 
 
 hnvo, ami »'lll rely in vain 
 
 r will 
 
 tlon of 
 
 in<) t >:t \\iiii' \«»u ;ilid Will 
 
 1. » V' '•"♦•llan. he Is your best 
 ma- 11." 
 
 If he should be 
 elected V 
 
 "Never; we'd be d d fools lo come Into the Union then. 
 Never : until all States shall have adopted policies favorable to 
 nluvfTv'" 
 
 P .ry 
 
 If I u- 
 
 ud 
 
 w- 
 
 • r- 
 
 it 
 
 ly. 
 
 .ir 
 
 ri*iuti<ini« in 
 "Wr!V T 
 lh» I 
 
 ' >uld not 
 
 •ur Conf< will not th^ n Inter go ov. 
 
 Inducenu-ul lu run n-^ '• Ml your fugitive 
 
 thrm up?" 
 "What will you do If we don't?" 
 
rilH- - OF A WAU PRIflONKU. S7 
 
 "Wrll flKt.t • 
 
 ••Whnt J. 
 
 "It'll n nt . MtAblUh It.** 
 
 *H'oul«! >ou II >frtr»?" 
 
 •*l i.r.-«»uft'«« .. up a mu«a In six 
 
 nioiithii 
 
 '*T)i ' would hAV« to AMiume the obllffatlona 
 
 i.f t! .• « ..nr.-.itr.ii y . tm^ wouM i*nHluc«» ()l«cont<*nt; what wouM 
 
 ■ \\ t II. I ii*|>oiM» wr'd whip h»*r Imrk." 
 
 TukiiiK him by the buttonhole. I icibl: "Whnro arc your state 
 
 •yi he InuKh«*<l. frownod, colored. 
 u- ' Id: 
 
 MitiiMichuiicttii ouKht to'vo been shoved 
 
 !• f.. 
 
 tnd that in pre- 
 «• — • Can you blame 
 
 »l- f : nU li.uk:" 
 
 N- » It. Wo win have our lndei>endence: without 
 
 tri l« a fool that 
 o up till we arc 
 
 , • ■ ' ' . .- > I m I 1 ,1 •-< I'- • Ml I I 1 K I > I ■" , 
 
 S" .\ . •■ u:' t as w««II havo It out and end the mattor. slavery 
 
 o on that." 
 
 . .1.. !f.'* f.!i..uf..l fli- 1...N-. 
 
 • •f Ia' ^ b«M]>i{u«4rd. Me |*uii4ue<i «*ur dreary Jouriay. cvitttldcrably 
 
 TALKS AND INCIDENTS AT GORDONSVILLE. 
 
 -•■i: ^: M: .■ Ki;- . • < • . f .. \!.a .-f •' : '. •• . ]■]■■ l-.sitli.n 
 
 of 
 
 I'M. 
 
 ••r 
 
 • Me 
 
 le 
 
 was not room for all ta Ha down. We had conM 2S miles, waa 
 
S8 
 
 fa'- 
 
 II 
 
 CHRONICLFS OF A WAR PRISONRH. 
 
 .».....,»...• », .1 oatr-n but Utile nil day. plcclnn out the 
 vn May S and 4. not knowlnic when 
 ny. 
 \i 1 o'clock : 
 
 -ut .Vhrir. 
 
 h> 
 
 tltkf t-it n I 
 
 hnyonrtn. « 
 
 nii»<>n. drl\ 
 
 <llnlf*ct. wt 
 
 hu- 
 
 1* ' 
 
 h\ 
 
 al. , 
 
 the tniln moved. 
 
 The liimlHcape whm l>caiinful « lothinff h<T»olf In robeii of 
 ftprlnir. Moniliifc «l««llKhlfiil. .. ■. the «uii nhi^l hu my« on 
 
 the land and fifuike |H>nce to irt. Nature wan heavenly, 
 
 her voice In evi-r. "Man be trut* i«» ihymdf;'* th«» luime In war nnd 
 In peace, to the rich, the |>oor, the hlfch. the low. oh. could we 
 be like her! "Only rnan In vile." 
 
 An we aftfiroached <fordonNVllle we miw the heiichtN. fortlfl- 
 
 we were arouned 
 
 five mInuleN to 
 
 1 the fence with 
 
 :i<>Ne who had not 
 
 11 waN evidoni. by the 
 
 much c-onfuNlon and 
 
 ! to thir intln. and 
 
 ••re l)ox ciirft. NO 
 
 ■ 'red tenia and 
 
 •••1 the order 
 
 :..iown off and 
 
 Cil' 
 
 
 
 In Neven ' arc 
 
 l»> 
 
 
 
 .•arrhe«l UN . red 
 
 our n 
 
 
 
 < i;"ii' 1 1 .— •Id T '» • ,,i.i-K«-l for 
 
 ir..oo. 
 
 
 
 ti» a KUard. W) (<• th<« h«»UNe 
 
 to ».. 
 
 
 
 «••• » t> t". -.Li. w ,r.- It would 
 
 n« • 
 
 
 
 man. having 
 
 n<' 
 
 
 
 |Mi|H>r. en- 
 
 V. 
 
 
 
 r ihinKN. Money waa K#»nerully 
 
 Ill • 
 
 
 
 . My money 1 had lurke<l into 
 
 1) ' 
 
 
 
 itMit. Many of UN had nothlriK left 
 
 ti> 
 
 
 
 \K<,m 1^^y «•••«»» MI | hnd w iiN my 
 
 ricithn 
 
 a. I-' 
 
 .ilfuUt. ■ 
 
 a few 
 
 phot OH 
 
 and 
 
 a p.irtlv 
 
 i«h they 
 
 to-* 
 
 
 
 •• orri« »T r«r;ir« nifiif me to 
 
 r« • 
 
 
 
 -• "f the field near Nome 
 
 h. 
 
 
 
 1 North Tarotlna who 
 
 Itv 
 
 
 
 Th. .«»„if,,f preNl- 
 
 d. 
 
 
 
 - They 
 
 h<: 
 
 
 
 . Mce nnd 
 
 pride 
 
 are ■ 
 
 
 H have been 
 
 movr-1 
 
 T» 
 
 
 fired by the 
 
 r\i' 
 
 
 
 of roalisinc 
 
 th. 
 
 
 
 theory about 
 
CHRONICLES OF A WAR PRISONER, 39 
 
 »Mth«»rT« civilisation and »irh«»m4» of empire with wlnvery oa the 
 
 ••. Ill evl(l«*ntl\ 
 
 i lur »U!«» of ' 
 
 
 waa now. 
 
 .•*! to (luubt « ■ 
 
 • •NM of the <»|.l 
 
 
 ..f Souih- 
 
 • r It . V 
 
 h of th.- 
 
 
 ■■ 
 
 par(> 
 
 • I hull f.. 
 
 
 
 -• ■ ■ ..... 
 
 ; .1.. U\vu ' 
 
 
 . . 1 J . >>. H I 1 
 
 had th. 
 
 U> to Ilia 
 
 
 ir arinivM 
 
 . ...ii-a, or li-.-. - 
 
 . ;hein In :.. 
 
 
 : L of the 
 
 \orth. 
 
 
 
 
 Th-lr ii...fl.i w .« ••VII f),.. <. 
 
 .,,tl. , .«..-. »... ,,u... 
 
 \ up 
 
 nlon? the 
 
 8oul) 
 
 
 •-•n. 
 
 Picturinic 
 
 the Ir 
 
 
 Mllty of thplr 
 
 b*ln« yieliltMl. mu.»«« ihom UmH. 
 
 in»t>»T. Thfy hail 
 
 HUp|H)ii«d the 
 
 North car<»d nothlnjc for \\\v rnJon worth flfrhtliiK for, an<! na 
 the I>eniocmtlc imrty ih'Vjt opp<(h«m| Hhivi-ry, iihi>ul(l It rim* to 
 power the war would roaji*' aiul all <llH|)UtfM would be Mettled by 
 Irraty. A aoldler of imMnlnence wild the mere exlfiti*nef of Mlavery 
 led on otir arinlen: that If we ha«l the |»ower to abollMh iilavery 
 we would ' 
 
 Then !.oul dlnreirarded Southern rlichtu 
 
 «•"■•••' MKi-- .i.-.. ..ii...,-H for liberty. Thin nummary «)f 
 f- b«' It true «»r falni*, mwuvm the maMH, filln the rankH 
 
 u:. H nuppllen. Yet It In i,..fi. .».!.• that the manH admit 
 
 a Ixdlef that i»l.i\i-r> Im wmmii:. ■' «em of la!>or; but that 
 
 there Wttn no oth»«r iiyi«t««m for • ii and what would the 
 
 North do without It? They nniiume<l thiit N«>rthern commerce and 
 Induntry i|f|HMide<l U|>on nluvery; that the climate Im iiKainHt 
 \\hii«> li.<luiitr>'. white men btdnic unable to endure lalM>r: to which 
 \\.« rt-i'll.-.I by remlndlnir them of the ability of both Southern 
 .ti»d Northern white men to endure the hardships of war In the 
 South. 
 
 Then** |>eop|o had little know|«M|f(«« of the character of the 
 North, the Value of the I'liloii and llw nature of the ireneral irov- 
 
 \ 
 
 it..-.- 
 by I.. 
 
 < 
 
 d. . s 
 
 avitt*>nc^. Klabi ..r w r..i.K K i* the South a buaineas.' which 
 cmme mn hotly aw tt» •ueir«*'»t dnnr»*r. 
 
 i)ne of th. you exercise 
 
 more m>erly .r try." which I 
 
 • "nre^hM! to Ih" trii.- .ir.i i.-k'^',. i hm j.ii.l..ii. 
 
 They do not see that when th^y forci-d alavcry Into a national 
 
40 CHRONICLES OF A WAR PRISON KR. 
 
 territory «H*! f1fmnnf!*Mi Ifw Y»ro««»rflon In fitiHh»m communities. 
 It wnji th. r !■ new. 
 
 ThiTf l« A «»">• of 
 
 \V • ■■ .j.tn 
 
 l>4 the 
 
 ir ■ »»ttt 
 
 or »w- 
 
 Cii ii»v- 
 
 ft on the iMMt means 
 
 to i would nut have oc- 
 
 curred. 
 
 An old man said he had always lovf^i th** I'nion. but had 
 irlven It up; If the country could tx- < in the 
 
 Union he would be fflwd. »»ut he m »«•«? it. 
 
 "neither will you. > the 
 
 |>rlvllesed youth of I. I 
 
 ni. i«*as 
 
 of 1 of 
 
 tl ry. 
 
 hi i«'M. 
 
 Ol \^ ho 
 
 ha KiKhts 
 
 114 ! the new 
 
 cl'- •»»♦ I he ' \'. 
 
 ••<>k M!» < Nurprlsetl at our near 
 
 r»- ■1> Inqulrt*. •"l>o you think 
 
 th lH> you fX|>ecl to ivaucc us 
 
 to \h'j \'\> 
 
 Am to tm no rixht to know anything about 
 
 INilltics thc> iM- MK«- nil- old ludy iind duuxhtrm whose house I 
 visltrd near CuliK-pper. Vn.: They wantrd tho war to end and 
 "don't cure a |>i ^v." 
 
 W** !tv nt ' !l day and nlifht between the em- 
 
 bii !. Here I Rot my flml Htm^h i»u|>er; It 
 
 irn ' buttleii. stute«l th.it a foi..- u.im \itiiiiM 
 
 two miles of Fetersbunr and Richmond. 
 
 Wrote a Irf - • »n pent home whW n a iitix.n n.n.j ti.« 
 would put In tl About a hundred rations of hard breud 
 
 at^- I ffot none. A train of woiutded 
 
 C M Ih- \Vt!'lernri»n hnttlefleld l>ound 
 
 f«' lM«d Into the 
 
 0«t . 1 U|. .11, tilM 
 
 strstcher. 
 
• H!:' •N'lrr.Es ««F A UAFi rnis.»NKi: 4t 
 
 VIRGINIA GIRLS OF SWEET SIXTEEN DID NOT LOVE US. 
 
 •l 
 
 \S"': . jr 
 
 »f. It In I. 
 
 o 
 
 I . - . - live 
 
 k' I • : - ' ' -• . w« 
 
 ■ • ' '■ ■ ■•• •"! 
 
 I 
 . , • >' 
 
 %^« t bark nn fast an ihey lainv. I'rrx uriiig u H«>In*1 Haff Ihey 
 riHtc<l It at ua. 
 
 Kwfft VItkIiiIji rimliln. 
 
 You lov«» ih«« -"il w h.T«« lM»rii; 
 Bui you b«>iir it - fui|«>a. 
 
 Yft I forirlvc' ;n. 
 
 Vou know •>••' vJv.i v..i| tio. 
 
 Nor <io I 
 III niHR a ^ 
 
 An you bestow your hate. 
 
 I wliih I hn<l n flowrr: 
 
 1. 1 i..«M If ..., the Irn. 
 I« >«» thin hour 
 
 ^ I rn.-' 
 
 „ ^ht. 
 
 < Sirls 1 i«rt b«hliia. 
 
 Y'Mir w« <»rn In hot and k«H«n 
 
 * - \ . , V rl- I ....... 
 
 I'm bad 
 
 Tl.. c 
 
 And you'll not b« ao mod. 
 
42 « 'Hi:' t.N M l.!-."-* « T A » Aiv ililSoNKR. 
 
 Yon. when thin wnr \n r.v.r 
 
 And th«* Tulon In 
 You mny wiml a Yai r 
 
 Ant! not tr>' to feci tut bond. 
 
 •«\M]n«'lto with old Rorwh! 
 
 IridfKMl.. It Hopmn quifp nnd 
 That niu'h coiiM nmko a nuiah 
 (»n RlrlH and hv Iholr fad! 
 
 Homo brutal nlicicer-drlvcr. 
 
 Who Riorloii in bin lafih. 
 Homo Hlav«Ty connlvor 
 
 MlRht favor Huch a manb. 
 
 Hut your doar Alma Mator 
 
 In JefferHon'n own »cbooI; 
 llo xvRft n Hiavory hater; 
 wan no fool I 
 
 »i'.'ii:rit\ Tii.iidH. KOo<l-day — 
 
 Whrn Hball wo mo««t auraln? 
 Y«»u don't »o«'ni to Uko my way. 
 
 Mad maids of Old Vlrgrln. 
 
 ohfiorvlnic a larffo crowd to noe un in town, the boyn nnuK 
 national noiiRM. an tho train drew In. whk-h Iho offlrorn ntopiKvl. 
 The normal |»oi>ulatlon of CharlottovHh* 1h r..&00. Tho icroator 
 |N»rtlon of tho rn>wd wore women whii |ooko«I at tin with 
 apimront Intoront. Thoro are noveral bonpltaln horo whlrh ai • 
 belnir filled with wounded. F'our mllon furlhor tho onKini- |o.«*' 
 |M)wor and half our train In loft. I boInK on tho roar lar. He- 
 fore dark Kuardn wore ntationo<l and we were ortleretl out of 
 tho earn and rampe<1 by the nide of the railroad to remain all 
 nl»tht. To the left of the road wan a hlifh nleop bank, on tho 
 
 rir' • ' -• .1...U.1., ,.., tf... i.wf t»,.. s-Mth Mountalnn. W«« 
 
 I .-nnod I'nion nonti 
 
 IP. . In April, he wiM. 
 
 corn wan worth |14 per bunhet Confederate Mrtp; only bOc In 
 nllver. 
 
 A woman pannlnir. nald: "It In bard timen; the peopir had 
 not rerkoiKMl tin the iHinniblllty of failure; for mynelf I did not 
 deem It t>oMlblc lluit nil their lofty expectntlona would be 
 renll»ed." 
 
 Monday. May 9th. -Alwiut 10 a. m.. the train havlnir cf>me 
 back, wo got on for Lynchburg. I had a flat C4ir next to the 
 
OHRONICLI'^ op a war prisoner. 4.1 
 
 ftnffine. <»xp«>iif>tl lo the •un. nmoke and clndem. The pamwiKe wnii 
 very (lliuiirr«*fut>le. Th»» on!v 'i •< •• ••«• .. ...... .1 ..n the way In 
 
 Amhemt <'ourt Houim', Ar 3 p. m.. w«* 
 
 marrh«><l lhrt*UKl> th.- t'^n ■ n k i/- of all 
 
 clanf, A niotl«*y -ii ut e\ aii«l 
 
 whiten Indliirrlniliur m** the «l. rally 
 
 fouiul ill thi* fllthtfMi |H>tiit*itM uf cltk'H. liuU 1 Kt^eit Mi many 
 blark iiiitl x*h;i.« h»*M.|« (••^••(her In N»*w V«»rk «»r New KnKland 
 my tNiriNfi . would )> 1 my abollnh- 
 
 lon iM*iitlii ■ t million. < white folkfl 
 
 to the Ifvi-i >>i i(..- i.ik'i'iM. Tlw «..\\ i. IS .iiM\-. dllaplduted; 
 ■treetn fluttrred with huHiiifMH. It hi-lnK a dfpot (nr mllit.iry HUp- 
 
 plleii .• • ' - ' ■• - 'I on thf riKhl bank of 
 
 the J iiial and the Virginia 
 
 and T 13.U00. They marched 
 
 ua a mile out • in a de<*p hollow by a fine 
 
 Utrrrun f>n 01 . hill. Here are all prlHon- 
 
 V r44piui«-«l. fXtvpi uf(ii«-it4, who are looked up In the 
 tcuardM ar»' moHtl> eltiXfOH. boyn and old men. e<|ulpp«*«l 
 t>> itii in.tclveH or with MU< h Kunn iiM the provoMl could pick up. 
 Mom of them are lmprrHf(«*<I jntd drilled by Invalid Holdlem. I 
 '•' »l fifty. lult-nt, KUi>d 
 
 i' Mion cltl. .tnd pantM. n 
 
 >^J"" -.■•.. I M- •' ^^ltha w«MM .1... I with a Nhotgtii!. 1 .k in^; 
 hlN Teat. He Mid he would like to tonvftKf but dare n«»t. From 
 the brow of th«* hill Heveral caniton cornn ■ ' • • •• camp. I miw 
 «e%>ml cKisenN Imprinoned In the city . wht> nympa- 
 
 Ihlsed with the North, one Ruard intiulr* . .ime out from 
 
 the clly. what we dbl with deMt-rter* frt»m their army. He soJd 
 they were to|.| they were handed by our authorities. He l« a 
 ■•meant, had rontemplateil de«ertlnK; ha«l a brother who de- 
 0erte<l l««t winter. I Ruve him all Information I could and in- 
 timaleil that a fiw of ufi would like to Nlrlke for the Hlue RIdfce 
 that niKht. He nald 11 would be death lo attempt eKcape. We 
 WMMl iMM-ume 
 
 learn of itome 1 
 
 Ion «,"•"• .,, J,, ii,, ,- 
 
 and I: I spread 
 
 •"^ ' I'. 
 
 rr>' fix. 
 
 I • ■ • if * 
 
 i'uuiic freedom ry couldn't mix. 
 
 The JohnnleN w • 
 
 And when we n trlcki*. 
 
 Whine. "Whttl % for.*' 
 
 We flffht you for iuur cj.use la bad; 
 
CHRONICLES OF A WAR PRISONER. 
 Y<»ur l«'jnlorn hoDCMt blcHMl li.ivo nh^*): 
 
 111 South h.i\' hull. .Ill iltrhtM forh;i<le 
 
 !. 
 
 
 
 
 .tnl. 
 
 
 
 
 . np for." 
 
 i n- 
 
 
 ■If 
 
 Ihc ut»il.l tliJi^rncfHl. 
 
 Th.- 
 
 
 Johnnie does not knuw 
 
 
 
 
 • of hlH caune. 
 
 
 
 
 Toombii and Yancey bIo\r, 
 
 A : 
 
 '..!■ 
 
 
 wlltl hurrnhii 
 
 To -1 
 
 .Ml 
 
 
 1 f»o nn«l »o. 
 
 1 •:.. 
 
 .. 1 • 
 
 
 ^1 . « ...-.• 1 . ,.^ 
 
 1 ■ . : ; . •-. 
 
 \v«*v»« •»' to sro slow, 
 
 To turh I 
 
 ThfM th««y rf'boUuMiH tni-th wouM show 
 
 And K":t"^ their wrathful jaws. 
 
 And HWfjir they'd from the I'nlon go 
 
 i »r dirtatf all Its laws; 
 
 l-'t.r »f"V«*rMiiu'nt, from lofijf aRO. 
 
 'I'h.Nv.' k't.ispfHl with jrrfody i>aws; 
 
 I fly have * ' ' " <» 
 
 new I clause. 
 
 1 . i. .1 down Ir isas muss- 
 
 Tin y forcfil a nu — 
 
 Th«n started up i ^„t-r fuss, 
 
 Atjd we're In It up to siKht. 
 I know not when the fuss '11 end: 
 It has been hart! and hot; 
 Hut «o the finish we'll contend, 
 \nd they'll lose every slave they've jftit. 
 Th" i»ower they nrt lonif did wield, 
 V ' re, 
 
 upon the field 
 A III I I. .••loin j» r.nise refltor«. 
 
 I VNMni !?r. T(, HAW II I r r:)fU W FNFMVS FIRE. 
 
 HIT. 
 md 
 first time since 
 all nt one time. 
 We undviMtaiid lh« bu^uU V.UM UikvU by cUixetis; It was very 
 
CHUONICLES OF A WAR PRiSONEn. 
 
 45 
 
 ><]. A number of cltizonii come to nee us. nppear courteous and 
 
 "v. 
 
 There 
 
 wim 
 
 Oti. 
 
 
 • 
 
 " 
 
 
 - ■ 
 
 man enthus- 
 
 ••»r 
 
 ■A »1 
 
 the I* 
 
 nion 
 
 i-.i • 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 to liny, even 
 
 w 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 re Borry thnt 
 
 }: 
 
 
 
 »n hnd 
 • It up 
 
 ruined 
 
 Bnylr.c: 
 
 hi 
 
 
 
 
 tti-nt The 
 He 
 
 
 
 til tonr«. n 
 
 •I 
 
 
 
 
 
 • Khoiii h!m 
 
 
 
 t roll 
 
 of moH' 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 I'out to lenve 
 
 , lie 
 
 w.ia .1 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 Ul. 
 
 a lukt 
 
 n to the city. 
 
 thill 
 
 no (n 
 
 
 
 
 
 k 
 
 to 
 
 un or 
 
 we to anyone. 
 
 •>rn. 
 
 jTisori. rs arrive from the battlefield 
 
 ^ ' "• • ■• ^'* ■ '• - - n It 
 
 .ire 
 
 .. wi nn 
 
 report our army 
 
 race with I^e; 
 
 out coniinuMUH. They report we have taken 
 
 In the mnvrment. About 2.000 of our mtMi 
 
 say ul 9 a. m.. It Is puppoaed. to Danville. 
 
 y. May 12th — Rtlll ntlnv. Wh«»n T nwoke this morn- 
 
 y III watrr: ' 'ly I am wet 
 
 All the wo-. .otM they let 
 
 -.. I 111 -J IS \.ry [iTt!'-. w <• u^<- \i for Cooking; 
 
 i.— Cold and wet. Throat and lunRS sore, 
 
 I.' - .1. lit-; I am nearly nick; got no rest. It frrew 
 
 lit 10 a. m. I lay down to get a little ease when 
 
 111 L-. f ii-i.u til !. \ .• \'t.r I 111! L' T.iii.i.- :< t'r*»at 
 
 • net 
 
 hed 
 
 •inic up the hill i u^er 
 
 I us was enraged: me 
 
 .e ttlll. then Jerking the otlaT k iiie acroriM the 
 
 :s with hl« •word n blow thnt mo. Had It not 
 
 been death I Sb" 
 
 impulse. Our e\ 
 
 *■ " Til"' 
 
 the 
 ni I . . I ."-.. I . . i ■■ ■ • . •. I, rw be- 
 
 side Rlch- 
 
 . I place was 
 
 he right bank of the 
 
 fore we rein bed Ilii 
 
 l>.ii.\ 
 
 inofi<i 
 
 r 
 
 Ai; 
 
 Near ihla pUice wr piuMvd a high, luny bridge. The car I was 
 
4« CHRONIOI.Kfl OP A WAR PRISONER. 
 
 In u.»H .ir» *>l'. <h wlih iicntii. oithouRh not cushioned 
 
 :" -..•': • »r \\.-]l l.v UH. PLottU- afier dark I 
 
 re inclined 
 
 nr 1 felt 
 
 I hftd 
 
 .1 pill 
 
 Saturiluv. May H hill I 
 
 V. At 
 
 » con- 
 
 . V...,. unton 
 
 :.il fCUMM • MfCine 
 
 t II ..ff We 
 
 «*nnd 
 
 River 
 
 ruh vaiilf>H. 'Jhe ruad run« 
 
 . of Panvllle. then night Is 
 
 • •{ it. At ih.H i>4»li.i 1 ju<!k« it IM larKcr thiin the Jame« at 
 
 ttburK. H ^^<««« Mfi'T S p, m. \vi»..n \v«« r«iI off tho Irnln at 
 
 I . ille ami i '•••n 
 
 ^••t Into «j 'O 
 
 n 
 ■ re 
 
 . ^... .. lo 
 
 il the Ijallle of ■ eight 
 
 • .J t-. t.ilk l.iit w.i y. He 
 
 II k of our prlnon. We 
 
 rig that tht-ro 1«t rrmrco 
 
 11 to iiu (iuwn. Wliiltf wa rationn a r ••'! 
 
 mh with tobacco at 11 In » h and $3 in a 
 
 1 .. \* • ' i:th rations came, com l>i«.Lil and hacon nv.mk. This 
 
 !. • n had n Kr««nt r^Iiiih for It. It wan the third day's 
 
 ■t( «lra\s n • ■ - ! • ;i- 
 
 In four •>. 
 
 .,. 
 
 ••r 
 
 !••. 
 
 •t 
 
 I'S 
 
 1. 
 
 ■1 
 
 k 
 
 t'» \U>\t I . i;iiini.t«<, j..i\iiiK ti»«-> n»\<i ^x'ui.j « .ihii'i.h ii .ik luj of 
 
CHRONirLES OF A WAR PRISOXKR. 47 
 
 id luiltl. Tuflvf htii I aif* In the bulltllriK on three 
 
 lo to move without 
 
 ; here. thiiH fnr no 
 
 In the street oo- 
 
 vi.il boUivM u( titH»i.8 UavliiK Tor the front to Join 
 
 ■ i:.. A H t i^:w:'- I tip .1 vit . i 
 
 ;• whirh th«'y Hlno«! at 
 
 • • •• > -!r liitiT K .. .^ , •■"• . '.. - 
 •<! at It. Soon aft«'r ihi-y 
 
 .. m..t.- R. Im ! LTUi.-^ Imjt ;i.-.| 
 
 Thtit littii- 
 
 A Uui: 
 until In 
 
 'I \<t> ^l\.^K• i;>. '"ii '111 n"i iiii'i I II'- I' if'^n w 
 
 11. 
 
 ilU Ainr' 
 
 Tl 
 Vr 
 
48 A WAR PRISONER. 
 
 •< i: ! turned nbout, 
 
 . ihcy'd ' 
 
 ;.llt to ?. 
 
 flout 
 
 ItiMJU.s in«ii nur.'h mi<i i»r«-i-.i. 
 
 I' •■ ' • •' ••'•»' •••'■ n devout- 
 ill thus tome out. 
 
 • f you would win 'em back. 
 1 u upon your knc«8. 
 
 I s who fear the laah's crack. 
 
 A, 1 ti\ again to I'leaKe; 
 For. if you fall ihls act to do 
 
 ! -ose to go, 
 
 ^ ^:" 
 
 S" u\> they holal a R- I -l flag: 
 
 ; e it In I "8 fac« — 
 
 .\ t nl.i h! 
 
 Tu all l). 
 
 Then Lit 
 
 "What will my Liolhcis do? 
 You jia the people. I the head, 
 T • le true: 
 
 t thin traitoroua horde; 
 
 I ^i > •' Mnd: 
 
 They'll >\ ith the aword, 
 
 ill we be bravt, 
 
 ive 
 
 ••W«»*ri» romlnsr^ honftPt Abraham,' 
 A '-'Il damn: 
 
 |i> i MouN.uiiin >\ •• torne fortb. 
 
 For alavery we much ubhor. 
 
riff S OF A WAR PRISOXTTR. 49 
 
 W«-' !H I: ••iiKii many ycart. 
 
 And thouffh - the woea of war. 
 
 Our honor k f. nr!" 
 
 Thus ttwokc f. 
 
 E'en whore 'i -d to rel^n: 
 
 And thoufch liny mmvc, and threat, and boast. 
 
 Their •irlvlni: ahull be vain. 
 
 DANVILLE TO COLU MBI A — WAYSIDE NOTES IN SLAVEDOM 
 y. May 19lh.— Awak«'no*l by th- ' 4 a. m.; at 
 
 dn- on tho «tro.«t re<elvlnic a »t. •* ration, the 
 
 foufih pture. Rain la ovt-r; w«r are dellffhted 
 
 to iret not aoon foriret the mf^rrslnfr. We ore 
 
 atartInK i>!i -i l>:-k'. i> !!t>ua Journey aouthward ^ on the 
 
 merclea of cnfmloii whom we had Juatly « rbnroua 
 
 In < of the ind are 
 
 r«- fatoii of How 
 
 mm > I * — ' :• ' a lu •• of Unionlain %> u mmuiti h. . u.- 1 Northern 
 homea! How many and who of ua will aleep the laat aleep In 
 
 > larire bulldlnira uaed aa hoapltala which appear 
 fll' ri hour and n h \]f ].. f..r.- \vi» rem h the cara. a 
 
 lonir train of flat and box. I ' bottom of a flat. 
 
 At 10 a. m. m'e utart on a nev 1«». Va.. to (Ireen- 
 
 boro. N. C. 48 mllea. A (ruard iiear uw. a. nuin about 55 yeara 
 old. ventured to any that he bellevi^d 'h** South mlaaed It In irolng 
 to war: It waa not true that they .'d to It. He believed 
 
 pTMildent Lincoln juat auch a mn y Clay In hia prlncl- 
 
 plea. n- ■ ' It 10. 
 
 "T* vlth Abraham Lincoln a« 
 
 Mially > >i>i>>K M;.tw. . .■»..t'd. He aald: 
 
 *T ..^ do wa find you with your ^n In the Rebel 
 
 •er 
 
 .» I had t«^ ^#» «». 'Ml i where: I enllate<l In the mflltlo. 
 rn' re than ' ! I not iron** In they'd 'arrlpted 
 
 m* t me to - belnir pretty old and willing. 
 
 they have me to do aut h «luty .i» thia." 
 
 •^ow do you expect to come out with thIa war and how 
 lonir will It Inut"" 
 
 "Thrrfw no t. iiinff. not rl^ht away: there will be acme right 
 -— -■ '■ ^ • ' ' - -• - • Tllchmond." 
 
 ;;e hardeat pin'--- ^r':» jfot: I reckon 
 It cmn't t>e taken." 
 
DO CIUIOXICLES OF A WAR PRISONER 
 
 •CMnKrlnR to Richmond will only continue the war until we 
 comi 1' '• '^ »..«'..'.. If f» . ^>w>rte8t way to end It. unless the whole 
 Sout» ' '* 
 
 • ^ • North: we think you will got skk 
 
 of flRhtmif. li<;ip!« c»' i..c.pi«» b<»lleve you to be a hart! race; Ihfy 
 want to K'-l rl«l of you. Thl» Is what we pe«ple are told." 
 
 "If the South wants to settle as It Is claimed they do. why 
 don't they lay down thoir arms and ask for terms?" 
 
 "That's It; they no more want i>eace than they did when thry 
 commenced." 
 
 I. * — 'V of men have t>een put 
 
 In !•: ■•■ believed, they'd 8en<! 
 
 me u> ii I." 
 
 "We I - the ultimate result of 
 
 thlf* war. ' :lh or South. The trl- 
 
 urr.{ »i of the South \x • »t calamity that could 
 
 l-'i], oiir triumph th> 
 o right." 
 
 . as a Union man whose election do you prefer this fall?" 
 1 ihliik Lincoln Is a good man." 
 
 This was an lnt«*rAtiting conversation; I am really In the 
 
 Confederacy In c 
 HoKller. After gol: 
 being a I 
 acroHjt tl: 
 with am. 
 began to 
 )..,.■ I ) . 
 
 1) with a Union man but a Rebel 
 
 •4 we were ordered off the train, there 
 
 ■ -i not completed. We moved off 
 
 .0 to a roatl. I»ng trains loadetl 
 
 .i.ik.n i..> ii»e raggedest negr<' ' • r saw. 
 IS we went on the road. It % ng to 
 
 "^ '-• !'•• .i!-i .•<■.• f.. i»i.- rail: ^h the 
 
 ' several men illed 
 
 :T 4 p. m. af)«l waited 
 
 1 to James H. Hawks of the 
 
 ■.vn? tho b'ctvrlng of a new 
 
 education, 
 
 his mem- 
 
 i;h h'j h-i 1 uf ihc peninsular 
 
 A pile of road. A group of 
 
 '■ . V ■■. ■■'.•S 
 
 •M.i. lu- 
 
 Hul by 
 
 f . v..ry 
 
 w' V .i| Up and »«t. 
 
 i ht wo arrived at Oreen- 
 
 boro. N. C. a. i*lM^sixiil. i^Ucti, u^i>iu^rUtcly named, I Judge, for 
 
CHR^ 
 
 fh^ h^nuty of thr 
 .(«• trip. 
 
 Mplfmlirl! 
 
 KUf 
 
 
 SI 
 
 ttuitiy atiltnat 
 
 vrti» not on 
 
 irxl flower 
 f nut hilly 
 
 • o- 
 
 ng 
 
 I rtf a 
 
 ' 8onff« 
 
 .„.. to 
 
 .Is 
 
 X- 
 
 rong Union 
 
 M. We left 
 
 hiil cord for three 
 
 nf. Thonip!»on and 
 
 t three 
 
 v. our 
 
 I 
 
 or 
 
 iiid 
 
 d. 
 
 ;r- 
 
 . of 
 
 and better. 
 
 I .ill ui. 
 At RnlUhury \v«» Nfon nnd wom<»n came 
 
 out • .,.tj 
 
 for i te. 
 
 nii.illy 
 
 on of- 
 
 ••< are 
 
 nth of 
 
 Jark we 
 
 drew n dny ii ration of bard bread ond tmcon; had had nothing 
 
 for 3<t r..-.':-^. 
 
 r 3 o'clock thia 
 m»'' 4 p. m. Prtrlnic 
 
 ua 
 or 
 in. 
 raJ 
 Ja 
 ■•n 
 
 ..: , . ... ... ihe 
 
 Wlldemesa, when Lonr*tre«t'i oorp overlapped the Union lines 
 
12 Cliu".^M i-i.r- «i A WAR PRISONER. 
 
 In the cii«l8 of thnt *»npnp*'m«»r!t thnt »hr#*nt«»n*»<1 decisive «1U- 
 ft«trr lo ihc Rebel ' of the » 
 
 of lk*» Sth, jwyn th. irrlviil y 
 
 I 
 
 f. .t«-<lM aill^.ll <•:. l!M- i K-l 1 ^^.l- 
 
 i; r »o enrly In th*» day. Ha-I ll 
 
 , u !>,. i',.»...i -.. Mv uouM hftVe 
 
 f to Rlrh- 
 
 i; . 5th and 
 
 6ih," »:iM (Jen. Shuler, *hxive i»ui l^ee on the l<ul ht- !« 
 
 In fihape lo put up a hard fight AH the flel : ' over are 
 
 ours; Burceaa Is simply postponed. Both armlt^s are moving on 
 RIchmorirl. Lee because he has lo. Grant because he wants lo." 
 This made us happy. 
 
 Gruup.s of hi'lles come to look at us but are kept at a dis 
 titnce. At 4:30 p. m. the train moves off and fourteen miles bring 
 u« Into South Carolina, 
 
 IN SLAVEDOM. 
 If "Jove fixed it certain that \\l.at«-vcT day 
 Makes man a slave tak^s half his worth away." 
 'Tls no less certain that the galling cord 
 That binds the slave perverts his haughty lord. 
 Corroding links his better nature rive 
 From spiritual touch of his «•; ttyve. 
 
 'Tls plain as stars that In us lie, 
 
 As plain as sun that burns : 'fty sky. 
 
 That In a land where men • ''S do count. 
 
 That \1 I'-r.^l v.u.^ :>l^K .\ ^ '. ...A. 
 
 All el ^ overrun 
 
 Hy p«.i in rain and sun 
 
 While freest men are shackled to their grave; 
 
 And cannot rise where masters stern enslave. 
 
 Freest souls are but subaltern tools; 
 
 The truth Is silence*! wh'»rov*»r iijnvery rules. 
 
 Men's thoughts grow <!> passions turn to hat< 
 
 As waters In a silent i 
 
 If ■ • •.!'.•: 
 
 'I t rule a Slate. 
 
 }• • >wn, 
 
 \'. in clown. 
 
 A: ives for cash; 
 
 The pr«as and pulpit help them wield the laah. 
 
CHRONICLES OP A ... i mi<. .vrn 
 
 The rulinc 
 
 spirit 
 
 la 
 
 a (Ifrnoii fmuc) 
 
 
 Willi » ■ • 
 
 
 
 
 
 Afi.l • 
 
 
 
 
 
 y ■ 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 •• 
 
 
 
 i wood; 
 
 
 ti 
 
 
 
 mJ. 
 
 
 It- 
 
 
 
 
 
 T. 
 
 
 
 
 
 lIlN Mil .tt- 
 
 •..■iiH«« 
 
 t h.( 
 
 ' .1 man. 
 
 
 Th.- \r> ": 
 
 . ' }■' 
 
 ' 
 
 • tfi nrtlon fun. 
 
 
 Bo It > 
 
 
 
 •I 
 
 
 Of t»^ 
 
 
 
 woiiM i>j»rl — 
 
 
 'I 
 '1 
 
 
 
 luL l.< it will - 
 huiiiati ;| nplll! 
 
 ■ c 
 
 |: 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 .N 
 
 
 
 
 
 A . 
 
 
 
 
 
 Wh.t. u' 
 
 
 
 thotr nocinl Inwn! 
 
 
 \n.| no 1 • 
 
 
 
 ly wo wcml 
 
 
 be envlaveU — In miiiir dnmrKwl prlMon penned! 
 
 AT c. T^. <^ApoLINA CAPITAL AND ONWARD, 
 h -Arrivo ut c'oltiinMa. S. C. at <la\\ m. The 
 
 \S V i» i-krii up corn 
 
 •-"• \Vf- rW" TTllffR- 
 
 . our ol; •* 
 
 Th'- I" 
 
 r 
 I 
 
 1 
 
 I 
 
 ll-iiiUolph U-rmcvl Ihc tuck uf our »alvatlon" which gave "iialcly. 
 
D4 CHHONICLES OP A WAR PRISONER. 
 
 respoctublllty and htipplneaa to the American people." namely. 
 
 • ■••' 1 . . ... ,./ .1. w. . ... I (..... .1. .1 xvhich brlDKH 
 
 . South: never- 
 
 „ . . . , uMk U8 lo iflve 
 
 II up. to give up prInclpleH fur which we wouhl preserve the 
 
 1h while a«leep. 
 
 H. luM \ery dlscon- 
 
 .. .-^ ; isiit* I>v^iU«.- lull) \viUi uiic arm about hH 
 
 ■.V . ;• ; t ; . . .• ! • -.l«' htm. 
 
 K,-l.. : '' to 115 C'otifelemte 
 
 for II 111 Uh in iiucceM8. At 
 
 r-omii rvii.^sNilU' Ih a Junction 
 -. the othtT n»uth to Wilmington. 
 i ..*.. ..i i.,. •->- •»'■ S- '•■ fUver. or one of 
 
 Itti l)ran( he8. Meeniingly two 
 
 mil. s l..:.Lr i We reuched 
 
 • dark and HwiKhed lo the we»l. Country Im level. 
 j .Mir cultivation, un much of the i-otton lands 
 irvf^tt ar*- -lead. KinldH look like vant swanipH. L*and In 
 
 workr»'l \- . wholly by Hiaves with little knowledge how to 
 
 iin|»! vviih ni'ither facilitl«?8 or enrouraKement to do so. 
 
 ^u^^\ . lUHtod, it l« b-ft. We could 8ce the Hiilves lolling 
 
 in "tli.- <..M..ii and lb- 
 Monday. May L'3d. at AugUHta. Ha., at daylight, one 
 ..f tli.- I ' /.. in the South: the home of Alex- 
 in.), i II •br.'itfd -.XH on<* of the abb'!«t Southern 
 iiMii. n.».> ... , .. . i . -'f thiH Mo-colbnl <\»nfe«U'nioy. Hus- 
 iiwHH appi-aii'd dull, 't :i) Savannah biid troops lo reln- 
 f..ir.- Ji.iit. I. II iM\..t, AM. I an hour we run out of 
 town .III : o rations since the 20th. 
 fs.iii I.. liniss buttons, pocket 
 ) .' ;. I .my Vuiikfv triiikft ar«> in gooil demand: bread Is 
 ; fiuirTTiMti*? wht-n wf ftrvl It. They like Yankee 
 
 1 ''rcha. but they are too 
 
 I succ*>ede<l in tniding 
 
 .1 .Hilk lis LKtl'- .in-l of breail. These fellows 
 
 ar«» I ho *iur*«r«'st Tho Ksuuimaux and 
 
 ' ' y nail 
 
 knlf.» 
 
 • ••liiu.-.j Ml III. 11 . I .11 1-. ....III. ,11. -.11. «..., ,» V ...I ■iinT.itind |S 
 
 to $15: bniss buttons frt»m $3 to $10 per doxfit. The country 
 
 .- .mnah River; popu- 
 . ■<. rations for a day; 
 moved on at 8 o'clock. 
 
CHRONK'I.KH OK A \ KR. K 
 
 fin. on, on \so ko <Iown to • 
 
 I reckon thin Ih rathtT rouRh ii ruliiiK on a rail. 
 
 (»h. hero ari" Ik»vj4 from many a hcurlh, 
 
 I>ear to many a lnia?«t. 
 
 Many a m«>thiiH hi-.iri In donrth. 
 
 Many a wifi* with woo Im prosM'd: 
 
 AnH many a kin aiwl inatiy a frlonil 
 
 Will Ion- to K t falo; 
 
 Knt niaiiv a ; r«* will oixl 
 
 Within that I 
 
 An<i maii\ a n roc 
 
 That <l«'i«' ■■' 
 
 And roHi .t free 
 
 That trai 
 
 Many a U>uk. U>n»r w<'ary day. 
 
 Miiny a diHnial niKht. 
 
 <»ur ho|N' and »»tronicth may wante away 
 
 Hy hunK<-r. pain and hllKht: 
 
 And many a vow may bo forKot. 
 
 Hut we nhall not forRot 
 
 Th«> KlorUuiM trutliM for which wc fought. 
 
 Tho tjuiMo that trIuinphH yot. 
 
 Hut wo hoar thoir vauntlnRN evorywhero; 
 
 Th«'y novor tan prove true; 
 
 \,..| y,.f ». ), .f .t. . Hn over daro 
 
 I ' i: to <lo: 
 
 \f I I. > .1 llltio ronirh 
 
 ThinKM look a llillo hluo. 
 Ytiu l>et It Ih a little touRh, 
 if di»wn to Hohol jail; 
 I - not no ver>' ploaiiant, though. 
 ThiN lidltiir on a rail! 
 
 ARRIVE AT ANDFRSONV II I F. 
 Tu«- < . up on the 
 cam: at imldMt the 
 roar, the heat » wantod t«» 
 lie «l«»wTi. fitit or wantod to 
 iitr» 'ftH hia 
 arh: i thom. 
 oh. th'- ihi i\u. whore- 
 In were with the doom 
 cloned, ii f •<• .N.-r i .n«i|. of water to co<d 
 thirst, not a : weary IkhIIcii; no rest for aching 
 
6€ CHR« OF A WAR PRI80NFR. 
 
 »>....!■ x.if If, .. !.iii.»M-.. for one nnoth*T. MorntnK 
 
 iich thf pine, the biirren 
 iUH»f, and Hiave hula; the 
 tri' phanty of |><Mir white, and now and then hnltinf? 
 
 at *• "un "to feed the howi." 
 
 \'tilaK«'>* «'f 'tny aci-ount are far apart. At all thene places 
 the negro lit thU-f. NIk dm'H the work, eatii the pmirest victuals. 
 Is an all around man. At every de)>ot. every she<l. wood pile and 
 water tank, the darky "am d** man." He enfclneers. tires, he 
 brakes. Thl- Kverything is very 
 
 unlike our .N !. in clvlllutllon. It 
 
 ■ ■ " ■• iu\< I v< ; i.< ; I ».; i ii«- ,\ ii i.- iii.ili lo * ' '. • , I of the 
 
 ! It «I«M"S. Jeff!" ThfMf motley cn> ■ black 
 
 , ....- ;Ju'H«- vv) t, ».i ,rk faci'S. l«»ok like anj...„... nx, you 
 
 conservators of ai <.il. doomed Institution upon which you 
 
 seek to rear an • 
 
 At 6 a. m. the whistle blows at Macon. Gn.. and we stop. The 
 doors open and a few slide to the ground to stnilghten out. to 
 limber up aind to try and get a drink; but few sue* eetle<! In gel- 
 ting out. however. A cHljten told me the |Mipulation of Macon 
 was 20.500. It is I" .i basin formetl by sloping hills around 
 
 It. near th«' < »cmu At 7:30 a. m. we start wiuthward lo- 
 
 wanls Amrrlcus .ii><>ii( .«» niil<*s south. The country is more 
 thickly Inhultited. Is a richer region. Fort Valley Is 30 miles south 
 of Macon. Here were plenty <»f customers for anything we had 
 to sell. Men came out with corn br»-ad to cxrliiinKe for wallets 
 and It illdn't tjtk«> t)t«*m long to "g»-t sliut out". ImKIi M«>xes. all 
 colors, all grades. We were not the first load of "hyeims" that 
 had gone clown, h.i th. \ 'lid not come out to see the show, but 
 wanted to know I'ns all from" and to traffic It began 
 
 to be hinted that . : 'it going to Americus. where the guard 
 
 had told us our prisoiiem are; that It !• a splendid camp, gn^n- 
 sward. I>eautilul shade trei^s. nice tents and a right snutrt river, 
 those that had "been thar a he««p o* tlm<>s with you'ns fellers." 
 We had hoppd tbnf ••nrh might be our lot; but now everyone was 
 wonderfully Wb«*n ankefl they would luiy. "can't tell 
 
 you sar." At r pe I nski(l a citixen how far It was to 
 
 Americus. 
 
 "Oh. right smart, I reckon; you'ns not going thnr though.*' 
 
 "Wb- ■ ■ -ve going?" I asked another. 
 
 "(lb II thar where all o' you'ns fellers goes." 
 
 "Ho., ; .. 
 
 "Itlcbt srniirt bit, I re« kon." 
 
 "W.-ll )i..v% f.K.nv inil.s-" 
 
 "<;«. i'uB got any rings'*" 
 
CHRONICLKS OF a \\.\it i lux •NKR. 
 
 -Ancl*r»«.n\i!I.- Ml. •. . »ii It I rfK-kon." 
 
 -How .1. 
 
 "Hlirht r lie miffhty fn«l. I har/ 
 
 A K- ii.tUI. "You bet ihey do." 
 
 •It ! Il"' 
 
 "You Will n.-,' all to see before lonr** 
 
 "HllVf Nhi'ltlT. of 
 
 B1 
 
 I newly 
 
 Nlru 
 
 I !•■ 
 
 Imrrpn. uninvitinir- About halt ii n 
 
 wllh rnnfi At :t (rlnrrp I ciiUKbt a 
 
 th* 
 mu 
 
 '<* put up in 
 H. It waji u 
 ui.iull mlfu^riva. It 
 . then a foul ulc«*r i 
 
 It \ 
 •leK 
 
 tUT.- -.: 
 
 Itantun 
 
 wnll- 
 
 wh 
 
 th.' 
 
 la no rtMinil it\ 
 
 n!on» the iuin<ly ! 
 '■) ami an ofn«>-i 
 '. Into ft*'m IhMr " 
 
 t!if i»ut' 
 
 nn<l fun 
 
 
 'II ah 
 
 bliiMteil (Confederacy and 
 
 I. In 80 nilnut- •'- " iln 
 
 built ator«-bou]<o • of 
 
 ,.,...., ..,...- ,.f . . .„. 
 
 rk. 
 
 Kfd 
 
 lurK«' |H»n nilftl 
 
 mIm of ttrlnonem: 
 
 nio«lf!i to break 
 
 fcrlni vianffea. a 
 
 Uiv rtrnt of a lately 
 
 •• of nature, then of 
 
 ^. The 
 
 in nn- 
 
 ' II.- ■I.-'.; ■■ ♦. ir- 
 
 •H of t) HB 
 
 In th«« I... .- .me 
 
 I. "My ('.Oil that la 
 
 it iiH In there, there 
 
 '' and atrai^Kllnir 
 
 say we halted to 
 
 iiM-t UH )i**a<iinic u nvw iruard. 
 
 \Vf »nMVf<1 to thf» rfffht near 
 
 lartera. 
 
 • -«. W© 
 
 tly 
 
 rit 
 
 I I ■•«-K .iTi'i :iii ^i>iu*' ran* 
 
 In a puHfiion. piatol In 
 
 . ,.A oath, puttlufc the piatol 
 
 you any dot afptln." Steppinc 
 
 ■ l( ai...tri.-r : 
 
 T.» th- l.ft a 
 
 whom I fiMuul tti 
 
 kicking him »4<\ 
 
 yelled 
 
 Thia officer 
 
 ith an oatti 
 
 up In ter 
 
 The ground waa covered with aiiuiU buahea. While wailinc 
 
51 « i 
 
 pome WorW..' 
 curry In 
 for««»«! I>> 
 puurinjc thruuKh 
 
 N.-.rth- U \^ thr- 
 
 
 kiiii; in bunill<*li to 
 : !.ul uU were 
 
 • • olumn was 
 .1 ionic breath 
 
 • >ii," oh. h<»w 
 .j4t. UB we Wf I • 
 
 Ihroiiirh I 
 
 auk' 
 
 kill 
 
 A I... • I run« nearly 
 
 WfMl. tii- .Hi way. I hail 
 
 < »ltl prlnonem 
 ttr iMinifthlnfc 
 .■.a.- - II.... ......K «•'■ -.p.'.-- .' • •• not lo be de- 
 it utile view wan u|i|mlllnK; contact a thousand tiroes 
 
 • ut a thread of 
 
 ^: under uld raffa. 
 
 Willi tryiiiK to ralHe hlnmelf; 
 
 JolntH Rave way; he pitched 
 
 i'. uiUitiiK the nxiHi waiiifui cry I ever 
 
 i.i.«nt Thi* wlniUi" Htrlken n»e thiit they 
 
 I by a low Instinct. 
 
 ha|>|>en to be. On 
 
 I II.' fcrouml for sevenil 
 
 ' anient. tllaiTh«MMi bfitiK 
 
 .».!,. ^^, niove. Nee*i 
 
 t months were 
 
 At a haJl we 
 
 . UM on? 
 
 : •• as anywhere,** 
 
 nruunti awkuiK (« 
 tack." bcKK«*<l •• 
 «• ha lice! Wi- 
 
 FiixllnK 
 It b. 
 nil '■ 
 
 three of the blankets In the form uf a tvni. 
 each. 
 
 Notttinir 
 nouni°<.Ml b> 
 
 unit t<^ thr nnxlnu?* irnxers that thronge«l 
 
 nte Just one hanl- 
 
 • k and give us a 
 
 ••i>oslted our lucfface and clalm«'<l 
 
 ily 
 ,, . 1... ....(.. \V. 
 
 )-. ('.nrriih. Uoyd c. 
 
 .I...||. toir.thiT. I 
 
 •.„k- 
 
 :. , t.^ 
 
 k'vr these 1 paid &(K\ 
 
 1 wffe an- 
 h. 1 learned 
 
rUR'^NU'LKS op A WAR PRISONER. 59 
 
 ,ft..r .!...• . .. • I..-' > 1 .1 \\f,- ».v ».. If i' ^),..f v;..,,,, .ff.T .urlV- 
 
 Of 
 
 •■•■!. 
 I »• 
 
 wili i»h<M*l you: '» each 
 
 iil.le wHh th^lr • "nt the 
 
 «»rrl<»r wjiji t.. •'»«! 
 
 Ihr llii«* or w I- 
 
 Inr 'or 
 
 Ih.- .. ,.- K- of 
 
 lh» I that rule 
 
 li)t.. lii ixlin In 
 
 Hfi ire for 
 
 f. .f in new 
 
 nearly 
 .'I heen 
 sh«H nt thti* ; 
 
 AftT »>. froll to nnil. If 
 
 M the older 
 
 II dirt hutH 
 
 i\?>i.!» u.-r.- ■ .1 IP II Hiniiik' under nn old 
 
 trnt with a ' \peclfd. "Here In a book of 
 
 port' •■ ' 
 
 Iff It to me. 
 
 II, - V. ilif.T.M 
 
 III I 'y 
 
 ..M ■■ n. 
 
 •id 
 e. 
 
 Althouich u. '•© 
 
 « frlnf-t f ) (a 
 
 of .T •< inen 
 
 rHr • to re- 
 
 ve ar« 
 ' said 
 J.I- 
 
 the prljion 
 irt. • info the 
 
 ■tl Iimt 
 
 The 
 
 il. 
 
 • H. 
 
 ..f 
 
 !S 
 
60 CimONICl-E8 OF A WAR PRISONER- 
 
 In t 
 Th. 
 
 •I thtriK 
 
 l-H of POH' 
 
 xik. Rinks ;> 
 ,luM t.i. ; '*. *>ut not »». 
 
 flrlont t « on the roi: 
 
 nldr to \s !ii ! .! a:-:.- (• 
 ffwanip. i«4iriilN*I w llh th«« 
 
 rniin the nnger knocks It 
 
 PRISON SCENES. INCIDENTS AND RUMORS. 
 
 \^- • •■ - ■ • >• ' •> '^ • • '• ••■••ri,.,l by r.iJu «lur 
 
 tin- for a Imth. Ku> 
 
 \I,L' I W . tiki- fJl.- J 
 
 If • 
 
CHRONICLES OF A WAU i uiS.iNER. 61 
 
 arnonff m*«n of our company I found they hacl not r^allze'l their 
 danirer: Nome had lout hoots, knapsack with contents, blaoketii, 
 pmvlMlona and other thInirK. Ifi norno partn. we hear of pocket 
 picklnjr. anwaulta with rlubii. ateel knuckles and kniven. This 
 happens •vt-ry nlKhl. In f»«>rue places at day. especially after new 
 arrivals. 
 
 The rumor circulated last nlirht that there was a plot to 
 
 breakout •■' • -■- .1... i.. -..t.*!! and Is 
 
 the topic .' 1 flltfn«^«l 
 
 l>v U.f.rl '. i. .^ -.lur plot Is 
 
 (1 < all to abandon the design : 
 
 V ' le. the ramp will be Im- 
 II Ht.-r from the arlllery: that 
 »: -Ma rtelil no thickly covered 
 Wltb : > lh« niiit-teiil >.lRllance Is kept over us day 
 and ii . by the movements of the military posts from 
 the oulalJc. 
 
 Inquiring In reference to the matter. I learned that a larRe 
 
 ru ' ' ■ ■ - -nine a section 
 
 €'f I othor arms 
 
 w J i.i;.i.i.i .iiM K iii'* wall under- 
 
 K? from a tunnel from the Interior 
 
 Y. xy).-u t)i.- ^v .1! is « irn<Mently weak- 
 
 rt oonronlrated. 
 
 I-'i • are slceplnff. 
 
 It wa- K- plot, easily cJiscovere<i and defeated. 
 
 T' md I RTi in search of "Panidlso Lost" to quaff 
 
 from rinifs of Milton. After a long search, 
 
 for *• I In tb<» rrowd*. we found our friend who 
 
 ^- s and a glance with 
 
 II ' y. we bore away the 
 
 I- ^'ht of a title 
 
 V of his Renins 
 li sickness, 
 s' '\ every- 
 
 i» „ - r Is Im- 
 
 1- :uvium. It t>le that 
 
 t* ! A few wr. • few may 
 
 b« Ml to teil The sarre<| realm of nature 
 
 •nd !»^ rfnrln ii)vado«l by the crushing power 
 
 of lUe cruel hand of false ambition. 
 
 V f happy bln!« mn«r from lofty pines 
 t» f men in un- 
 r* -d the expir- 
 ing i'T«-iv(. .«: .1.1. A.mmi .11,1 A I :iii»f in wioir prime. Daily 
 
 they sink as If their feet were planted ou a thinly crusted marsh. 
 
€2 
 
 CHRONICLES OF A WAR PRISOXKR. 
 
 an-i '•* t»..v •►i-ik th.- 
 
 cl: 
 
 th 
 
 \S 
 
 new :> 
 
 g... 
 
 tl 
 
 ^■ 
 
 In rl. AT I' - 
 
 doubt. Hi 
 
 th '•• • 
 
 c« 
 
 n 
 
 t" . nearly around the n 
 
 l» r; Boon inwl «-!lr-. <S< 
 
 a wife itlid cot: 
 
 A «erK<»ant 
 the feet. They arc Urilhly h 
 endurable p«ln: Mill h#» Ih i 
 •Ion In th»* 
 
 sonint. "Th 
 pnnled by 
 disease. < 
 pitnl t- • 
 
 I 
 the cu:.., . 
 as irrace r 
 paraIU'1 ir 
 
 Af 
 Ity T ' 
 
 fi- 
 ts 
 
 Tu«»*iay. >' 
 phot Inv n«»nr • 
 
 uh!<h th.-lr h.imln ran 
 
 • try. our 
 ' a calm. 
 -^. faith. 
 
 HOIlBe of 
 
 s r<*Hults one 
 
 1. The rlKhl 
 
 that any 
 
 ! men of 
 
 Ml.- v.v.ij..!. Itrutherly 
 
 !,..v« ).-ionirinfr to the 
 
 < >no has a 
 
 It lias eaten 
 
 line He 
 
 He had 
 
 in iihlu.) 
 
 rv )«» afflicted with »cur\'y In 
 Mack, fclve almost un- 
 uliiirn for our diver- 
 have In their 
 ■' etc., accom- 
 . Mritr.utiMi trom the samo 
 was carried to the hos- 
 
 ' amonR hundreds all over 
 
 , : Infc of as noble young men 
 
 iseholds. under circumstances that have no 
 
 ■ to the %'lcln- 
 
 lothlnR of th.> 
 
 »i In the liiUe and borne away 
 
 • r man had \ 
 
 nlirht: the .1 
 
 lay down iicut U. wait «*it< 
 
 In Tn-- >ri. 
 sentinel r? 
 learn. 
 
 About 126 
 
 h 
 
 Hi \\I1I'!( \\ •• K''l I'M- «<Mr«i. .iwiiMt 
 
 this mornlnic with what effect I do not 
 
 ro who 
 . .t hvv • 
 Klvc 
 time. 
 
 th.- battle of 
 
 :'. ..f ^^h'r■ 
 
CUT- 
 
 !' A WAR PI: 
 
 9t 
 
 the neproe* wn 
 
 th.- tmii .1 , 
 
 . r -. . 1 
 
 were turT)«>4l In h«Tv. i 
 
 
 
 Roirle. a major Ir. tt,. 
 
 
 
 h«*loi)fff«I. |{<» w 
 
 
 1 to 
 
 th*" H.Min'l hv < 
 
 
 •inif 
 
 Uti'!- 
 
 hi* M.. 
 
 II hcitt and 
 
 M.. 
 
 .m bin 
 
 • on<» of the 
 
 Hi. 
 
 
 • m- 
 
 In*., 
 
 
 iira 
 
 Ih. 
 
 
 
 hlx 
 
 
 
 to. 
 
 
 
 MM 
 
 
 
 tlor 
 
 
 liT 
 
 charK'- 
 
 
 •en 
 
 doltiK I 
 
 
 ur» 
 
 the pri 
 
 ■ be on 
 
 
 MaW - 
 
 ■■: who V 
 
 
 wJ. 
 
 
 
 iM 
 
 
 
 on 
 
 
 !I1C. 
 
 A 
 
 
 to 
 
 It*' 
 
 
 the 
 
 Ku 
 
 
 riHt 
 
 hl» ... ; 
 
 ...^ , J...,..., , 
 
 ..i.'i. >•>! the 
 
 outrace. 
 
 
 
 This South. rji lnj..ii.lfv 
 
 on tin- <..:..r Mil. sf lor. 
 
 iH th.-ir nole 
 
 reason for r 
 
 
 , -ar 
 
 to havr» ni 
 
 
 : In 
 
 th! 
 
 
 ; for I 
 
 in I. 
 
 
 ''. vlc- 
 
 loua a.itU Ij. 
 
 
 a« 
 
 well aa th«- 
 
 
 ! in 
 
 our 
 
 
 
 In 
 
 
 
 lo 
 
 
 
 bu 
 
 
 
 pu 
 
 
 ■ ii. 
 
 a 
 
 
 m- 
 
 dr. 
 
 
 anity 
 
 of 
 
 
 1. virtu« and 
 
 Ir- 
 
 
 ' a man 
 ^ Inter- 
 
 r-- n- 1:. 
 
 
 ked 
 
 by the ^ 
 
 
 .c« 
 
€4 CHRONICLES OF A WAR PRISONER. 
 
 Kol away with th«» caah. Another hub-bub aoon occum. A fellow 
 la cAUffht I jialr of ahoea and after a aquabble, la tied 
 
 up. No ra y. 
 
 STORIES OF FOUR DAYS. 
 Prlilay, May 2Tth. — Water In the ntn-ain In vrry foul from H" 
 
 ^Tlfif^ •; '.L' i!.! \\\>- r.f;is.- thr..\\': Ir. it f'..!-, IS?..-! cook »»<>»»«.•- 
 11' 
 
 !••■■• 
 
 fore iiunn»»». \^ the wiiter foul. Men wltl. 
 
 putrid aorefl. k> and worma. aqunlld from \ 
 
 acur\'y and wattlluK tliMtaMM go there to drink, waah clothii.K 
 bathe. Th#»y nr#» r»bnp<rw| %n atop into the alream the banka i 
 two to thr- iHty. Daily lice are seen lluai- 
 
 Ing whilo ' !. 
 
 Y.\ >»out n f' ■■ . , . , . , , 
 
 and « . rotak« 
 
 tImeB II. •• ii.in> >A.iin|t. then ni.iKin-i 
 
 ]i war • which he In irlvon seven luahea on 
 
 that l>;.. ,., . . h1. M«»b law la our only recourae. N ... . 
 or foea outnlde protect ua. He la an Inferior lookinic man. A 
 aearch fi»llowii anionR known thievea for arti.l.H lout. Several 
 things have been found when a doxen «\.\ va came with 
 
 « lnl.«» A f«w fr.'iRrht them with their ha; ■ badly beaten 
 
 le to releaae one who had been knocked down. 
 
 unU ujic i.ii^Kr u.;m captured, who waa administered a courae of 
 punlnhmpHt to I'xart |>romlm'a of hotter conduct. Raidera are on 
 t! artlclea th«»y ateal, or 
 
 «\ help to kfop them In 
 
 litr<>!.k' ;•.' I II' > .ir.- , ^ . ^. . . - ,j.^^p^^ 
 
 othern. ar< wnlng to W; 
 
 that nn outbreak 
 explore the jrmuti 
 Ing roda %^ ' 
 
 A« n . 
 \ 
 
 fri.!!l Hi- 
 
 part of tl. 
 
 
 
 1 : .. ), . 
 thin afternoon. I 
 
 
 1 1. 1 to the belief 
 
 Kvf-ry .: 
 
 '< of men 
 
 f»f the h 
 
 .sllh feel- 
 
 Thompann and I hav. 
 
 layii of A'larii 
 
 The atitu'h 
 
 evrry micnt In the Boulh 
 
CIIRoNIc'I ' II rniBONKl: 
 
 t\ 
 w 
 
 f. 
 
 n ■ i<>n In «\ ' nut of nil- Km 
 
 i.f utrti n r.-. to ii«.- in 
 
 I' 
 
 of iiu ■ 
 k 
 
 UlrK I M'li 
 
 Irenii. or .« 
 
 I 
 
 n 
 
 ••• • mnirk. 
 
 t» th It ail : 
 
 w . •-K. Till pallK Hir* iittnrhoil In whnt* 
 
 f^ ' for dmwirifc up dirt iind walrr. 
 
 t «lortd-llno twrnrd laylrifc on iho ground 
 ■ o«* f««ot from thi* pout blown, I Hupi^iiw. 
 
 \ In Jind on- f 
 
 r to pul I 
 
 I" II IIIK »'■'"■ t H" 
 
 !• . ht, I ii; Iho 
 
 I lo thi» > •♦.-• 
 
 w on tho ^ 
 
 ii ,r.T fron) i 
 
 H' t It to our I 
 
 € < -^ cnm«» In thf 
 
 •ml nftrr xUr- up for wo«>«l (<• • 
 
 our mlloni* "f th*» ho?tr»t. htit 
 
 found It. 
 
 lo wmrn II ■ 
 
 knoiK 
 
 h t Hpnttnlviinlii come In; report 
 
 rv ' • - ' ' 
 
 . ..r 
 
 UH 
 
 under re- 
 H of cnn- 
 UKO. Am 
 
 1 ».- 
 
 Ml! 
 
 It 
 
 llOft NX 
 
 Into f,. 
 
 II.. \ 
 
 out on duty or by Het>«l 
 r II. apples 10c to 40c. dry 
 
4C CHRONICLK8 OF A WAR PRISON KR. 
 
 |j,,- . ..- i,i ► ...... . I. . ...» t> •.. -I-..,.. .. rnm- 
 
 nv •••>%•- 
 
 rr ir In 
 
 \^ IUtI«> Is 
 
 no I.N .liK- 
 
 ^' .-.■l 
 
 Jr i tK»r fel- 
 
 !».•. • money, 
 
 b* your 
 
 ni- 
 
 dr 
 
 l>r 
 li. 
 
 \* 
 
 1'. 
 
 i vmible 
 
 ' !« ox- 
 
 < to 
 
 n«-ti. as 
 It Is a 
 
 :cnce of oil' 
 
CHRONI't 
 
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 which doctors mirht t<»rm chronic Innutrition, whrre th«y eat 
 with nvkllty oJI th<*> xtlll nturve. the food doing no good. 
 
 Doctors hnv*» h<»<»n ' umlnt***! with muny of these cnses. 
 
 but will n.' t»ll me ihey 
 
 have often lliroujch the 
 
 niotlonii fr«>imrk' .ii iii<- in.Mnn in "'i..- ' ! 
 
 the iruuni to thr«>w ovvr pleceM of a cow t 
 
 of a calf thrtM» dayn bcf-- - ' •• > . i,i. . 
 
 They exhibit some rlnj: been made from the 
 
 lK)neH "f -' •'■'<^' t»aten at 1 .. ..... a memento. 
 
 M< y 30lh.— What a iilifhi: In a«ldltlon to scent from 
 
 the f«-. tnp. we had that of dead men In our rear. At 
 
 our ft^'t lay one beRfcinR for water frroanlnK with pain. It was 
 conjectured, becauiie of hlii hoarne coujch, that he had mumps, or 
 measles or small pox, by some |M«rs«>nH. Soin** dare venture but 
 little here to aid sufTfrinR stranKerH when It Is all one can do to 
 keep alive. All Ihe aHMlHtance we could offer was to jclve u cup 
 of water. This I Rave at armH lenfcth. He lay close at our fe*t 
 but when we woke In the mornhiK he waH K«»"e. 
 
 Prisoners fn>m Huller re[M>rt having li«-lped tear up the Pe- 
 tersburfc railroad. The stockade Is to be erilarRed. There has 
 been a cjill for n»en to ro outMide to work on Ihe timber. The old 
 l»en Is so densely j-rowdt'd that we jire willlnK tt» help enlarRe the 
 prison. The Rebels are much hurrle«l. belnR fearful of the re- 
 porte<l raid from Kll|>4itrick. It is saiil Hom«* who went out In 
 the squad to work are put on fort ifb at Ions, refuse an<l are sent 
 In. Some may be wlllinK to do this for more Rrub. but we under- 
 stand they w«'re parolled on honor and th«*n ordere«l to work by 
 Ihe comman<lant as be pleased. It Is shamrful if men as.Menl to 
 work on Helnd w<)rks. that they should be ordered to do so. Is 
 more shameful, aiul outside the laws <»f war. 
 
 Rations are cut down one- ha r . - . .^ 
 
 a diiy. We could eat nil at one. > 
 
 Ihe hospital a '' ^' ■ •■.. i . 
 
 29 ItHlay if) tb« >iK of t) 
 
 H — "'••>• ai !>. . ,i. . ;,. 
 
 til proffNsion; but that r ver- 
 
 b III liter, b«'inK under >■ ilute 
 
 or All medical supplies, he siiys, furnlshe*! by the 
 
 R. I Ifs at Richmond, are sent to tbn TTilIltiry jxtsts 
 
 and HI tnt ami held by the physl< - -•• of 
 
 thtit '' ' for lite nmonR their ox-. u \h 
 
 In' ity well verwi'd li iiiK hati 
 
 3<> Mce In Hrltlsh h<> military 
 
 ser\l<iv )!•■ i>t<>r<N<..H neutrality, but waM i.kK<ii \\ tiu<- liHlpittir 
 care for our wounded In the Buttle of the Witdern«*nH, May Slh. 
 
CHRONICLi. 
 
 \\ AH PRISONER. 
 
 €9 
 
 llr In allowed more liberty than a Yankee. He aaya a bunch, 
 ihnt la BlIU quite aore on my forehead, wna cauaed by a apent 
 bull«'t. 
 
 Hiram M..« 
 
 pital to.l.ix )< 
 
 liflplcnM fritiii 
 lo II wkflflnn. 
 
 It.M.t ,\\\. |.\ 
 .1- 
 
 plat'e to vvt airk, 
 down. 
 
 F. 76tl ,- 
 
 •«| on c- 
 ■ ' ■•• ,. ^. I . ,,..^ ».,- 
 
 ••<! In mind. Hi- 
 J.I... u I.. . vv .- ». . i , .. . :■., 
 • flick and 
 11 In no 
 couruKe muat tie kept up though ratlona gu 
 
 ^v 
 
 leaday. M 
 
 
 
 \^ 
 
 
 !•• 
 
 
 T 
 
 
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 dirt 
 
 (t*»m (hf 1 
 
 privy. ThiB w 
 
 but 
 
 the n<irth i 
 
 !■ ■. 
 
 ft on ttMtt 1 
 
 It 
 
 au ... 
 
 likely to . 
 Ilballiv of 
 
 IKMt. 
 
 with « 
 
 but I do liw( 
 "maketh »h»* h 
 aald i> 
 are »< 
 
 |.r. 
 f 
 
 18 THIS PARADISE LOST? 
 ay 3I«!. A K""<l u«»ik .|.-»«iK'ii«v| to remedy aome- 
 "f the pi .11 to«lay. A N<iUii<l 
 
 H. hand ' which they th«-m- 
 
 -•'••' ' - ... i voluntiirlly go to 
 
 have ov»Tf lowed, and cover 
 
 ••nl and allv** with vermin. 
 
 t a iHirtlon of the iiwamp near the eiiflt part 
 
 • itu. alKiut five rodii wMe by 10 long, with 
 
 ♦•n»ct a fnin»ew»irk over the at ream for u 
 
 ly fitipply the wantM for the aouth aide. 
 
 •1 by an Impanjuible marnh. Thla project 
 
 • tit pleading of our men with phyalcluna 
 
 I»oat. aa chuncea have been offered. 
 
 It. Through them Wlrx haa been 
 
 " ' ■ - ' !n)pn>vementfl. humane 
 
 I Wlrx. He waii per- 
 
 ».,., n,,nn,,ti wan more 
 
 '•r«« wan great 
 
 •1 an<i inilit.ifv 
 
 of the poat waa mmde thia morning ^> 
 
 Hill opinion IM that we will fi4M>n b«* «*\ 
 
 Indulge In hofiea likely to l*e deferred, whu-ii 
 
 »((rf *»♦ k." A day ration waa ahown him. He 
 
 thiit there waa no reaaon why ratlona 
 
 " la provlde«l under the revuhitioiiM: ex- 
 
 ^ *. -.. * *ih :o 
 
 luiva died aume daya. the principal diaorder being diarrhoea. In- 
 
70 rimoNlCLKfl OF A WAR PRISONER. 
 
 tlur«'«l )>\ l»i.- • .!■»•.■ ,,t th.- f 1 It ),.iH 1.,.. ,.!,..■ . > r..!,l. j^.iirvy 
 
 w) ^ Is 
 
 III In 
 
 ni It 
 
 ttf oMH. 
 
 Wh«'it iit*'i. l.4ii hoi utih puiii. it Is 
 
 not iinnntunil ihiit scale of mls«ry. 
 
 W m.uh uihU. the dayi4 of victims are being 
 
 n«; 
 
 I-! ' ' ,'d on the 18th. They 
 
 were . ttle for the urmy. I 
 
 niMjke . ....... .- >v.,.^.-w ■• '•'■■■•"■■•« atten- 
 
 tion. I . (I anJ y«-llo\v. h«* In ro ;t. Ills 
 
 rloihi! . .»rii out. iMi thf wiiy fi" • \<.<)tiiun 
 
 If. I t which rt'iicheii :Mat 
 
 ^^■^ -> as he ntiolln ch. • . th«* 
 
 cnmp. » miliora cup on his heaJ. and nut unuther rus un his 
 Iterson. 
 
 Two wells near us are flnlshoJ which we nsslste<l to dlir: 
 the water Is excell>Mit. ria< hi>n has finished his bucket whit- 
 tled from rations of \v(M>d. and h( i>|»ed with knapMick straps, 
 and It Is use<l to draw wr.tfr. (^riflith and I have sold four tin 
 platen r ^' . h. Thi> 
 
 \V. Junt" iHi • forenoon: heavy 
 
 MhowtTr. ....,..» Wat* r .^ ......... .^ viOip like a flood. 
 
 Prisoners reporttMl tnlsslnfc. nitlons suspended: Rebels are mak- 
 ing a stir on th«- -.MtHi.i.. 
 
 Finlnhed "I' ■•si"; called on Hurrlman. He supplied 
 
 us with Pfitl... V of Time.* We h:id read this, but It Is 
 
 now more In our vU«w It \s a work of more natural 
 
 thouicht ail -^ less of ihn unnatui il. Milton haa soul- 
 
 stlrrlnff |miiH.iKt h. uIIvp with truih. HtKii'flciint expression and 
 l>enutlful ■Impllritv. THmh If Koes deeply Into themes beyond 
 W' ^ Ish to f<»llf>w him. or cannot, have 
 
 n«' I^»»t." I)l'l he mean the Southern 
 
 ••|>evllii with ilevllii damned firm concord hold." 
 
 Did h. ' ■ V...M. ,. 
 
 iial. 
 , ^ -ice" 
 how t ) 
 
 Tl<- truth In human experience: 
 
 I enmity and strife 
 . and levy cruel warn 
 1, each other lo destroy. 
 
CHRONICLES OF A WAR PRISONER- 71 
 
 M 111... 
 II .1. - 
 
 »t I 
 
 V\ H Of our 
 
 II 'f our »•• 
 
 l>' 'liMl Ihrse Ui)r» brller (11 nn rwrthly Umn u htrB\« '... 
 
 r« .. 
 
 Tlu u.- • of flrinfr by 
 
 •entrv. Pr .irmif>ii. M«mi 
 
 CI" ' ] 
 
 fl 
 
 or ■ •! . •■•.KiiiK n u u ii"ui 
 
 H-' \V»' Hllr It III watfr. 
 
 I'.' , , ulih rt Htlff Htlck. or 
 
 !>• mush or dumplings, bakinic or holllnic ax long nn fuel 
 
 Ti. oworH all ilay lo nwir evening. 
 
 Thr- K w.itk nr lay In mud without 
 
 c<< iiiiotiK I havo some fmll shel- 
 
 !• . iimall i .of the whole. I foel 
 
 f* .1 ihc fi.iil nheltf-r ut umlhy comnnIeH. It doej« 
 
 n iff nun and ntorm: hut our hfd In the wind U 
 
 rX|M»i»«-i ' water f- 
 
 It. mill It • M from 
 
 p« "• * - ' ' ' 
 
 r« 
 II' 
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 U 
 
 % : met 
 
 J "Iry. 
 
 t* n»M» May Rth 
 
 oi , : his clothes. 
 
 Ii 
 
 I rain continued during the night. 
 ^> could they see this 
 
 c the wet sand" Tould 
 
 tr. - - ' » >' •• 
 
 I 
 
C'HRONICLKS <»F A WAR IMtI8<^NKn. 
 
 • iiirh ran be heard from one nlde to the other. 
 
 Re|»orl thnt nine meu tunnele<l out and one irunrd eiu*apr ^ 
 uith thr>m. The tunne* In found and belnic filled. (*ol. Pamons 
 wtiM InNlde: he think* exrhnnffe In iiKree<l u|M>n. but can't be 
 effected for our forc«»ii <*ov«t the point in the cartel. Were that 
 all we nhoiiM nimui iif r<*||<>v«Ml. iff in (|tilt<> fantlllnr u-lih a fi>w 
 of ua and ' ) 
 
 were It i>< t 
 
 l-'f hl*« I Ml iru- w.ir iH' w.iv I \\ no 
 
 a prt^ tten. and wait well tn^ateil. 
 
 Hr K.i>r, .,,.,. >.. ^. ..^ >,.... '^ ^ '-ton made for 
 
 iih«»lter. and h«' han no ordem • -*h It: that It 
 
 In not the fault of the local f ire left to 
 
 auffer. WInt In the Jaillor. a morone. i man. It 
 
 re<|ulreii but little to jcet him In a i i "the old 
 
 Dutch Captain". In generally hattni. Men i-auabt in attempting 
 encape are unreaHonably punlHhe<l by wearlnR ball and chain, 
 bucking and gaRRing. putting In ntiK-kit. hanging by thumbs. )•^ 
 lanh and clone iH>nflnoment. 
 
 Prlnonern In today roporl the two armlen on to Rlchmon«l. 
 I^*e with bin right, (irant with bin left; Kllpatrick 25 mllon in 
 the rear of Atlanta tearing tip roada. 
 
 Siilurday. Juno 4th. Wlrx. Hou. John H. Winder, commix 
 
 5 • • • ' ' • • ''•iiiHTH. Ho\v»«ll t'obb and nevenil minor r>ef 
 
 ■ • on bornebiH k and rof|«« partly through lli 
 
 \\ Jn.liT if* .Mil. I to I 
 (•TH. IImwi-11 «*<.M. 
 
 ury under Ku'banan. Junt prltir tt» the nfrennlun •• and 
 
 wan the provlnlonal prenldent of the ao>called C«> ^. be- 
 
 fore I>avln. 
 
 Motjday. June 6th.— The hnpreiwIoM i« growing that th» altUM 
 tlon In more and more unfavor iv day. Ilo^; 
 
 overflowing with nick and no r ttance. lh«»iik 
 
 
 
 KH help ■ 
 
 
 , 
 
 
 mjti>\ • 
 
 
 men. 
 
 and 
 
 «ot 
 
 r.ictlon. 
 
 that th.y 
 
 A tnw '( I>bi. fell Into my biixN 
 
 wh!eh T r< fig Veal." by the author «if 
 
 ") n uf .1 te.ui.t:> I j\t\ "Nat Turner, the HI.iv^. 
 
 Ii Mint of ISSl." w). 1 all Virginia to defend 
 
 ■la\<-r> 1 noticed today a man witii the whole lower part of hia 
 
CHRoNlt i.r,> t»i .\ \\ .Mt I'lur^' '.N r.ic. 
 
 body ht|^^^-^ In <Hrt r\n n r*'m*'^!v fnr i»rnrvv. 
 
 T- huntlre<l t 
 
 prlaot .tM May 
 
 (i «l at MO 
 
 I > Hix nt n 
 
 I II xii«-> \N .Tf luKM of 
 
 V M«*m un<l an he iiiuveK, 
 
 A of hlH ronii>aiiiut)ii with 
 
 ft rlui> k of hiN h«*a(l. fmclur- 
 
 Inv hiB Mkull. I h«> quarrel urump uvpr which iihould have the 
 finit rlsht lo the fir* (or cooklnir. The mnn is Insenalble. A 
 crowd Kttthered around the asjiallant aixl ifuvc him u coume 
 of buck «n«1 irnif ihf •Mim#» riul* l»».»mr iii««*(| for ihf iruic. Thirty 
 
 of Ull 
 
 . 
 
 
 
 
 to Ko out uiidt>r icuurd 
 
 to «• 
 
 
 
 
 
 r..r lh.f 
 
 ulrk liiylng on 
 
 fV 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 We were re- 
 
 f 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Wlrx. The 
 
 ... ...... .„y „, 
 
 f the 
 
 nutny 
 
 of li 
 
 
 r>ut lit a 
 
 
 
 W..I..! 
 
 !■ 
 
 
 hv it ?.i . 
 
 
 
 H of 
 
 1 
 
 
 \ tiKI 
 
 kt <;• 
 
 
 hoaj(lc«l 
 
 t hln 
 
 1 
 
 
 kill 
 
 aM I' 
 
 
 > ait Joe .i 
 
 id In 
 
 I. 
 
 
 -'u'rman. i lu- 
 
 ht»l headed U-h. 
 
 It-rHliip of the 
 
 S 
 
 
 rll 
 
 with which 
 
 they p!Mf»e»*«f 
 
 iMto war. the 
 
 ui»hu:j 
 
 ► ^>u:^ 
 
 lum,- fi-'i whU 
 
 -h It In waice< 
 
 1. fun 
 
 - for Much 
 
 belief. The ineanii In junllfled by the end ' the i*nd 
 
 MS • ' ' ' -s ..f Fiutn.ir.lty. or f- • 
 
 i>^ I there In In our f 
 
 I- The foulnrfr* wi 
 
 l» jcl by which It In 
 
 •• ..in the i 
 
 f uiily I.- 1 • 
 
 \^ and inferniil human ' 
 
 h' 'f rifht may be! \V. U',^\ 
 
 ii»«it kun : ••! to the v«*ry duwt and (tUit with 
 
 wurm*. uii .»e of JUNtlce! our hearts are void 
 
 of timllce. 
 
 FACTS AND RUMORS JOURNALIZED.— A REBEL SUTLER 
 
 SHOP. 
 Hunday. June : I have Immmi III. Amonfc new 
 
 iicii M«hm1\ flui : » ,t.«vall. thl« In my tr<>uble. I am 
 
 AT nrta me. FYom taut dale It haa ruined 
 
74 rHRONU'l.RP OP A WAR PRIS«»N*RR. 
 
 P\... V .i.v w .. hn\> n«»\vn ft. .1.1 t,,^ !.L'ii..-,.r vimiini Ciw 
 |H I III a thill ►; —ut. Col. 
 
 r. i «\iiit. J. I. In fom- 
 
 iTi t of trulnit lowani AmerlciiH ih 011 arctiuiit <»f 
 
 \v. ■ •* »»«»liiic taken to Amerlrun from IwittleflfMn 
 
 tilHJUt Alluiitn. Ail doctom abHent: no nick call fur a week. Th<* 
 ilead Are dally drawn out by waKon londn. 
 
 On the Sth a I'athollc prlem mild to um h<> ^ 
 badly treateil. but there are an kind hearted \h-< 
 
 anywhere: that • U their own way; ni->\ik'Mi om k.>\ - 
 emment unwilli ■ . but If better provlnlonii couhl not 
 be made for i. -..k -Mi^'ht to be ilone. prlentH. thoufch fre- 
 Muently In. • to nay. They are nald to be uwlnic their doc- 
 trinal Influ* p. I men to «\^. • . u. t* . i . .. t.. 1 1,. « •.,! r. •....% 
 
 I dt> not arcfpt thin an true, t 
 
 vlHlted, who Maid to me that 
 
 yenterday went out with the pr.tst and ha» not returned. 
 
 I am out of conceit with many reportH which originate In 
 camp. I have no faith In Innocent llarH who tell no much newi*. 
 For Inntance: Lincoln Ih Kolntc to jflve two for one to ir*»t um 
 out: "In KOlng to throw the nlfCKer ov«Tl>oard to pN '• 
 
 that Secretary Stanton ban mild that "none but d. - ! 
 
 coffee bollern are taken prlMonern. and the army In b«tt'i "ir with- 
 out them." Likely Honie Rebel Htiirted thin Htory. but It had 
 welKhl amoiiK mmie. IiuIIk' " * " ' - • » r an<l vent their 
 cumen on Stanton. Clraiit In -In the Prenldeni 
 
 and the t'ablnet: for thene ' I'rti.. .i.ith ..f 
 
 thought and are eaully inov«Ml 
 to h' >>\\ many on whone ey. 
 
 tb X and laylnic the blame of our abune on the Kebel 
 
 hi; where It belomrn. A jimall ration of rice today. 
 
 Munday. June 14th. — Northeast iitorm badly affectB w.ik 
 men ! know of twenty who nlnoe yentenlay have tiunk fo u". 
 h« < othern have dU»d within a few hourn. The! 
 
 Ill- ••d with Wet wind an«l nonked with water. 
 
 wh'f \\ • lay In wet JiN douKh. «>ur 
 that w«« are continually hunicry. Mot 
 
 totally unfJT • • -^ • ■ ' ' 'In ai- ^^'^^,^•■ , ...i.. i.ii» 
 
 icr«'a«y iiiu! u leNN care than If It 
 
 f»-«'d. I bei ' 1^ 1» 1- in.f.K .-. 
 
 fe«»i| UN IMI. 11,.- 
 
 Rllii..rM .,f ■ f 
 
 !•'' a nide line, it 1 lie or a Yankee bluixi't 
 
 fi. ! nhnnt If It It Mnn nf th'- Kr.'mont wihk 
 
 In but the 
 
 Cii f«ir |H?r- 
 
CHRONICLKB OF A WAR PRISONKR. 
 
 ' \nr 14th 
 • r>' iiHMi 
 
 it. Th«- «« for Lt 
 
 .f»rtr«l nix Lcunr. Tu; 
 
 nrr f* -: rilNxl. Rlc«« ami 
 
 N\ ic ITith. Ijimi I . atteinpt«Hl to 
 
 |»mrit by ihrir vile pnirtlcen. ithls name in irlvon 
 
 onr nf th- rhtpfii) whintlon bli«\v ,. • mimuicIimI to by tho MUb- 
 
 )• •■louii-l(x>klii|c rhiipH iiio\i*' thmufch purtn of tho 
 
 I tly the rry of "thief," "ruldorn." and HUppremicrl 
 
 voics a .IX •- h- arU. like n»en In a ntrufCRh*. Airnin crlen of "catrh 
 hlin." "inurtler" "Oh. CJod. they've killed me!" Now and then 
 
 Then a r 
 
 I li the »t 
 
 « ■• - plat* .> ... ...t. 
 
 For a tinje 
 
 li. ...;..; .. .: l)aHf«- U. ;.! tin 
 
 nil III. '"el Mife to lie down unleHN t" 
 
 our t. »r of two watcheM and other th < 
 
 lout, have iieen imme men who jfot hit. Some MasitarhuitettM 
 Imivh rrtr u« had their bhinket nelxed. Luckily one awoke aM 
 t* f ner wan dniwn from him. He HpranK up and no closely 
 
 { •• ihlef thJ4t h«' droppe«l It. Thin morr)lnK a fellow had 
 
 I .-d for NteallnK rations. Toward n«Min excitement 
 
 •ilon to thi» north sitle. Oolni? thither we found a 
 
 ) 
 
 'h the vU'W that 
 
 1 ■ r \ i.-.v f..t ii.-h.u r 
 
 'Up •»( UK rfiHil\«Mi he Kiioulil not k<* uniioni .-'I. 
 
 .«- M who nre wMlinir **> »<*n their birthrlRht for a 
 
 i st the cause for which 
 
 I 'wer of brothers In the 
 
 f \ out affalnst us. For u 
 
 .<^ r our own men to do It. 
 
 first In ' has the sun ap|>ear^ today, but 
 
 tated at Uo. 
 
 A hermit wrt>'. tlttiAtlon In solitude 
 
76 CHRONICLES OF A WAR PRISON KR, 
 
 place"; "Bettor dwoli In the midst of ftlarmA." Bui we have no 
 choice: we both — 
 
 "Dwe.l In the midiit of 
 And "relKn In thli* horr 
 It wan not |>oetlcal to call Nalure'm ihmiuih- n>rrjhi«-: n.>thinK ih 
 i«» horrible an Bubverte<l. debnued. cruellxed. dlntorted. dylnic 
 human nature. 
 
 ThurMday. June 16th.— The man who waj» deprived of hlii hair 
 yem. ! ! i\ >i 1.1 t.tken the oath >>f iII.-lt! . t . .• t.. the "C. 8. A." He 
 wl- name8--had .irmy nhoeii. Hlf« 
 
 |Mi| M and he w.t- not to anitlnt the 
 
 RebelH any murp. The affair wnm reii* bed »."apt. WIrx who sent 
 it guard to encort the ex-rnlonlst outMide and to arrest his assail- 
 ants. He also ordered that no nitlons be Issued until the man 
 who shaved his head was apprehended. All honor to the bnive 
 imtn who shaved the Ju<las head. 
 
 Rather than that thousjinds of comrades be deprived of scanty 
 rutlons for day. he bade farewell t<> f i " tted 
 
 Mt the fCHte. was taken out by the gua- ^inic 
 
 to divulge another name. After a thorowKM ^'-.m^u i<>i um- oitiers. 
 rations were Issued. 
 
 FYlday. June 17th.— The night of the llth a w" < .v-! In: 
 two men asleep slid In; one was killed. Soon after < wp 
 
 learned that one of the deailers. or "nilders" l>ore • of 
 
 Cary. He was at Relle Isle and Is charge«l with being the cause 
 of several deaths. To<lay he was pointed »»ut to us and we rec- 
 ognlxe*! Sullivan of our company (76th N. Y.) who deserted Oc- 
 tober 10. 1R63. near the Rapldan River south <»f Mitchell. Va. He 
 was H substitute from Buffalo, a "gambling, fighting, bad tem- 
 perefl fellow, feared In the company. He thinks we sus|>ect him. 
 and tonight semis word by Mooney. who knew him In (^ana«bi. that 
 If we do ruit ex|M)se hhn. I'onipjiny F shall never be disturl>ed by 
 ntlders. 
 
 Monday. June 20ih. — Yestenlay a sentry flr«»4l on a man who 
 was attemi""'"^- •■• Wtll a snake near «»^" .i. ..i . •• ».••» missed 
 ••ffect c»n four oil -in the 
 
 b<»th lylriK' (ii.l. • ! gras«><l 
 
 Hturgis ha^ I In a f . Forrest 
 
 tt ^<\o men. been r»- Hunter 
 
 with <«i. li.iSrIor force, m-hm than at his 
 . disast<>rs fill Rebels with bombast and 
 UK li' u». 
 
 lie triumfihs seem to raise their wind; 
 •o find, 
 wtt birxl. 
 .< V .If. Ill, in'ii . ...Mi> iuiii aside, 
 
 him. the slf 
 
 
 fa*e ..I,.- ii. 
 
 
 iw 
 
 (}en 
 
 In . 
 
 In, 
 
 for fiKiiUiiK 
 
 ■ 
 
 comnuind 
 
 
 are not 
 
 
miRoNICLKS OF A WAR PRI80NKR. 
 
 77 
 
 Aiiiioyf'd th 
 That It nh 
 •TI- ». .f . V 
 I- 
 A- 
 
 •w pridf. 
 -ut. 
 
 lo. 
 
 ••I'll tiill. 
 
 It piilf; 
 
 
 ned. Then I 
 
 Whiii- ftirtlnjc In VirKUHa are but nticmptn to rluc 
 Wh' n !V S r'nmt mlln I>m» uikui bin thlichii. 
 
 • .Ue and b<»l«l. Two m«'fi have lately been 
 
 r hurt ntid robbed. We uulch nlKbtly, 
 
 •ted huMK for attempting: to 
 
 ■». The ol.l Kuard leave this 
 
 .1 new net on. 
 
 K' I wiw ii crowd Htand- 
 
 . ....... ■■.,. -fourth white. A white 
 
 in bin band a Ht!fk. to one end of 
 I ii.t \otii whirh h" ».ritsh...| the 
 bin dyli He 
 
 feeble !■ -jiped 
 
 bandit on bin breant. Afoiln there 
 breast, the eyes brightened and 
 t him. then rolled back, and he breatheil no 
 why I forKot every thinif for the time— 
 Interent look In him. 
 ahnont. each day. I nee the dead 
 race, far loftier bn^ws 
 I formn. pann by. 
 
 •"•• fju'e turned tow •• '- •» ^i i. . 
 Mtft. thrllMnK. Im 
 
 ml nhoulder. for iii 
 
 and wondered what they 
 
 the tnnn bent atiil iay hit* tMuiy 
 wan n fnln» hr-tvinic of the 
 irtjinced W' 
 more. I i 
 
 A 
 Wf 
 
 Of 
 
 All 
 
 were ho not a neifro." 
 >>rtnl. he had a soul. I 
 
 A 
 
 hi.. 
 
 to th< 
 
 \\. 
 haN not m 
 monilnir. i 
 to about huU 
 
 Hcldvn. til. 
 
 T. 
 
 !at.— At 
 
 ind« tnniirht: "They any Davis 
 t rue! 
 ter man WiiM iihot. He 
 
 to Ko t ' 
 • ii root 
 
 Ih it it 
 
 i«iitdUtutin. 
 
 a«'t Up u Mulk*r ahop 
 
:« CHRONICM.KS OF A WAR PRI80NKR. 
 
 on m.. .«» north Hide, with a view of ahitorblnic Y«n- 
 
 |co<' »i t .!\.i t.. H!.,i,.i Th.- f,i. t thii Home of fhe 
 
 Ht JUHtlfU'H HUH- 
 
 |.: mtlonH. H*» 
 
 ii' turn mat- prtiMincm In 
 
 t) . of lh»« ' Irn f^*»vf»r!v. 
 
 of Ui«- l*i»iU» 4 Who. .\«-'.*Tth«*U'HH V* «- .»J«- lt»l«i l>> K 
 
 thill h** h"H^ M ronmi«««f«»«»n from R|<'hmon»l He 
 
 h.. * ■ >..ll- r \sJill«» 
 
 li I ' by Seldon: 
 
 t) uiilik«*ly 
 
 1>1 1 It fllHt 
 
 Af i« •■:' v» iiiM ••> In i»ro- 
 
 h' law. It Ih o| ; Ix-Ih. aixi 
 
 c> 
 
 VI. ■ _ i 
 
 l«. tppc'tltfH of ihouiutndH; and thone who have money 
 
 c.t Ht th»' temptation to let It ico. ThouKh lhl« la poor 
 Rtuff. 11 it* better th:in the Rcunt ratlonH Irregularly iMiued. We 
 have to pMV from ?r>e to $1 for nn onion. 10c to 40c for miserable 
 
 m \ ho(f |»eiui. 4rtc for H 
 
 pi With the advent of 
 
 t) "tv. It IH 
 
 HI- • ••nbarkH. 
 
 V •-> .....*. «>..... .K-...> i-ilt Up. It 
 
 Ih view to benefit uh. If Huch were the 
 
 o) t MUi'h prlt-eM. why itre rations cut down. 
 
 w> It of on« day In five by not fetilns 
 
 -THE PRISON CLEANED OF RAIDERS.— CANDIDATES FOR 
 
 HEMP. 
 
 T».irM'i\ .Tim." : It I \N' i • h f'. t •«<«»! tr .Tuii- "tMrrnH. hot 
 
 u . He has 
 
 !'■ 'f Hiurvy 
 
 l» Mmly renlstlnir 
 
 t» -» 1 \v«>rk on 
 
 • • He 
 
 «• ther. 
 
 «• .f < 'h'.. K'M-* This Is 
 
 t' fn of home. Sleep Is 
 
 M •>.< u I try to break by pencil- 
 
 1 1 ralslnff my thoughts to better 
 
 th..^ ,. 
 
A numl»«»r itf hniinl flifhiM lo.luv nnvonir th h atmnfr. 
 
 •our. • 
 jr:th '■ 
 lot h 
 
 of till 
 
 tl 
 
 I ' 
 
 li iiulliliiK ••! 
 
 » ..V t Mf 
 
 It 
 
 r.- 
 
 |. . K 
 
 It 
 
 M- 
 
 forrnl to 
 Mtt. II by II 
 
 inwldp Miifl r<Mi«* art>uiiil mitNict** thf* «l<>!i<i (in** %%ith nii 
 
 f»itr rr:iTi rotTrfifn )!■«•! t<< hfm "f h;ir«l fair, iin<l wuH 
 
 tltfuif ft* • >• iiikI put In the 
 
 utiM-kt V ••*» to u injin. wail 
 
 |MIU<*<1 
 
 T iitlnually hot 
 
 Hi 
 
 It 
 
 u . 
 
 «" 
 
 V- 
 
 It ^ 
 
 ■«rou« to I'Ut ilif • 
 
 Cii(»ii ftf n '< hurt 
 
 11'.- 
 
 r n with t 
 
 h 
 
 II »^'"- 
 
 I • ibcy ran 
 
 Sullivan hma <l<'i)ic><l. tu MatUaon, having any connection with 
 
to 
 
 riIRONICLK8 OF A WAR P! 
 
 u. It 
 
 Vk.. . ! • the 
 
 wIclceU BhuJl not vo unpunmhed. He will find the truth ot lhl« 
 text. 
 
 A ' -* ulnre M len. He appealed 
 
 to 8ui: thrfiitn . Iiruuiht him the 
 
 identtrul LUnkct. A man v\aa .iiUtkeJ ihu aft«Tnoon but the 
 niltlem w«T«» braten. l*rli»om»rp rutiit* In m* fimt Ihul wp are ter- 
 rll ".-(I. At niKht whfn we lay down fv^ry paMiuiKe. every 
 
 »\ -freil. thoumindii uleeplnir without the U-aitt coverlns 
 
 or M..-H.-: 
 
 We.lnenlay, June 29th.— More brutality and robbery. Half 
 
 ..r I >.i..'.iM i't...T,w ..f .iiKtf.MM ii.! \iit<i'u rKif • •xftblne 
 
 two 
 
 We 
 
 iho lilile •• -afeiy of the camp re- 
 
 •ur liven .< ly. We are In irrenter 
 
 H,i...... I r 
 
 tl. 
 
 nre doinit 
 
 quir.s ?T 
 Irr 
 
 jKTll from ilifHf MllitttiK than fn»m the atroollle* of 
 «ni At 3 p. m. a miin wan vlo|#»n»!v f^t-^rHlM In the 
 
 ■trill. vvli;Ii' anleep. and robbed. h«' luild. of ^ t< h. He 
 
 had arrlve<l that day amonir otherM of Kh< ' '<. With 
 
 bl- ■ • i»< ;nl. I saw 
 
 h!' A number 
 
 >» . >...... ^|,(j 
 
 a I thttt 
 
 %v. .;.i){e- 
 
 n • th«' rtili- 
 
 !►• «ll noth- 
 
 Inir. irave oui certain ihreatn. and three of them vmiied the tent 
 of an elderly man whom they knew to have money, and prenent- 
 Inff knlven. demanded It without one word, or they would kill him 
 on the M|Mii. The man handed out a {Mtrllon. leiiji than the amount. 
 (nlMUit 140); but they were not |»ermlttei to prolong their visit. 
 Alaiut I ft. m. an order came from <*apl WInt that If we wlBhe<l 
 
 to 
 
 II 
 fol. 
 
 irme«| like a lMH»-hlve 
 
 The K 
 
 " ll<«|f I .III! 
 
 titn with rv 
 
 . ' .11.1 I 'i.i.i 
 
 to 
 
 W ' 
 
 for ii.<»t«s 
 ere tr>-lng 
 
 rffe an f iiul. liutnide the ipite 
 
 ! who f. ,..|n and thry returned 
 
 ,-.41 1 «if the (mmp. the nilfl- 
 
 them. Toward night the 
 
CIIRONICM..- ..Alt PRI80NKR, 81 
 
 iMulor* b*«an to rvaiat. but und»r the duba of our police they 
 
 (lualletl. N K- nmn. \^ 
 
 taken, but He U> 
 
 pPT •. •■ ' ^ .. .. a n' -^ -• 
 1,1 ly hurt. 
 Il ... : an he t u; . - . 
 I.. •( pllletl hlfu. HUH we re- 
 jo me of hia troup would be 
 tit- At dark the wurfc cvuii*mJ; nearly Rixty had hofii 
 ti»» I few t:ii d«»ubt led iiatniy. aent In. Th** boyn 
 mi II." for the men who Utak the Inltlu- 
 t. With lh«» work of mlrhlnfr rulderH 
 b. two 
 m dd). 
 
 A' I to 
 
 tl ( .•!•- 
 
 IH*. '.." .. •■. '.." .■• '.. ».'• ■•. •" ••It- • «• of 
 
 havlns been benten And atranicle<l. lioneii of others were rei>orted 
 
 r..iin.l 
 
 own tiH r<>Rulatori(. that led 
 'it I*«'roy L. Key. of tin lUI- 
 ti« 11 ic«»«hI, I niv»'. iiatute nmn. very choice 
 
 II; "• Th'' firirMTifr.atlon wiin mfi'le iii> of 
 
 *». Md (Jhio; 
 
 ft ! to have 
 
 of l.ur with !'.. 
 
 \ !y uutU then*' 
 
 CM . •• I. i\ .' New York' ! 
 
 f« .>*t on the i>4irt <»f >•■•' • 
 
 f.. 
 
 W 
 
 Il ► . '-a of ihia i: 
 
 1- l>erfe<tly wh 
 
 * lJi«*> »u«.» «.t-tltMl. HorK<*nnt K«'>» had an 
 « m<*n and. thoufh a a**if rooNtltutf>d 
 
 I« e lj€»fn choaen for the terrible and 
 
 U' I a not a tank ordinar>' men have un 
 !»' 
 II 
 
 !•■ •.•Ill »« •-! •• I •-■! Ill I •■>! *»•■:<<• \n<- aillllT.I- 
 
 t« In the prlaon. la accorded Ser^tMint Key a 
 
 fe««llnir nmr»' 
 
 ie<l, thia tlm»' 
 
 ihout •••tataticv frvtn H«b«i K«Mnd«. except a lieutenant and 
 
S2 CHRONlrl.B« OF A x. ... . ...... ..VER. 
 
 jimn! nt tti 
 
 i*» 
 
 r:ttf» 
 
 Th«" f*>rr 
 
 T!l'«f1 
 
 Mf 
 
 r^«i't»nno*» of v**«t*r<lAy wal 
 
 If 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 HlK- 
 
 V 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 onf 
 
 l^ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 inch 
 
 1' 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 and 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 . »' . . 
 
 l>. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ji" 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 till* hfunnK nh.iU 
 
 |m 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ., \ I.w of tt^^ '"K 
 
 1 ^ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ; . liavtnK ■. .-r.il 
 
 d.. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 .11 of my ■ — out 
 
 liKniiiKl 
 
 Huliiviiti. 
 
 The ^ 
 
 
 .f I 
 
 uf thoHi* l.kktfit uul are re- 
 
 tur»e<l 
 
 (in I 
 
 >r* 
 
 • TTT*««" 
 
 «• of K 
 
 
 %|or Mn«1 on the i»I#n that th«'y 
 
 havo l>e^n 
 
 
 
 Sonii- 1 
 
 Jf I 
 
 ! ■ 
 
 1. -* hiKl mi (••luf 
 
 afraiiii>t 
 
 bu 
 
 
 
 •• \vh*T«» 
 
 the 
 
 N 
 
 ..!. Ju»t ' th. 
 
 iriic. wim « 
 
 >\ • 
 
 
 
 
 
 • 11 ih.-ii. 1 .ink' re- 
 
 tum^l. 
 
 A 
 
 f#' 
 
 \\ 
 
 
 
 
 ! and rhaJn. Th«« 
 
 ^t (TUpI. two ! 
 
 '. t ..f f »..• 1.1 '...'.: 
 
 one. 
 
 • . lUII- 
 
 iih n mil. knocking hiiu down, nnd he died from thv 
 
 of thl»« and ofh«'r M«»\vm. 
 
 MOVE TO PRISON ANNEX — HOW WE CELEBRATE. 
 
 l-*rl.!;iv Jul\ iMt Th»- .1.1 ht'.iii ti» th«« Ht<Mj;.i.J.- ts f iiitf«h.-l. An 
 
 a: 't in thi* oM wall at the nortii of th>- 
 
 (.: •! ate ord<Tf I to n)ov«* ihrouKh (in> 
 
 d> l> In tlit»'«» houri*. Th** \vfatli«*r H 
 
 \. in«*n tnovlnt: wlttiout onlor ovn 
 
 !(, t)...s.- who «r«» lo !• iii.iiii iM htirrlblv 
 
 f. K»»l «>«» "I "T •»" 
 
 r >,,. \. . thr wallf» 
 
 li a hole 111 11 fenr«v 
 
 t.. 'hrm wtde wllh ii 
 
 baiiK of .i;i( oii 11, • Tk mor«- 
 
 (^rfi«>«'lv f"r « f»r»;-' n>««i»| !<• 
 
 a; < t . i;u' -Miff 
 
 II that wi« t'. 
 n 
 I. 
 
 h<*l|>eU. i>>airni«nls of trees lay ul>out over which men atrove to 
 
nhlAin fu**! nnA iihcH< 
 !• Mitlmnl*^ at 70. 
 Hundny. July 3r 
 by our orml«»ii. V*"- 
 
 hotin* In i»i»n f.«r' 
 
 .KH OF A WAR li 
 
 Tl.. .\.rKj.- nuj' 
 
 iitlm p*r ilay 
 
 report fnvnrrth!r» pmrr«^f» 
 
 days. I I 
 
 nAk..( r..r 
 
 n* 
 
 H 
 
 tOfirtJ. a>vttiK 
 
 ooilnv frnm hi 
 
 Olhrr |»HiM>nrr 
 
 lay nM»r ihf ' 
 
 him %» 
 
 by a 11 
 
 ht- 
 
 a! 
 
 All of 
 do I r 
 T> 
 
 n * 
 
 to tho 
 
 il VlfW 
 
 i.lfiOO ft 
 
 Ik. fMiihv ttmdfr 
 • •Mrlner MIm<1. An- 
 
 ■11 Wl'- NI Tl K . Ill 
 
 evinclnir nil !h<* 
 
 ..,1 V.f .1(1.. 
 
 woul'1 r<K|uir«» ih«» t>cm trrnim<«ni to he 
 
 r.r.r bn wivp ! In thin rthnonrr. r,f m«y]l- 
 
 to cure 
 im h'»rV 
 
 A 
 
 in.!. 
 
 U' 
 I 
 
 a»* 
 
 ll> 
 
 ai 
 
 at;.-- .-. 
 
 -pooh" na 
 
 •<»a«..u ..f ; 
 
 of 
 
 of 
 
 rant f.ilth .i:..! . 
 
 that we frit It 
 
 111 • 
 
 111' 
 
 tt» K'-f I IM- III \\ < «1 
 
 today. 
 
 W.. 
 
 lit \ 
 
 fh* 
 
 (itai) I'lwio 
 
 «r iiKrmiiK 
 
K4 IHRCINICLES OF A WAIl PRISON KR. 
 
 ...... J„,y ^^y ....... ...» _. .... . .. _.. . ,.„r 
 
 fi« to the rth 
 
 II I "^Mlh ;. . - 
 
 |i» tul the pUTKUlt «' 
 
 It) ■ l)-,.-H.- St .!.-^ If..- 
 
 p. un ihv»e frreai truiha 
 
 III- posterity ir. In nv.urnliiK 
 
 for ihv luiM of Muit». Ill |*ttliiful fXi'ei'latlons. ti iiul 
 
 fear, their eyes are turne<l towMr»! two mighty Mmk 
 
 on the same soil. — one for th' iud ih.a lUj^uhiic, the 
 
 other bnttlliiR to maintain a Inaugurated to ovor- 
 
 tlirow the work of their t on 
 
 prlncli»l«*s the reverse, > » rt»«<l 
 
 In both words ■ ' ' • \N.i;iiri in.- >-. nj..- of 
 
 my vision, are n* ^reat sin that has 
 
 rursod i»ur i»eo|.ii . . ... . • ? n •••v ■..( |»«* d«'- 
 
 stroytMl but H.ived fret* from ' that has 
 
 stained our fair emblem — the ' . . ihil the 
 
 Tnlon of the States shall not be broken by the hands of Treason, 
 the foul assassin of Liberty! O. that the day .,f jf!..rlous triumph 
 may soon come and with It the rlKht. and horrid evil of 
 
 war! Let the <Iemon that actuated It be <l Apropos to 
 
 the day are those beautiful lines frx>m L<»n|ffvilo\v, which Thoinp- 
 sun recited: 
 
 • • • Sail on. <> Ship of State! 
 
 Sail on. <^. Union. stronR and great! 
 
 Humanity with ail Its fears. 
 
 W'llh all the hopex of future years, 
 
 Ik hiinRiuK broatliieHN on thy fate! 
 
 We know what MuHter lai«l thy kind. 
 
 What Workman wroiiKht thy ribs of steel. 
 
 Who made each miist. 4ind sail, ami rope. 
 
 What anvils ranic. what hammers b<-at. 
 
 In whiit a forRe and what a heat 
 
 Were shaped the anchors <»f thy ho|ie! 
 
 Fear not each sudden sound and shock, 
 
 'TIs of the wave jind not th* ro<-k; 
 
 'TIS but the 
 
 And not a i 
 
 In spite of t 
 
 III spite of f ,., 
 
 Siill ..r, I... I ' ....... ... . 
 
 -. are all with thee, 
 our pravriM nn- t.Mrfi 
 « »ur faith tri '»'er our f 
 
 Arc all with all wltli 
 
CHRONICLRa OP A WAR PRIBONRR. 
 
 R5 
 
 Have hnil but 1" '«»r two niffhtn. owlnff to the itorm 
 
 •nd •^verity of my <*. No nitlons ■Ince the 2nd. TWO 
 
 hour* of trriibl« thui. It t aturm. At the Sutler'ii "Shetxans" I 
 purch«M><l n ■innll m hfitt biHcult for 35 crtitJi. Thin Ih my feuat 
 
 » for Ju' 
 
 >'*. 
 
 U< 
 
 Uic 
 
 •*m» of b- 
 
 (aftor 
 
 Tu. 
 UP 
 
 n. 
 
 1*« : 
 
 to thr north Kutt* . th 
 aUty houra. I ki...A 
 nlffht uftcr tti«* 
 
 off t!rrt..-r< ,.f • 
 
 It 
 
 » . 
 
 he « '-• 
 
 ma ml 
 
 eitouich !• ri I 
 
 CtMMl. Thr £th 
 
 Ijoliiln. thr "" 
 
 hia flunk. 
 
 tniubled. 
 
 r>t- ker. pr i 
 
 playmate, i** 
 
 goona: la fr«*m 8trutM*n coutuy. .Nrw York. 
 
 Thtin»<1nv Jt»»v Tth i'onl niKhtM. h«»t «laya 
 a*' lUh. 
 
 nu M a 
 
 8. i\, 
 from \ 
 day. u 
 
 R..I..' 
 
 Ill 
 
 It.. M 
 
 k to the old aide, five of 
 
 ved by the r««movnl of ao 
 
 the well we duK. for we 
 
 it the priaoii waa ocrui»le<l men carried 
 
 th \\:\\\ frir woo.! or for huta. On July 
 
 I until every allele 
 
 lit the Riite. that 
 
 U d li V-iiiktf.H ih.il he waa In com- 
 
 notiil tr 
 
 -a died like hell .there would b« 
 
 "It waa 
 
 I at all 
 
 n .^.i. . II..... . . "Hniufc on 
 
 l>»e'a cornbreud line 
 
 » . ome down. Billy 
 
 • r. "iMnoh'a" oM 
 
 :he lat U. 8. dra- 
 
 My romplnlnt not 
 From three to hIx ahota fired 
 iirtl In bo of tM>t<' 
 
 ' H Inland. 
 
 I aquad 
 
 ■ n. I iH- iiitiiio of the 
 
 I rloud In tho Bky. A 
 
 • ♦ tnd I/ee In a 
 
 Davla at hla 
 
 SCENES AMONG SICK.— RAIDERS CONVICTED. 
 
 H«mna ittrwc m«n had tM>vn 
 
 t' ■ iK-rfbrmwI. 
 
 tHrong on marrhea and in tMttlca' aiH(k>; 
 
S« ClIHONICLKS UF A \\ A U PRISONER, 
 
 lid tK-lching ran* 
 
 A. T«,, ,, -: 'dnriitK line* 
 
 That brought ihr h«i >i 
 
 Vi»|on «.f S.>Mh 
 
 BAtuMAV. July 9lh.— More than a week -ick call. Tho 
 
 I ». .... ., jj. jjji J in.»ii> Kick ICO for- 
 
 ^ • walk rjkI arc laid ovor n 
 
 Ijuk. -I '■ ' ' '' "'».• wt'ftk. I Ko. hoplnic 
 
 to Bet H I ■>. for '■' which neriteant* of 
 
 "i.ii . n.s t !h.- .N I>o<'ior comoB in and 
 
 If.. .: nmong them iM>me. touchlriR a few 
 
 nx Two houm would be required, at 
 
 least, to Ret nIoiiK with the "najiiy Job." the doctom think, and 
 only wink at them nt that. I could not endure the hot sun. the 
 awful iitench. the sight of thoiie nlokenlnic objectn. I noon lout 
 faith. If I had any. that I nhould be healed by a plight hem touch. 
 I came to doubt. ui>on viewing the condition of no many othera. 
 whether I neeflod anything. More curloua than charitable — charity 
 Is a cripple here, begins and ends at home. I looked them over, 
 and wus not curious. 
 
 "Here pity <1 v herself alive 
 
 When she to. 
 
 Tl '- ...re robunt constltuU«»n.-* th.m 
 
 mine. .thuonn' timn If they were dea<l . 
 
 „o •».• •><■ the bone and sln»"* "' •»"' 
 
 1 than ghastly exi 
 
 \N • . Ixh. unnianly rrl' v 
 
 for the doc'tor to "t'ome quick, for Christ's sake, quick!*' con- 
 stantly begfT'r.ir fr.r w-iT.r* Ai^hnst. I stepped hurriedly, sham- 
 bllngly. bii* wasted. <'orrupted bodies. onr«' 
 
 iM-MMtlfMl • Hi and hastened here and sit 
 
 d. the \ii>\ •• of the blanket, my heart 
 
 SI It not ►loom? I shudder while I 
 
 W Mf' " ■ Ilk" t h-lT "4 
 
 "y .Vorth?" they asked. 
 
 " ^ ' ' ^ . 
 
 "l! iiunl In shucks." 
 
 "Perhaps it would: at any rate, get all you can out of th^ 
 ('iirifeilerary *' 
 
 "That 
 
 "Then k "-V " 
 
 "That iiuikts J! - rII niffht In th- 
 
 cold to frccxc an \.. n in the bull-pei; 
 
rilR« .Nhl.KS 
 
 ^t!!! nt fh^ imt<»: no attention 
 womt case* 
 k bv frl*Tl<lli 
 
 would br Milk to ntnml In tf. it 
 'Thttln whut'a thf T 
 
 Out ..' 
 
 on the 
 
 for •» -.1,, 
 
 |»^« the 
 
 h. , of 
 
 «|. • to 
 
 I. . that 
 
 '. thp (Init)cr !■ all ulM)ut ur. 
 July 10th Hot. Rhowcry «lay. rondeni th<? condition 
 
 uf lh« ■ K. It In h««Ucv<M| that more thftn two- 
 
 Ihlrds . 'ho »?«!«• «f» r»M{»oi)Ki* to th«' nWk cnll. are 
 
 victlma uf •- «»f the ntomnch and other 
 
 onninii of ' ro4H| suttplled Impartii no 
 
 nu' - n Moil rat \ 
 
 ra >*hlrh In not r«" 
 
 II, , ,. .... ., ,,. 
 
 d. 
 
 a 
 
 km .> 
 
 
 !M 
 
 nfv! 
 
 
 
 «»^tii 
 
 1 
 
 
 John 
 
 H 
 
 ••ctcd with •curvy, drops/, urinary disordera 
 
 that nix raidem have been con- 
 
 tli and Ttrf^ to Im hTrir«^1 tfrnrirrnw 
 
 •r noon 
 U N. Y. : 
 
 la; Chorl*-* <urtl««. Lth ILhu.lc lai^iia ai - 
 ilth N. Y.. Patrick Delnney. 83rd Penn- 
 
 r\9%X on iIj- »ary. It m uiidemtood that theiie 
 
 fuon were i > Jumpern, ffnin^ out for the money 
 
 •y could »et. and were captured outnlde of the line of duty. 
 A'« know 8oUlvan dM«rt«d our regiment while It was forming 
 for expected buttle, on the nlaht of (ictober 10th. 18<;3. and waa 
 
 |-u: !:■ ■ ^ 
 
 h 
 
 Vliir. Va. To t-.irr> out ttiia sriiii project StrrKcaiii Keys and 
 Immediate nimiStaittft l.i.. k- .t tlu- uv ,,f titnlM-rM aiu\ IooIh and 
 
 curtd a f«w carp* 
 
88 rHRMNin.KS (*V A WAR PHlSoNKR 
 
 HANGING THE CHIEF RAIDERS.— SCENES AT THE EXE 
 
 CUTION. 
 
 :il..t,!.v luiv tith 1S64. Huillliij; the ncnffoM for execuiink' 
 the pt m at 9 a. m. a few yards within the den<l 
 
 liiM* t -<-. liy 1 p. m. it was finished and th«- 
 
 < : :nbieil everywhere a foothiK could be had In view of 
 
 n- 1. lAK)klnK from my position neitr the scaffold to th* 
 
 Mui ih Oil ihe HlopinK Kruund I behelil the moHl <iensely packed rrowd 
 I had ever •••^••> The south side If iKiHsihle was move densely 
 packed. '1 • from every extreme |K>rtlon of the stockade 
 
 until they no further. Kvldently every man thiil could 
 
 be was on lus i t].s. A multitude of probably 30.000, all astir 
 itn so small an area Is seldom If ever seen. The regulator miuads. 
 armed, with clubs, formetl a scjuare around the scaffold to keep 
 back the cr«>wd. It Wiis feared by leaders that an attempt 
 would be n> ..t. >.^ HAsoclates of the doome I. to destroy the «• un- 
 fold and I ..-m. Sometime was employed In atlji- 
 halters to i and adJustInK not>ses. then all was i. 
 Shortly after, the Kate opened and Capt. Wlrx. dressed In a whtt< 
 duck suit. up*>n his Kray horse, accom|>anled by a Catholic pr!*'?'' 
 followed by the Kuard with the doubly doomed war pris 
 They were six dressed only in undershirts and drawers and ! 
 uncovered. Capt. Wlrz addressed us In broken Swiss nearly a> 
 follows: 
 
 "Prisoners. I deliver '' ■ n to you In a> dltlon as 
 
 I found them. I have i •\k to do in • . them of 
 
 crime of which they an- .i. . w.-..-.!. except to l.ui u.y nHHitHnuc'^ 
 for their and your protection: nor do I charK** them or belle\ • 
 them Kullty. at>>) v,), .ii have nothing to do with tif 
 
 execution of your You have tried them; I have per 
 
 mltted it. You ha\ ■ '.-d and sentent ed them: If they ar« 
 
 hunir. you. not I. will be resiMjnslble for It. I deliver them to you. 
 do with them as you please. an»l may Ood be with them and you 
 Guards about face; forward march." 
 
 All but ih«» pHoi.t moved out and the »n»te closed. This ad 
 d: ! In his hand said to have been 
 
 I ; • officer of the |»o«l. 
 
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 Up to 
 
 1- io their hearts. Their ex.-- 
 
 cu If »»... 1.. ,ui «|f.|ay pressed 
 
 «'t^ch '. man. shouted 
 
 • n « •' 1 nrvrr gu up 
 
 there! .\ ,1,,^ away. IoohImk his 
 
 arms and .lashed madly throufh 
 
OHRONIOLE8 OF A WAR PRISON FT I ^9 
 
 It •• weak rrow.l to th*» 
 
 »' s tn hin hlt'K. but was 
 
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 !•• iiiic hurnlr^ilii of tho i^eaJccr t: iii-k' 
 
 fi ;« In th* ruiih. which had hm th" 
 
 fuicKUr MitM brouirht l»nrk tmnbllnir and cow<frltiic wKh f«-ai. Th« 
 othrrn had hern N-ft ntandinff. b«i» tm>w .ill were puiihed up the 
 ■Irpii to thr trap by the executlot iC and wallInK unintol- 
 
 Hirlblv while the priest beirKed f- ' T th«'m to be spared, 
 
 A their f... KM, and the baKS. used for 
 
 r 1 over their fares, with whit awful 
 
 V i.»d for life. The priest, at their ro- 
 il ' only those In oharj;** but tho vjist 
 rr '■• 'I • ' "'^- ' " '> •' tho final dls- 
 !• of no avail. 
 T ' as their con- 
 demners s' >• iheni an«l their clamor tor the execution to 
 proce^ o\ I the frantic effort of the priest. They be- 
 lieved them iiuiU> of fllrect murder, the means of sufferinfp ajii 
 death of m-tvy bv deprlvlnff them of s4-anty clothlnif and fare: by 
 theft .r rruelly beaten them. Th.« »rullly rlamore<i 
 for n had denied to Innocent, helpless men. Yet 
 w 1 th»»m to be dealt with by law, 
 I safety. 
 
 ' - *-lnK out In tears? This 
 x% Id eye. flushed on the 
 
 !• . - 1 brO'i "I r...nrft#i |n 
 
 ft U lips. If the were 
 
 V . knew their duty • .1 It. 
 Th* firm answer waa. "So you must die." Then said Collins. 
 to the prlrnf 
 
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 "I am • tiut of Uiln. 1 ! 1 man! I 
 
 hsve not ' r trial." and ma' and all 
 
 shout ' 
 
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 d. "I did not ex- 
 
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^0 CHRON1CLK8 OF A WAR PRISONER. 
 
 ' •'- ' ''- *-• ''-R loudly, he ttiikcd: 
 
 tirtli." 
 
 ••I^ here." 
 
 K\' up." 
 
 Curtis — Then i have one requcwt. Tony, It In my dyliiR re- 
 quest. I want you to keep my watch and nend It back to my 
 father-in-law In New York City." 
 
 Tony— "I will do It, Curllii." 
 
 Curtis— "I am ready. Thin Is a hard sight, boys," and he 
 pniaru'd. 
 
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 h . j'C, an«l fallfn to the ground. He was re- 
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 n., !. Hul he was ff>' 
 tl. whilo the other f 
 Ir 1 Muutig off. partially 
 kr It was Intleed a hard 
 sight, six • ii tieiii from lUt- fur crimes against fellow 
 prisoners. think I am hardened because I looked upon 
 them with 'Sure that I did. This Is the breaking up of 
 A gang oi"K th#» Rlrhtnnnd prisons. 
 
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 np.EAOFUL DAYS DRAG ON— NIGGER IN THE EXCHANGE 
 
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 92 • iiu< '.^n i.h.> «•! A WAR PRISONER. 
 
 • very nwin In c«mp. Reports of two 
 
 s thl* afternoon. an«! we turned out 
 
 ■- Into line double quick. It was soon 
 
 They formed on the hill, deployed 
 
 I a vigorous fire, lntern)>enied wtih 
 
 from a brigade, showing how th<- 
 
 or If prisoners break out. 
 
 .l>le state of I t 
 
 «: but ever> • i 
 
 \\ . 111%.- a few doltlnKr* ", iii;-, kihI. 
 
 is fronj Baltimore, and to tounteract 
 speculating in rations, makes lots of 
 I he comes in of late. One of our fellows got thick 
 
 \ 'o|«l him where to find a tunnel, for a piUK of to- 
 
 )»:ir(*o. 8oon after he came with a squad of negroes armed with 
 feellrig rods and s^mdes. found and filled it. It had baffled their 
 scrutiny for three days. The man who revealed the secret be- 
 trayed himself and that evening Wiis hunted out. given a clean 
 shave of his head and on his forehead was tattooed the word 
 "Tniitor." Next day rations were ordered withheld till those who 
 did the Job rej>orted at the gale. I don't kn<iw that anyone re- 
 I>orted but rations came the day after leaving us a vacuum of 
 one day. 
 
 Petitions have been circulating praying our government for 
 relief. I did n<Jt sign. They are sanctloneil by Rebel ...•>...itv. 
 Intended to prt»duce polltital effect and to leave the i 
 
 lu ih. N.ith !hit !>,.• 11 ix.ii.f M condemn government . ..^ .u 
 » •• serve a purt>ose of Its enemies 
 
 r lie. suppressing facts. 
 
 iie|MitiM v( iiMiveiiieiiih tii north Virginia are true. Sherman Is 
 up to Atlanta: Johnston relieved by Hood. They think Johnston 
 fights on the principle that "He who fights and runs away will 
 live In Hirhi another day." Federal cavaVry at Montgomery and 
 T ' i at Macon. CJa.. only 60 miles away. whUh 
 
 rjent here. The Rebels are fortifying. I>rov.-H 
 ■ ' ■ from plantations and put to w«»rk. 
 '! < and sixes. fl<><k In and (|Uiirters ar** 
 
 t 'f the place. We look ov«'r to It from 
 
 ) lect that U Is one of the new born of Secessla. 
 
 \ Hi < ut his own tlu'- it t. l.i\. Several hundre«| 
 
 I: rail for - rhre«« men brought 
 
 I I were rh«*y were put In 
 
 the sio<.ks sr^riitl houis. but gave no iiiftwututlon. James Eng 
 
 llsh of oMf e«m|»nny. of New York <'lfv dl««<| July lith. 
 
 \'. . hot as It has be.-ii 
 
 I'.ii '-d. and warns them 
 
CHUONICLKS OF A \\\H PRISONER. IS 
 
 for thr»« we^lcB. A aupplv of sumACh bud* mum have arrived and 
 
 to' • ik for Bcurvy. A 
 
 >*' M ahot by n Kuurd. 
 
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 n* -k tht« thf ccntry tXrmi. the Bhoi whiz/n >: 
 
 l> * 't*« I Nt<- "vliir In (he bank and MputterlnK niui 
 
 I' ■ four or uit. Lots of shootlni; han been done by 
 
 r tt wiM.k nnd aev^ral men have boon killed and 
 
 >^ t<vl at the hospital fur NllKht Injurloii. 
 
 1 'ill by a sentry a few dayH a«o waa 
 
 !•• • ■ ' . ■ !«»Ki« art" • " 
 
 «• '.•M work 
 
 1^ .v.... ii...i .,..,,.,- of our r.Mi . n .1..- 
 
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 Jllh.-Hefore day ih.- .l-.i: horn an<l •>.• v.h.- 
 Ii • heard. Men on ; ut ih«* 
 
 a' Two tnilna of •• from Ht»- 
 
 paaiM^ b«T«*. Kfb.-li* rr|K>rl a victory, ihrn udinit a loan. Kr.j- 
 erfok nf my ('ointmny. <?!♦"! ih!« afternoon. Ho haa been alln.K' 
 b' ' not think hli iialy III. He waa carried out at 
 
 I •! la tho 51 nt haa died alnce 7 a. m. In priwin. 
 
 > ling thia mornlnfc near the 
 
 blir I' of the pen. pr-arhinK by 
 
 t*' i.' II -MM... Some of ihono artlve in 
 
 < are Upv. T. J. Sheppanl. U. N. Wa.Mle. 
 
 ^' < .\ iirv and Robert H. KoIIokk. of 16th 
 
 «' r.l. r. 8. Infantry. aJao Boston 
 
 <*•• "rdlnary talent aa ainirera. are 
 
 J. *>. Turner. Imvld Athrrton. €iith N. Y.. John \V. Kerr. I^ H. 
 CttmmfnjT" Massachusetts; G. W. Pomeroy and others. There la 
 or- >rus of nearly a hundred voices, some evenings, of 
 
 fi 
 
 Ho la a<» affected 
 -lla him that they 
 
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 T' . have better 
 
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 Wrwl« iiM fiwiit ZaUieavlllv. uUW. Ih^l h« U1«U in ociwber, itt«4). 
 
94 OHRONIOLES *m .-^ V, aR PRISONER. 
 
 Mnr»!nv July 27lh. - Prosirated wUh •evrre pain*, chill* and 
 
 fi-ver ted inoMt of the niffht. Getting a •niaJl ple<-e of 
 
 be*f i. . lieu of meal we have a fine dlBh. Griffith htn* 
 
 n«. . iven un In Virginia by Wesley Nor- 
 
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 1 .>.AM frt-" * " vta connicting; pai>-r- 
 
 ■o far th«' ri'pii: 1. then clulm a vJ» v 
 
 Ij<»-»- .. ; choke \. . cdllorM. Hood f- .^ 
 
 f. nd not leave the town. Sherman Intends U> 
 
 gi. : i'ing Johnston has all summer be**n runnlitf 
 
 away from, if he makes the stand. 
 
 My complaints are unabated; are attended with weakening 
 pains which at times prostrate me. Rations Irregular; often 
 missing a day or two. 
 
 Wtnlnesday. July 29th. — Had Job greater patience? Here ar«* 
 men of true mettle or we mlKht see ihtrm knocking at the gatf 
 to swexir fidelity to foes. To lie down is to submit to be eaten 
 by licf and rot. When streitgth falln. surh in ihi' lot of all. ".Vll 
 that a man hath will he give for his life.*' Hut what > •' • •• 
 to give? A Kri'at dfal of money will get a little flour fn 
 
 such Is thfir lov. ..r i. ... , v i-ut ih.ir lack of love for : y 
 
 feeds us hu.nks We are In prison ami they 
 
 visit us with t' s; we are athirst an«l they 
 
 give us to drink of water tainted with filth and excrement; sick 
 and affllcte<l and they torture us; weak and weary and they 
 give us to rest on the sand filthy and full of breeding vermin, 
 shelterless and th€>y give us no roof; lacking raiment and they 
 lake much that we have. 
 
 A man shot dead, the ball passing directly throuKh his bead 
 back of tl; " ' ' ■ • .utiy 
 
 looking at ^ 
 
 I bouKi>> '" • »-►. ' ' - '•■■ -• ' " i.ii* for 
 
 sup(M>r with procei'ds from t 
 
 Thursday. July 30th.— Hr- of a small biscuit 
 
 and an onion. Prisoners arrive; a crowd gathered when a cannon 
 was fir*»d u\iT tho ramp 
 
 Friday, July 31st.— S during the night, one 
 
 from a cannon, the shot .1. Yt-sterday and to- 
 
 day's arrival of prisoners in >. White flags are put In 
 
 the rnnlfr of thn |>riMon to ground on which crowds 
 
 v\ . Ill be fired upon. Accord- 
 
 It , 
 
 ' - * • - A fiw 
 
 i»« ». — • ^ >» Sundays 
 
 falling treei and making the night air ring. Last night my mind 
 
(•»ni< tM* I.KS 
 
 A WAU r 
 
 waa filled with thouKhtn of thr nilii«>r>- of T 
 
 •leepw One poor l>oy near crleri nil nUht 
 
 suffer no Innirer: h*» I" nn nwfiil ohj#M't; I. 
 
 a rm» of a nhirt; h fmtnc. his h.ilr 
 
 from his hi'nd: hl^ I f«*«?t nrc lui hii 
 
 waim. I I 
 
 thouirht tti 
 
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 95 
 
 not 
 
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 belivw a filtl. Thru Uv it the blesMcd ajx 
 
 dealt otif h*»!!ffr** 'r: t>ft: •< wr nrrrptrrt r? r 
 
 cries. .ts. U iM li^i- 
 
 both ti : rin Ohio 100- . i 
 
 since thi- uunili.ullun. He thinks the l-'rL-mui.i titkcL will 
 
 withdrawn. 
 
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 for 
 .itliifr. Is throuRh their niiiitary prisons and 
 ■* of wmth on "Lincoln hirelings." as they 
 \y In their power. But the ever present fear 
 .•r mnn m*»n wouH !># sl»ln hv huiulreda. 
 
 of war. 
 
 iPir the 
 
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9< CIIRONirLKS OF A WAR PRIHONKR. 
 
 Ik* to ' * ' :- - • i '. "..- I.. 1 I ^.. .oi-.. 
 
 of HIh 
 
 to i>>i 
 
 ct • war I \N • 
 
 ar . ** <"ruol ni i' ! 
 
 the 8uuth inio n ioe of everybody tintnuoniBtic to their customs 
 
 and lnw0 
 
 Shall Lincoln rorall hln omant-lpatJon proclamation for thf* 
 reanon whli h am iiurely exIiitH a« we are at war? It maken It «h«- 
 deadllent war of any century. Nor ithould tho [>ollcy of all<)\\ ; ^• 
 niwrroeii to flRht for liberty be rccallfd. Shall free men r. • 
 ai <-oncede the i of th's* holl-born ulave powrr • 
 
 It That 1h tt loaMly |}«hup— to b«« foujchl to 
 
 «!r«i.i ii'^x well do I r«-ii . ■ . • . ihe word i»a»j«*r| alonic th*» linen 
 at Mine Run and other placn lant fall an<I winter: "No ox- 
 
 ch.ir)|ce of prlHotiern. men. r » .r • The ivime word i«ounded 
 
 rtlonjj the IlncH In the fiery ■ ; the WllderneBJi. The dl-- 
 
 wan cai«t. We foufcht with our eyei«. Who do<'ii no» 
 
 nov. r*.«llze ItM Import? Davis n'^eks to sn:<ere«Nle the lawn of war 
 
 with hli« old ulave rode. Soon after Lincolu'ii enianrfrnt'on r>HVl!< 
 
 notified IiIh <'onKre»H that he i»roiK»j«e1 to turn con i of- 
 
 ncern thereafter over to State authoritlen In Stateit v. •!».>.» 
 
 to be punMhed under State lawn provhlhiR for rrJnili:a: i 
 
 In incltlnir civil Inwurrerllon. That in hlH dlsp^nitlon. c. , 
 
 the f.t. ■ ■ ' 
 
 iuif»i> 
 
 he rf\ ... 1.^- 
 
 for fo ^'nltlon. 
 
 er\ « the Intel:. ^ ... . '■-' ;....< .4. • 
 
 <l ' navafce Inhumanity. thuH neeklng excuse to hanff all 
 
 a mejinajfe to the Corif. !- 
 
 I you. In your wlndom. ^1- -m 
 
 iMwm* «»th«r « wufiH* i. «lellver to the neveml .*- 
 
 nuihoritles nil coni em of the I'nlted States 
 
 m^y hereafter he ca; lun 1 !•> our forcen In (iny of the St.itcH 
 
 embrnre<l In the proclamation, that they mav be d«'aU with In 
 
 ii' ' ' ■ .: f«»r the pun- 
 
 I' nurrecllon.**- 
 
 The futme 1. the Confedemt. 
 
 lonii •■' t to authnrltit>ii of 
 
 to be llnff to the Ittwn 
 
ClUC •Nl* I.I > ''I A WAK i"' ""R. 97 
 
 law wn^ nrvrr r^'i-rnJr-!. nn thnt ns n ]> . -<itlon. nny of- 
 
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 \ ar. i>rlor lo 
 
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 I 
 
 BUERILLA SHOWS PLUCK— GEORGIA PATRIOTISM. 
 
 ti of »»UI - 
 
 of plly 
 
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 K <Jt 400 of 0«n. 
 
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 1. 
 
 Sick or«lfr*M| (■ 
 :iir-itn \n Ihe mor: 
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 Auir'!^' ^»h — Ptrk r*>mf» fo fh«» ftowth pril«» In h^r- 
 
 t 
 
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 K • T. ••'«!» t'» I •• r<-tini.«'l )i. til.' iiKM !i.g. < »h, 
 
 {' " hrm of whose ffiirment they might touch 
 
 1— At (luyllKht n mnn uhol nnd limtAntly 
 
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 nn ^• who w«»re Ciitlinic him 
 
 T!''' m-i w:\jt rnTlcd out. 
 
 out. 8o 
 \ R#»e»i- 
 
 br««4 p««: il tprcAd through the co 
 
98 CHHONKI.KS « T A w.\K i'ms''M:fi. 
 
 throuirh th<'lr Importunity that thin movoment In made. They 
 appear frl|fhtenp<!. I henrrl another iwiy. "Condltlona are nhame- 
 ful." I^nir hnv*» .lorfor-* complaincil that their Kovernment 
 furnish' f nor decent quartern; that men can 
 
 not b«' .1 on »uch fare and In these quarters. 
 
 One tol.i .-.t. V ,r ! iu<urt that n»> ' not live lonjf on the 
 
 rations |flv»'n n»«; that well men be nick. They have 
 
 some new tents up; some are \ let! thither in army 
 
 wnRonH. The Holn'l s<TK'fant who s today said: 
 
 "Captain don't care how man\ -'i- »«•• sjiys he has 
 
 kllle<l more men than Joe Johnston." th« "What did 
 
 you'ns come down heah for If you'ns didn't -. -^h fare? But 
 
 we can't help It." 
 
 After two hours laying In a crowd, "no sick call," Is an- 
 nounced. The sick are beInK returned to all parts of the prison. 
 I am ilvinfc on rice alone, draw some, trade meal for some. 
 
 Report Is rife that our government hits offered the Rich- 
 mond dlKTiltarles to accept a parole of all prisoners, especially 
 sick, and take c.ire of prisoners of both parties. I'ntloubtedly 
 this Is the dispo.sitlon of our ifovernment. This evenlnir I met 
 an Intelllftent talkrr who knows what he sees more than most 
 men. Havjni: fre«|Ut'ntly met him. I Inquired his name. "Huerlla." 
 he replied; "I am from Illinois. h:ve been a prisoner ten 
 months, came here from Florida; I will stay ten more, I will 
 be eaten up by lire and mj^Kicot.«* before I will ask our govern- 
 ment to get on Its marrow bones to these Rebels. I am glad 
 to see Lincoln stand square on his feet. I was a Douglas man. 
 not that he was a !>etter man. but had had more experience. I 
 knew both personally an«! now believe Lincoln the best man for 
 the place. If I can get Into OojI's country in time he will get my 
 vote." I referred to the report: he said: 
 
 "I asked the old Dutch If that thing was true myself. The 
 old bummer looke«l mad. but answered more than I exp»'Cted: 
 •Py Cot ve vllls to no such ting! Py Cot. v.- " -' rf every 
 son of a pitch' Now. I tells you. you vllls all ve vllls 
 
 parole ye — an fn-fore exchange, py Cot. your C'o ••►o tevll- 
 
 ment. Ve cot you foul!' Turning his horse around to go away, 
 he said- 'Py Cot. you as veil pe schoot as stay here, and ve no 
 trust damn Yanke«'s.' ' 
 
 Friday. August Tth. The n*rk carried early to the gates but 
 not received; ordered to i '<t at 2 p. m. iMctors have got 
 
 It into tholr h<«n«1ii thni ' fin Is necessarv. and so much 
 
 cr. " }i<i thry 
 
 or tM<l that 
 
 notn" «"iiii' t • 'Ml' •! I • « \N I'wi 111 ;•' ~< IK > >.i I ■■< I . .\i.iii.> iii«' iitkeii out. 
 
 It gives hope that they arc going to try to help us. Men t>erslst 
 
rHRr»virLE8 OF A WAR PRISONER. 99 
 
 In flAtler: thai we are •Oon lo be ri'llovetl. I |fuar<l 
 
 airnlnnt il • nnd cjefer ho|>e nht!. i t!on la def«'rr»Ml. 
 
 The wolf at (hr tUmr will not ifo nwny \ -y until drlvm. 
 
 They brouKht ua to C!«orirln nccorcllnir ' »"n ^f powcm 
 
 thAt be. that no ahelter ahould be furnitthrl \'. ♦■•nerii. 
 
 Thev will not releniie un fur our luike, hiivo 1 our 
 
 Their y 
 
 They f h 
 
 They »M'»c;in the war 
 
 nice. If they believe In 
 
 for m^'rcy"* Hna the ifovemment 
 
 one rlicht the North dalmn for Itaelf? 
 
 wr not con ; our nenHe of Juiitlce to npiieuae un- 
 
 •■.U^r: wmth. they not plftce<I the diiKff^r to our 
 
 Hhnll u.- hv delivered by the mur«!erer» from the 
 
 r nipent«*» Not till the Innt pillar him been broken 
 
 ited thin war nhall rule no more. 
 
 f. Yet we have hope whUh all 
 
 •t I r, H •«ur rr.< Mir; t "^ \-,' > m -i-^i fall. 
 
 A PRISONER'S SONG. 
 
 Strident, yet more ntrldent, 
 
 Sound t» ■ • ■•■- ••'' \v:ir. 
 
 In our 'nl 
 
 IJehold 
 
 Patient, yet more patient. 
 
 We'll be<ir the palna of fate. 
 
 Awake, oh. aplrlta latent. 
 
 And ward the blows of hate! 
 Higher, and yet higher. 
 RaIiu* the hofie of love; 
 I^t ' S Inaplre 
 
 An ! prove. 
 
 •T, 
 
 The paf 
 
 1 « lumor. 
 
 ver. 
 11, iiwiftiy «»n\*ard atrlde. 
 En»»!nv!rtr »vr,r--«i to ^ever. 
 At !^I 
 
 8t' idy. 
 
 Iv 
 
 Tl ready. 
 
 Thr> «n.>>.- u •...,,.!« ao alow! 
 
100 « HH' 'M' i.i:s < »J A \N \i: i'i;i>!» >NKR. 
 
 Stnrvlr.fr w.- :;-r ?;Tnrvlnir! 
 
 <• . 
 
 U K'hl 
 
 (r 
 
 T -aiK^d to bllghU 
 
 Th. An.l I walk 
 
 In th. A M. tmible 
 
 ci.. . If 
 
 oif iiuin 
 
 hli; cvit. ihe liiuMl ItilMviubit: llUin 
 
 !■ ! with the benefits of life. 
 
 Wi' ! an Iceberic and a fiery 
 
 fur re at the mime time. To 
 
 bt- Hi iHi<, 1.1 citi* sense. Is a mysterious art. 
 
 y« 
 
 . ,>>■: 1- 
 
 I I • • 
 
 ..... 
 
 •'• 
 
 . .-•, .. 
 
 'OS 
 
 our endfl 
 
 1. 
 
 
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 « \\ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 ). 
 
 
 
 
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 u V. h.i in 
 
 ;. livlii 
 
 « Statue. 
 
 n« • 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 .1 about 
 
 by 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 encased In steei. 
 
 He 1 
 
 H one. 
 
 at 
 
 Ic.'in;, 
 
 , w 
 
 h 
 
 Lies 
 
 us. He 
 
 has not only K«>t 
 
 r*'.^ : 
 
 ■r- Try 
 
 of 
 
 nv.r !■ 
 
 ".(» 
 
 J ' 
 
 . he 
 
 has the 
 
 heart, and the ) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 il llK' jK'ntlment. 
 
 H<>o«>ntly «n 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 but it 
 
 was not devoid 
 
 of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 .ble 
 
 !«'• 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 CJ. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 hit 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 a : 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 I»Ot 
 
 m.' 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 N«-- 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Ir. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 .p- 
 
 tur 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 sick iiMtii •'>. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 ...li- 
 
 tlon wnm TT' 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 >>o jf«»t 
 
 y. 
 
 of 
 
 h\*> 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 I.ulf to 
 
 h. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ird was 
 
 Ofi 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ai> 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 th 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 es' , . ^ . :Avr- 
 
 vlew WAS abrupctjr ended, the woman ordered away, the man 
 
CHRONICLES - i x >. x.i PRIflOKER. 101 
 
 driven Into pHfw>n. Th^ v*'Xt »1ny »h# onm«» nKft'n brlnirtnif cloth- 
 Injr Wire 
 
 l>n>: in. and 
 
 
 •*1 
 
 
 l>f 
 
 »rr\ « 
 
 Itf. 
 
 IN. 
 
 > a 
 
 trutii «.oii^«>> liiK (iuiit ti 
 
 i fell. Ho 
 
 prutMibly vlaltcd : v an<l la 
 
 n'n forcoa.) 
 
 STACK ARMS. 
 
 
 8«^. Oil offlwr In «iu.mI of mm. 
 
 
 To ' ivl; 
 
 
 Irr. ti 
 
 
 To .> • rv . . , . t« bleetl! 
 
 
 Kon'nwrjir «»ur > on? Nol 
 
 
 Ki»r It* oaUM*' l^ 1* 
 
 
 Join Oip hom« of Fr. •? 
 
 
 Fur hrtlrr iilarvr; In i 
 
 
 Wr flffht for M4>ctlon, Soulhion? No; 
 W> flKht (hnt liberty may Hproad 
 o>r all the lan«! that fn-omon know. 
 VVher^. to<^ lon». the nlavf had tri'Md. 
 \V. ' rid 
 
 \v -n i«uppn»ii»^d; 
 
 It .1 to Mtnind, 
 
 At •• rcdrewied. 
 
 r.i' *, -iiK 
 
 H- in your aoction built? 
 
 To M rvll to prulonc 
 
 DofM but enhance the maater'a Kullt. 
 
 Pntr!»>H*m Kvow<» ro !lf»»» 
 
 T» ' iln: 
 
 Tl <u 
 
 Tl imiln. 
 
 A> 
 
 T> h be fro«; 
 
 A. y 
 
 cr. ill i.o 
 
 Ht Ml 
 
 Y. 
 
 Yuu k' diajivtil. 
 
 Tla m. i.t? 
 
 Th« "8lara «ixtU Hum i*uH Uuwn. |>ull down; 
 
102 CHRONICLES OF A WAR PRISONER. 
 
 Th^y lend you wron^. In Slavery*! ways. 
 More hntcful than King George's <r.>wM 
 Our fathers spurned In other dayn. 
 
 RAIN KNOCKS THE STOCKADE — A NATURE STUDY. 
 Saturday. AukumI Mh. No «ltk call, the pour fellow a arc dis- 
 appointed. Well drtrsiicd officers ride out the street and back. 
 Passing near \i» they Inquire of a fellow who Is whittling u t>one: 
 "What State you from, young man?" 
 •^ laetts." 
 
 ither live here than In Massachusetts?" 
 
 "Well, you'll be apt to live out your days here, for there'll be 
 no exchange till the war . !.->. s :ind that won't be in ten years If 
 Lincoln Is your next I' 
 
 "There'll not be a s guard left of this crowd before 
 
 that time. Colonel." rfnmrk<nl the other. 
 
 Before they rearhed the gale they haJted to buy a watch, and 
 a few of us followed up and I asked: 
 
 "Colonel, will you come bark Into the Union if Lincoln is not 
 elected?" 
 
 "Ho. ho! You Yankees are not fighting for the Union; that's 
 your mistake. It's the nigger you want." 
 
 "If McClellan Is elected will the South come into the Union?" 
 I rei»cal»M|. 
 
 "Ah. the Union! The Union's gone up!" 
 
 ny this time the Major had got the watch by paying 1100 In 
 "Confed" and they spurred up. We are often taunted by the slur 
 that we are no !>etter than niggers. They say: 
 
 "You fight with niggers; you think It's all right to fight us 
 with nlgfrers." 
 
 We retort by saying that It Is no worse for a nigger to fight 
 with UH that) to work for them, and that they would put u gun 
 In h; f they dared. It Is not so bad for thfm to be hunted 
 
 by I It Is fc»r ui» to be hunted ht-lpU'Ss and hjtlf starved, 
 
 by bi"" . ji'MjiiflS. 
 
 A little after noon a man shot and killed. I hastened and 
 
 1.. .r.. J n.f ),. VI .« Diiplng water fr..ni th.. lirook. T>"- ^.-.ti..,.! 
 
 be closely The 1 1 
 
 teiiring out ' •«. The * -s 
 
 Ml by the officer of the day as they nil are 
 
 sure fire. It Is a story never denie^l that for 
 
 i a furlough Is granted. In a few minutes a 
 
 with blood and brains bore another Yankee 
 
 lu Vav J-a 1 h'-U-H-, 
 
fhrourh 
 
 'i 
 fh. 
 
 . . .• ;. 1 
 
 Mrantiri 
 
 Ilv 
 
 i«» 
 
 103 
 
 tie •trcam to 
 
 Ur eiijit Hide 
 
 on the we»t 
 
 .SiM^:* .kM it occurred 
 
 over lh«» ramp »uc- 
 
 i on ua. 
 
 f their 
 
 [Up wits 
 
 IN our- 
 
 •4-: ! ri...»- 
 
 It . 
 a ' 
 
 were uul«iiir. Al Ihvi**- piiicm lh»- K. : in line of battle 
 
 for more th^n >»•? ho^r nr.-\ •.vh»-n fh»* -I. they hiul only 
 
 lime to t«- . night; so fires 
 
 wrre built ^ht. 
 
 W. • lild. 
 
 Injc th< ut- 
 
 inic ••! 
 emcy 
 than tl 
 
 'pe«irii to UH yourr t- 
 eno^lk•^ !<• ••ttf\'- ■>• 
 
 y- .il-IMMiH for II- by your 
 
 •!•:■ n. yt»u are !.i ^ »re b«r- 
 
 b«n.«n». ' l';«>i.ty uf other taunts urv liiUulgtHl iiu uieit get sick 
 of II 
 
 Tv The 
 
 mofit ^ ^ to 
 
 what It r^ • 
 than sixty 
 
 p,.- 
 
 t«« r It can 
 
 h* o a key 
 
 to l«ik**ly lh*^*«> livM M.*1U iirtf to ol>jilrucl the dlfvlnc 
 
 of 
 
 ' M In 
 
 ti A ho 
 
 br : an 
 
 e« ne- 
 
 f • . aJI 
 
 « ink we will, if w« 
 
 ».* , «is. 
 
 tftemard Brown, wlio Is an i^cllsliman and not a soldier, on 
 
\ CUROSlClsKS or A WAR PRIS*- >..... 
 
 roI«». tti-r.ss..* thf bril.f Th it It was fortunate for prlsonera 
 It F' - It wan the Intention of 
 
 r \» v on the prinon had any 
 
 N Hie within seven 
 V III writing, on 
 
 'le onler. It wna found on flie amonir the rec- 
 
 .. . ., . . . ,. . . . , ^^.^^ 
 
 -•••\v- 
 
 . ,,...».! .X.. .> ....- .-.. - ...-• . ...^ ..^ >... .......*. Ileal 
 
 ler: 
 
 Headquarters Mllitnr>' Prison, 
 
 Andersonvllle, Ga.. July 27. 1864. 
 
 on duty and In charRe of ry of Florida 
 
 :i!i>..- win ui'on t.T.-ivinjC : t Hv ••nemy 
 
 ' this post. »•; the 
 
 f»ce to the sit ^ ond 
 
 •se lines uf defense. Jt»HN H. WI.NUKU. 
 
 HrlRiidler General! ronnnandlnic.1 
 
 Five men sunstrmk and r»'ported dead: most of us are 
 
 ir. •?'.••! i.v heat. F«'r m.'t.- n.iii ;» t>i-Mi!!i II his b.-t'n almost 
 
 The ««a. ouRh us 
 
 • f fiTv - h'»l and 
 
 s. tth. IUhI 1 iiUKlil (• vl thf tth.i'le of the 
 
 >r whose green trees loi>k pityingly over 
 
 would be by an hour of repose on 
 
 Mt. Th- rate 
 
 •*They i well 
 
 Mr huspUai. Il ts * riK^i hard place. li)« doctors 
 
 • In 
 are 
 
 ...i . .1. » .11 __.,,|j,jp ,j man's 
 swamp. No 
 
 .» . . •> . licar the rate 
 
 C (or somethtnc but In vain. Ws lay down to- 
 
nil los 
 
 nirht huncry. ^ ng all night, 
 
 ftll day and aJl nlgtit again, with no certainty of anything to- 
 nwrruw. 
 
 ODE TO WIRZ. 
 
 Cheating th»'fn who truly tru»t 
 
 la a cowar<l'« vtltaiiiy; 
 
 Itut when wa yield to whom we mutt. 
 
 We Buffer viler tyranny: 
 
 If V. ....... . ., 
 
 No Vinuv hu: I, 
 
 And '.vhl h -. ... 
 
 A » ly 
 
 A V) -e: 
 
 Hut v.iy 
 
 Wh ity. 
 
 : w.iy 
 
 'mil nut Mia very. 
 
 L-. tiit A.^.. ' ordure. 
 
 illtv«» -• Mil fif fl • II rn! 
 
 tr ■ " 1 
 
 <•. ' 
 
 \,:- A n fj .1 .i»Mi?<»- 
 
 or I n«*e a new- 
 
 ,.,, . '!•»,.. fll..^ 
 
 tt 
 
 W 
 
 n 
 
 u 
 
 I. iie- 
 
 \ . n n 
 
 If 
 
 U 
 
 »• 
 I. 
 
 If 
 
 u .- . 
 
 due* phiUM>* uf ntilniittlon degrees 
 
 A FEW DAYS DOINGS— TENNESSEEANS 
 
 Tfuirw lay Au|ru«t itK In cami. arf 
 
 tlml>era laid .11 r.inii th- nlde north of the 
 
4 runoNici.Es of a war i' k 
 
 ». .■ , f.i .. r,.u thm will hflp enrape tl luumlnic frtim 
 
 •> and brldxe hnii been nuide which Im- 
 
 • h; h1»o a T" il from thf» north to ine 
 
 iMirl. We I "f f'Mxl bul 
 
 wH- corn hv. kind of bean. 
 
 if poor beet ha« 
 
 nd in lieu u little 
 
 • H \N V U.i\'- luiit t..ik«- ■ ' ' md clay. 
 
 f U8 have niw meal, we c) ■ bake it. 
 
 ' • ' " ' • • ... i..- . It *MO.;- 
 
 !• to bv fatfii • 
 
 ,,.... „ . :. Kruanlnic day -i;--l 
 
 iKht. It In r«-markjible with what tenacity life cllngji to emaci- 
 led. rorrupt«Ml frnmeii. 
 
 Wllllnmn of the lUth N. Y.. of Lyona. N. Y.. a boy of eJ ; 
 
 on, talent and refinement, a nephew of Hon. AU'X. Willi - 
 
 Iflited un. He la. declining nipldly and enfCUKeit our aympathy 
 
 H rt V»y ff» oheer auch a aweel aplrlt. H** ahoweJ uh the llke- 
 
 iful girl, remarking that he never expeclel to ii«>e 
 
 At.pl bitterly. We all i»arted with him reKrflfully. 
 
 II,. her). 
 
 X jck today by one of the dally duties of men. 
 
 to tiouth ihr •> "P I sec them atrlpt- 1 
 
 .»r lice. Imn t«T roll ciill they ) 
 
 • ivih" or a ■ , „ fT' an they expri -^ 
 
 . •• the "gniy backn" a cbMinlng out. I 
 «<t cloihlng. ntlckinf? along the n« 
 khere the tormenta come from, how thpy grow In a day. or an 
 ■ ur. Ih a myatery. Drawing our minda dnv.r to htiriflng lire la 
 iling: but tho man who don't lun't '• 
 1 In hln romp"«>y once a day in 
 Utvv timea makea a man of th 
 e la MOon over run. pitied. I«)atb' 
 
 • ■ 1 
 
 H. loUM>. br««Mii. yell«'is»Ml 
 
 • .-a! And we do iMimh 
 
 Itut I am the onh r 
 
 ', we be wit/ted to 1 
 
 t.r ight t.o ot.*- wiiiM ne obllffed to aulMiin t<> my 
 
 I'oor. Indeed! 
 
rHRf>NirLf:> WAR PRISONER. 107 
 
 •< I have b<*<»n pre- 
 vrr ^^>4\ I cnr#» to recall: 
 
 If < tx Rcn- 
 
 rr.i \y, that 
 
 I «! • iMiiK. They 
 
 «r« thill I note. 
 
 ..... ;.. the othem 
 
 on ^Inco I nr«l wiw him. He hud 
 
 o«' III** u.is 'h.- (■•ttnmon com- 
 
 pl.' Is', wan from 
 
 f' t'iiilor within 
 
 ' iinluiiilitiK the removal of 
 
 <•<!. The iivernKe In over 
 
 I.' Wi. on Ihi i:.Ui. HO. the 17th. 128 f!le<l.. I 
 
 itfii I Ifl on duty at tli«* hoH|iltal. The alok aiculn 
 
 !i. but tlr ?..»8- 
 
 Mtn. It 1 'Ji- 
 
 i-K ' .\t) u Hick III. Ill i>i'(>>ti- iiM- •i<it lor 
 
 an 
 
 V ^v .« 1 .k.fi ..nt I.. .1. nwful con- 
 dlt He l« f N. V. Four- 
 
 tei • r li»\.- !.i(l condition. 
 
 <Thlii •!• hurt hl8 fool a few days 
 
 aifo. h: ..t h«'nl. Oanirreno net In; 
 
 It y U*it*'. T)t«* liiitbtt t>( othortt are so ufTccted ufl to 
 
 be Moiit of thoin \v#»r»» -tronip heavy men. but we 
 
 ha-. W rail. <: •< one of the friffhtful 
 
 Ph \V. M. T. f the 111th N. Y. re- 
 
 ' rge 
 
 MIC 
 
 in 
 
 of .•»d 
 
 lo ifn 
 
 In • d with 
 
 ». . . ntag- 
 
 1 Kut . iiurlon and 
 
 t r"» tt VoM ynnks 
 
 •r.-d 
 
 nt 
 
 n.-;. .ii.k'-t l.» i"\'r hltii. colli J ij.. no 
 
 m«' 
 
 ' - ' " •• ' • ' fM»n 
 
 cot -iid 
 
 n\n ...\ay 
 
 co^ . I In It. 
 
 Ifu- -.mI and 
 
>8 CHItc^NICL^» OF A WAR I'llISn.NKn. 
 
 ♦" t». .., -I ^.,^ ui»on the cxAct »pol where Ihey were lo 
 
 : ^iw lo.lav HiM.k.' of M il'T riirrlll. Commls- 
 
 : . hnvlng ref- 
 ill nnd other 
 ..1 in ii|>cou!:itlnn« 
 • •m the N-w Y"rk 
 :u Ihefr \ 
 . on -T) 
 
 s thn " . 
 :t<> his II 
 . ■ iH «|o not ' 
 t wh'ch they 
 » ,:! their owi. 1 : 
 trait. To me 
 ' success from 
 leir Ilk* prr have tibrond. 
 
 lurh .1. so \\:r- lltlcal bloker- 
 
 jRs. In the ' Mule of triumph 
 
 ml ». »»opf» oil on. They believe 
 
 l!i the past, would do 
 • er to Io«ik down op a 
 
 ' C. SOphlH" ' - " 
 ^ are n : 
 
 . « t t « r , ■ 
 
 '■•r I 
 
 . _ . ■ \.>rth 
 
 •• In this crisis! Rebels would despair of success before 
 
 ' y 
 'I • > ten men for one. Men ifo 
 
 ! mon from Iheir friends to 
 
 K it. Fi»ur men nre permitted 
 
 i,'. Then mime will tmde half of 
 
 !f A few will 
 
 A few so far 
 
 • :- "■■ '-I 
 
 > fX' 
 
 a. f. ;.ite! 
 
 1 I cnme 
 
 • toi.i tr •«; of 
 
 : for hf( they 
 
 ; who 
 • Inw 
 
CHIC 'M< MS 'M A N% AK IIU>«'M:li. 109 
 
 WAV thmutrh nn nrrr-.rl mnh r)-»!mf>.! tn hnvo hrrn n^vA hy Oovrrtvir 
 I .. . , 
 
 t.*.-. . ... .... . . 
 
 this « th.-ir k''iMT;iI hl«<l«»ry In^plr.- tIjfSC lines: 
 
 THE MEN OF TENNESSEE. 
 
 i;« 
 
 H> for ti»ujilr> oup. 
 
 \'. s power hud iiwayed; 
 
 Km'h.\\v*l iljf lfii«l«»rii of the South. 
 
 of lt>w urnl hiKh <leirre<?. 
 And dormc*! the flujc ennlifn of truth. 
 
 Hmvf men of T»'nneiiJi«M«. 
 
 They lived upon tholr native «oll: 
 
 T»wv I. .v.. I It \^.ii und true; 
 
 Til- !. hont-Bt loll: 
 
 '1 ••«• tljey know. 
 
 Hut th« '•i»e who welffhed event* 
 
 A"* t' ' r*>nd«Te<l be; 
 
 Th- • iiojitlments 
 
 I .'e. 
 
 And when the I'nion of the States 
 
 V.' •' - ' * - Its foes. 
 
 Wi tilled their fntes 
 
 \Vf >mes nwny, 
 
 I V. 
 
 Th rmed array, 
 r.r . 
 
 T^^-^v ?»f»Mm*>d th# nil# fh«f would disrupt 
 
 rid corrupt. 
 
 ! behind. 
 
 Tti t and mind, 
 
CHRONICLES OF A WAR PRISONER. 
 
 They • h and life. 
 
 If » 
 
 A . 
 
 Strife 
 •rn men 
 
 li. .. ........ .,., ...^ ... , pen 
 
 Hruvc men of Tennessee. 
 
 and di« 
 ' walls! 
 Thf earlh thrir br.l. Ihe roof the sky. 
 
 Where woes their hearts apiml! 
 And yet ull offers they resent 
 That promise them to free; 
 Hy loyalty Invite torment — 
 True men of Tennessee. 
 
 O. hail the men who know the right 
 
 y,,.! for i' >" ' 'I • ' '> f -ll 
 
 \s ' . .M might 
 
 '1I,..'ik!. • all; 
 
 And h«Te In priJion pine Jind rot. 
 Thoiiich today they could be fre«! 
 
 No truer men have ever fought. 
 Thf»!i ni<'n of Tennessee. 
 
 Spartan band 
 
 II ' ■ 
 
 Hut ' 's land, 
 
 I nt" y day 
 
 'h\ 
 No \ .ith has sway. 
 
 Til 
 
 HOSPITALS. THEIR HISTORY. 
 
 Votlnr tho ift.iuiMiNiiiiiii f>r liiitlillttv of .loriors to clear th«> 
 
 hit «ls. 
 
 It »n- 
 
 p»l M 
 
 do ! In 
 
 fli- or 
 
 >\ ; ton 
 
CU\ r A WAR II i: 111 
 
 purti.illN r.iA. '. I will) .1 . : .ind la»t««l»HN. 
 
 I' y water and ■ 
 
 »i . . some well* .. 
 
 • i tkitU MrtMheti lit Oio »«iiu** miiull Nlnnim. al\^a>M 
 r- • •• «n«| mor»» nlrhf nn«! dny, h#»!nic poisoned by 
 
 «> f«'verl»h. un- 
 
 l- •• offiil Inicr- 
 
 t' '■'•.: 
 
 IJ • •■ .-.i.K ........i. 
 
 it' III MtioiiKt-Nt in«*tr.' 1 find tlit'iK* 
 
 i - iMd renultii. No Confvderule doc» 
 
 i hoffpltaln here to date and they 
 I ^ Ki^'M H. . !»«.•. Whi'ii the prison was built most of 
 
 !■ -rn \v#Tf fr«>ni prlNons fiirther north. Dunvlllv and 
 
 I hey won* under n>ofs. Conilnir here In 
 V reudllv chilled through. Sonu* refuse of 
 t hum w;i ! 
 
 I rt- hoi V. 
 
 I Itut ol H broke down 
 4» M^i !. . . .1 brush. This 
 ^'^ The poles or lo^s 
 
 men were put In 
 
 imc as o«liuus and n« more commodious than 
 
 '-n. A portion had a lose floor, no betls. no 
 
 i The storm and wind beat th route h 
 
 II ind r»»nd«»rfd p.'itlenls that retaln.Ml 
 *■ " live. y. A few prisoners 
 I or ren. •« L*. S. brand, but 
 
 ' " • I I*. S. rnK or not. 
 
 I the only hospital 
 
 kv riMim. We arriveti here 
 
 I jTi'»t v.vM days after this 
 
 was coviT«-«J 
 
 th* \'t*ry »'«rth 
 
 i 
 
 pen. Ttie bospiuis now simply consist of old canvas appropriated 
 
n: < A WAR PIUSoNKR. 
 
 from other . h. 1 .-j . n :ii th«' hMcii. without 
 
 rioors. be<l8. bu: lay on the eiirth In 
 
 Khuiitly rown. Ti h mitumtetl with offiil 
 
 of uHMtlnir IkmIIi'h. 'i .|j fx)i.il.ttiuti in ronntnnt. Patients 
 
 have no clothlnir *»> w^rn «1»irln(r th«Or Iriiprlponment 
 
 ui.d in active srv ii«it 
 
 much of that, i : to 
 
 retain them jr >^'" of 
 
 H«lualor. »U-. wl)lb' . ry 
 
 exlutenren. i.. .. ..,. ixxhlcKii «k. • i . .-. .>, ... ,. ..ver 
 
 Ihem. on 8onu' bones have broken or worn t le skin. 
 
 Llin) s <.f otJi.is wh.s- fl.^Hh ha* not vanished. . Irn with 
 
 «lr. , red. yellow and brown. In many cases 
 
 ulr. wounds that never heal, and icanirrene 
 
 Is hnvloK un unthecked »f not undisputed reiffn. Myriads of lice 
 and flies swarm over helftless men: maRRots infest pinKrenous 
 sores that may have orlRinateil from a scratch, a sunburn or from 
 ulcerous eruption causeil by corrupted blood. 
 
 These matters, seemingly. h;i " ible 
 
 staire. There Is scarrliy of m«> . r>s. 
 
 Nu: ~ ' : ' ■ ' ' If thoy \\.'.\'- A.,\ s.T)?..- .11 iM.- :<!tM.ttion 
 
 th> do little to comfort and it seems that 
 
 th«>(<- .......... ....• .. ..4ptatlon for the work. Kxcept now and 
 
 then one. would lln-y be retained and for Just that reason, in a hos- 
 i.ii.ii u.-ii oi '.-t..! fi.r \\..rk. From Ar vt t.. last there is nothing 
 1. nothli . I but death, and the 
 
 tors ha«! skill, and nurses had 
 
 any idea of luinltalion. s«»me polln- ii-Kulai Jons would be visible. 
 If this were so and the Richmond Kovernmeiit h^d nvnnt to do 
 anythlnir but mur«Ier. better facilities would be ; 
 met a doctor or two afiparentiv of nkill jfood s. 
 Intent; but they - 
 rirofess'on or to 
 
 re. Ampu- 
 
 i.,' or ex- 
 
 • •• there was a 1 1 nicer i the 
 
 • r«i .11.1 nnt ju?;T!fv :\- In 
 tio rnn'" as I can heat. It '^n. 
 HIiirht womtm!^ nr*» not h- of 
 these f. Ity 
 mther 1 Hi 
 nrekn<»wii ■«' uu thhoti'I i h-- j.riH'>Ti i)\H i>»'u 1I1^<1 •• "'i *'> mili- 
 tary and civil officials of high rank. Reports of surgeons. Drt. 
 
t'MIC* »M A U Al: IIJ 
 
 Re^VMi. r. U.t nnt In pr ^ tfxprfmly 
 
 ■UI«m1 ! .. mm thul 
 
 w»r* It- Miinkw. t>4?Ui 
 
 or • .ur 
 
 nil ' lOt 
 
 •or 
 If 
 
 are told me by a doctor. 
 
 WOMEN PRISONERS.— PROVIDENCE SPRING. 
 
 '.Ht.— ltulny- A man wUh gruy hair has juft 
 dl«- of mm; nrtoihor l»» -lylnir wifhin !w*»nfy; 
 
 ittff 
 nk 
 m 
 k- 
 
 •el 
 
 '.null ..f 270 l.vit l:!t ar.- ;iM.' to.lny to appear 
 
 In line. Any nui lay'i ration 
 
 ut once. Man i- . qj^^ C'od. 
 
 *t ua: on th« • i.-*i for i»ir»-?iK»h' 
 
 f "tnw hy n r uil Unrvry Lh-yo Mvrritt 
 
 < In the aand outatde the 
 to the crowd. All knew 
 rii: He often 
 
 ent .-* voice. wuN 
 
 a K""» "■'■'k'-i. II |i' i.".«:ii >"iii K i> .1.. .1 i.ii.iiiiji n-M'jier. I have 
 composed the following line* In hia honor: 
 
 DEYO. 
 
 n«vi.! Ti.- !.iy ui'.ii T»i. M.ir. I. 
 
 ! hand. 
 
 1 
 
 I .hi; 
 
 I "1. 
 
 d! 
 
 t. 
 
 ht. 
 
 ly. 
 
 na. 
 
 iiolled In ditchvs by thm aco 
 
114 CHRONICLES < •» a uak IKISmNKR. 
 
 Ay. lh«»uwincl« — paroled forevermore! 
 No more his voice In song is hear<l 
 Thn! ••w»'«-tly once hln comni'1*^ ntlrred; 
 I ' <tn this dreaxiful ; 
 
 of CJod upon hlh 
 
 • the ration span* 
 
 pen with him we share. 
 i vlth us in flRhtlnR line; 
 
 ;hfr h«*re we pine; 
 \ : >i iMi, III camp at niKht 
 
 ilon flrellKht; 
 < - nlRht and day. 
 
 And with him in embattled fray; 
 On plck<-l when the camp did sleep; 
 In wcKjd, and field, and trenches deep; 
 When a« skirmishers we cre^p. 
 And here where foes thflr vljfUs keep! 
 But now he sleeps in Dixie's soil, 
 ore. no more with us to toll; 
 ^ In the lantl he helped to free 
 1 i..i,, the bane of Slavery; — 
 No more to languish with us here; — 
 Dead, without coffin, Hhrou<l, or blor. 
 Deyf>, i^ood boy. farewell, farewell I 
 Who your wretched fate will tell? 
 S I lly you were heard to speak 
 ■ M'>th««r, mother." faint and w«».ik. 
 Tntll your starved and fetid breath 
 Was silent in this squalid death. 
 Thank (Jod. your face she could not see; 
 Your soul from this damned pit Is free! 
 No mor«« your lips will songs repeat 
 Wp ht-iird HO ft)M«lly and so sweet. 
 . . :.'. . .« iHMly. lot It rest. 
 
 this place opprest! 
 
 •J who was Its fruest; 
 We who stay are still unblest. 
 LylnK dfad In UeorRla's sand 
 Iff olM-ys the last command. 
 I>«'v«v r»-Mt. your service is done; 
 
 your knapMkck and your gun. 
 
 'I. ic(*nlal soul, arise; 
 
 >■.■'!• 
 
 .•>:.. Ml. I. 
 
 \\ ll«»l««* « ■■mill. IIP! .Pi..»t7.i iiKiii 
 
 Freed from this place of pest and bliffht. 
 
rHRONU-LKS OF A WAR PRISONKR. 115 
 
 
 th 
 
 uf huiuf I:. :!ai-:. •-•-•. It c-.r. 
 
 . hi 
 
 to hefKl iin<l pmctlc^. All I 
 
 •y. 
 
 It np^ftkii of ihf 
 
 T.d 
 
 lead UM In the w 
 
 i .w 
 
 m»!'» ' • 
 
 ( ' ** 
 
 I h 
 
 • n 
 
 Influ , 
 
 .r- 
 
 Vive theiM* illN. I hiivc or- 
 
 ; t- 
 
 Ibly nn Inner dellKht. a 
 
 ot 
 
 ans#l»— 
 
 
 •They come to »uccor tj«. 
 
 whA wtirmr want. 
 
 They for UB flicht. t» 
 
 ward. 
 
 And their briirht «<; 
 
 It UN plant. 
 
 ^ -■ - 
 
 irtl.- 
 
 Milton . 
 
 worda Into th« 
 
 r....ulh of A«lil... wi ..:..■ ..I 
 
 :. Kve. which likely 
 
 expresMd the vieww <»f th 
 
 — 
 
 I 
 
 , f »,.. T- .rf h 
 
 rul ntfcht. How often from the steep 
 
 t:MI or thlrkrt hivn \^i» hcnrd 
 
 
 
 
 
 < 'fi tn l'..r..|» 
 
 \' 
 
 
 
 
 K-htly mundluK walk. 
 
 Is 
 
 I 
 I have ).. 
 
 
 
 
 
 talk and d< 
 
 
 
 
 •1« 
 
 around la hard. '1 
 
 he 
 
 temt>nr i^ 
 
 
 Is 
 
 nothlnir pt'^nwir? 
 
 but 
 
 h. "■;•.-. f:^' 
 
 
 .ind 
 
 Nature 
 
 
 
 
 l> iio less 
 
 •we#t I 
 
 
 
 
 T will not 
 
 cea«- 
 
 
 
 
 lh»ufih' . Ao OMQ 
 
 die 
 
 
 
 
 
 .\ioii<iii%. \tiif 
 
 V)1I 
 
 ..:. I .SI. 
 
 ■ni 
 
 imporUr .ro from 
 
 VlrttnUu Grant's 
 
 movements a 
 
 mystery. S) . t Karly In 
 
IK CHHOXICI^ES OF A WAH i'Ki>< NKR, 
 
 the Shf^nandoah with n heavy force, but whlppM him to pieces. 
 yitig of truce »>ont off Charleston. The boys tnlk this news over 
 with SAtlsfnctlon. Once In awhile there Is one who says. "I don'l 
 carr how they do If I can get home." We draw rations of rice and 
 moIa»s«s only, tonight. It Is a change and "change of pasture 
 makes fat colves." 
 
 Cnpt. Wlr* has not appeared for two weeks. It turns out he 
 
 la sick; the boys hop** » •" <||e. Lieut. Davis corv -• •- 'he 
 
 prison: we ascribe Im; « to him. We could ■ .ut 
 
 for how "Old Dutch" h.. . ..•• i*o entert>rlsing. It Is : in 
 
 to ride about like a p«»miM»u9 thief; to devise ways to punish 
 offenders, as he calls men who attempt escai>e; watch them groan- 
 ing In the stocks where he has kept them all day and alt night 
 with hands and feet outstretched to their utmost, and grinned as 
 he saw them hanging by the thumbs. While suffering this pun- 
 ishment, two have dle<l w«» know. If more have not. It Is not to 
 his credit. Neither 1 • little pretext to deprive us of 
 
 rations from 24 to 60 h . no readily cjiught up. Neverthe- 
 
 less our principal ratU-n m iv i. .-n bad. sour bread and hungry us 
 wc tnlKht be. some ban been thrown away. 
 
 'T-,. - . August -3rd. — An Interesting gossip w ■« .f.. .t when 
 I CJi : 'hat there were two women In prl^ sed as 
 
 Unl" It was accepted as a fact by : • gave 
 
 plenty or fur believing It. and It was a topic for talk 
 
 among th i: I was curious to hear. In June two sprightly 
 
 persons weic hhown nif ns the alleged women. Many times after 
 I wiw them, nlway?* !r.".'th*>r. always by themselves. There was 
 nothing In their •• to discredit the story except male 
 
 attire; nothing to to me. under the circumstances, that 
 
 they wer ; ijc story that they were 
 
 women. feminine of stature and 
 
 of featur.-^. v «^. i n-- story could not be trace<l 
 
 to an origin. : except by ridicule. Its believers 
 
 wild tK.ir .1 . r..M.. . . I.I... , .. .,,.j accounted 
 
 for • they have 
 
 not ! nre on to 
 
 the fact that three weeks ago they left their dugout at sunset and 
 pa««ed the south gate. Where they went, how and why. Is a 
 mystery, but the story Is now mor»» than ever believed. They 
 were railed by som**. "camp angels." 
 
 A. hints lly. he shall take his Se- 
 
 causo we dif h him on Important -d. 
 
 Hteve la a rouKn .\jr 
 
 cause, slanders I A 
 
 Union; that dog in ... ...i. ii » - »...,. i...- .— ...i,, ^^ <■ u.i.i i.-ner 
 
 five them Independence. " Nonsense: yet he was all right In 
 
.•1 :i7 
 
 » rmrikji. i 
 
 A mm- : i?. 
 
 Inrti Irn • ..I 
 
 rt'. «, 
 
 h<> rxerta 
 
 \M i ^ I'T l.tH.'l .tT, I HIT II ; \H 
 
 or^ ittusod. The iiuin wit i- 
 
 v^tMxI. % who 
 
 >•: out of .i silt see 
 rr. 
 Durlnic a l^rrlflr «»form « i«|»rlM» hnr*t •»«ii on th* north of Ihc 
 
 wntnp cU»mf li» i* the n<irth 
 
 ilr fn»n» i» <lr> v. In pur«', 
 
 Nir • 11 
 
 n> o 
 
 tk* ■ 'II 
 
 au 
 
 ml' 
 
 ri • n 
 
 ^ J. 
 
 ill th«* 
 f find 
 
 I 
 
 Id 
 •f 
 
 in ttji lurKP na my arm. while 
 
 I 
 
 I. 
 
 i o( uur cv(n(*an> ui ii men haw Ui«0. wr wunUvr that 
 
 •• ♦» not . 
 
 ornc^ri In ih« 
 
im CHRONICLES OP A WAR PRIHONER. 
 
 prison. Todny elirhfo<»n w^r^ taken out to be •«'' • >. 
 
 I know of two who hnv# not irone: Colby, of ■ ro 
 
 ■ •■'■ Aiiof fuT «i.iy \n 
 
 here. 
 
 .\ 
 
 N : ; „ „ :. 
 
 .N - thai iihoot on vile pretexti*. 
 
 N «»f imln .iri'l 1. i\ V InnffiKtr 
 
 That preUM and b\cV 
 
 My bmiy. thin my M • my brain 
 
 With rIoudH of iiqualtti Ki«'"iii. like mianmatic mists 
 
 That haunt befevered valen: 
 
 Or like this stench that thick- .ir 
 
 Niirht and <hiv up-«t»-aniluK • ' 
 
 S •'. k'» "\)r, I. ji ni-a 
 
 <• . with life to rottenness germnne. 
 
 \\. .MM .M- i...^^MM.K .^...,- '•( tlilH hugc |>en. 
 
 Nor nil these certain deaths that seise 
 
 Stroni- »i •■!■ •!•! ti.\ ..?.• L-.iiic, 
 
 Shall llHlurb 
 
 The <• txl all h<*re beheld-- 
 
 Kv»*n In these vrry w»ei« — «ire blesslnKS 
 
 Which In time shall Rtorlously unfold 
 
 And sometime hl»-H.H »>ur i>eople. bless tlv world. 
 
 Ay. bless the fo««s fr«»m wh«»m offenses come! 
 
 There never w;i Inflicted 
 
 On men for sins of lh»»lr f>wn. 
 
 r * ' ' ■ \\\,. way iMT i.i< ■'-iiiKM new. 
 S we must, unto thr» «'nd. 
 
 As III 
 
 .*-Jm ili . 
 
 and t>loom and l)enr ten thousandfold. 
 
 honor martyrs slain In hlich rvnown. 
 Kui ni.irtyrs hi«re who by thousands fall. 
 >;f» fnrf^Mff* nf <'|of|Uencf' n>;iy praise; 
 1- Mo dl<> In duty's strenuous path. 
 
 li \ lous Its unwelcome course. 
 
 Cnn ne'er 
 
 Or fo««s In ...M.-. .x.M. K'""i iMiKK 111 
 
 INTERESTING RECORDS AND COMMENTS. 
 Thurs'luy. A\iK'»if»i J'.th Ilfi.ry lir-»,i/|.r of .ujr contpai v. 
 dle<l lost night. Hr Jnlnril .mr rrKinient Inst winter fresh fr<rti 
 
CHR«».>i. i.i..~ " PRIfiONER. 119 
 
 (nv «»>•! ffttMl n v»« • fy !n PoM»h*Tn 1'nM#Hl 
 
 Ueuben Rllln to honpltm 
 
 -- - ' ' • ' • ry 
 
 •%. 
 •»i 
 'I 
 
 c tvKuUlufit, lu ^krrti- u btili uliU chaiti hrfv utiil lu 
 
 oviT thf flMiil nn«» InNt nifrht: wnn 
 iir riu'ti but rrfuMtHl. Th«* fcuurij ahot 
 
 our fuc<ra. 
 
 m«»n 
 
 -renirth 
 
 •i'' unr t»( it iJiM'ii not iiriivo th«» 
 
 • !t i-rt-vrnta acurvy In the mouth. 
 
 • uriirvy in the mouth la 
 
 . rn Kiirht «»ut of ton of 
 
 i»o 
 
 If he CUM • 
 
 f 
 
 rr. i U 
 ••urt to *. 
 
 <aa to 
 <|Ulda 
 
 wvj. i:t> ilt.xii h. ihv aun. pulveitju?. lUen burn 
 
 it iuy. Aususl ^iih. Al 11 ucJwvk ;u uu 1 i;vuta«U du U«*«l 
 
120 
 
 CHRON*iri,K« OF A WAR PRT5<ONER. 
 
 t» . f .. f . 
 
 >it. 36 hai! alreu'ly gt«nc out. maklnrr 
 The bodies were exposed t) the 
 
 • mcthlnir In rff«r«-fire 
 
 r;t to !h" RM\..M!i;ih 
 •im- 
 
 ti.l 
 . tn.l 
 
 ! f!..!!! 
 
 If 11. .t. 
 
 worn out: I buy a cap f<»r 
 
 •mtlc convention at C'ht 
 
 u for Prenldent It woul! 
 
 "Lltllo Mac" will be th 
 
 for him: he :■ next to "ItoM.y 
 
 r luuulo Wood will i'l«'.lice thrlr 
 
 '. thin Pandoni'n tH>x \n III ojMn. 
 
 i>* iiiirik It the rnont lmi>ortiinl evml 
 
 - ♦ "V f.reath- 
 
 •:. . Th< 
 
 .s rlK<'t>, 
 
 •waltlnK." I Btoiip 
 
 Ui> 
 
 Kt-*|>uljliiuli. U Kl4>*.. The tXihal.K*- v, ill 
 
 mntel In fhU \v\\" Man for mnn. offlrer 
 
 to i 
 
 obj 
 
 Kt . 
 
 th. 
 
 SoUiii.-iw II..,,,.-, „... .•. .WW...--. .- 
 
 Hold." 
 
 Monday. Aufrunt 21m}. Mv ] 
 15 cents, probably a 
 caigo today. An Rel. 
 be "Hcctlonal" r.ot to put him 
 honored man. Rob<!^ rry "bMny 
 Lee." Of courj<. 
 frlendu* All an 
 Juv:. U' '• 
 
 In !y. 
 
 «,..;i ;k' wuMWk.i . iinp Injit nlRht. RroplnR 
 InK hun'lre<!!«. I came to one Hitting by a pr 
 moon iihone briffhtly over tt.- tt....H, but 
 lighting up the camp of t' who are 
 
 and crf>Ufhed over the fi • knot hanging fire near th«-ir 
 
 feet. I luiw the prostrate man wan dying, an hiii friend hel<l 
 pl« e of biasing pitrh pine near bin face, no longer cotmoloun 
 the mid acenoji about him. He who wan by hia Hide wa» liij< 
 brctther. watrhing the going out of life, lie mild he was an <>M 
 prlnoner. and five wi'ekn aK«» the dying brother came. The HUiM.-n 
 change and Ireatin^nt throw him Into a fever. atten«le«| wiih 
 diarrhoea. The m*'*^ ' h. In bin hard forturj.-. gladdrin- 
 
 bin heart a iihort midly endi*. ThiH morning th 
 
 broib.r • 
 
 thn M«|i 
 
 mark • 
 fior 
 
 WU ' 
 
 hcitrd t»( fui 
 home. Oh! ! 
 can the Hllkcti •.« 
 TuejMlay, A' 
 Patrick was <Mmi 
 
 d .<H». fade*! plr'.". 
 
 Hut he who mourned • 
 .. r. I..- Mhould be laid, i 
 
 .1 brother. No team 
 
 It r.r.r TTr fjM-tg the 
 
 ti 
 
 •M 
 
 ' iTiiiiKb 
 
 •ii»>. (ill 
 
 'I Wail Hi the fur ••! 
 
 r' How many tlm.- 
 
 «i»on not deHpair* 
 
 June, that KM- 
 
 > iniiiK It Stninge he i|o«'r 
 
 not come, almost curse the seeming Inattention. iN-rhaps h< 
 
rilHONICLKH MF A WAK PRIHONKR. 121 
 
 I . ht cnrne hrri*. but h« would be urmblc to hold the place, or 
 
 ■ r I,.. . ....t I t ....I.I . ..I t .. ...t.t.i I...I T.. t..,.i.. ii^ f.. <»i|f 
 
 •rt 
 
 Hh 
 
 '. Incur 
 
 lu lit- 
 
 I <>ui Itiii'M ut AUuitlu. Moul<l not be 
 f }%f, p,>mn>'>n w«»n«M». \W hMV»« only to 
 
 ' nm he 
 
 us, he 
 
 n.ig •.\.r UK. .itKi w •• will h. In- : I .ir bolter 
 
 -• ^'-' -• - - • -ic! An If wo 
 
 M|C to un. LmU' 
 
 „.<■ I ih .ti.lrU- 
 
 llV«». Wt p. 
 
 !.. a dr- '<il 
 
 r. wt» fatnt. t»ur Jt»y in. that nurvnt 
 
 ■ rf«"<« rr;tv *n f''^* ^"''I Our bl<HKl In 
 
 lltlfl«>ll UJI. 
 
 • hi* tw«» we 
 
 • other 
 
 •ud of 
 
 to^jur 
 
 V t«» a 
 
 at the 
 
 rn! 
 
 • or more irreat 
 
 <• of truth, nnd 
 
 ffr n common 
 
 fk. ittwl. •'•>• dl<* by 
 
 '•• who I- mv hnndn 
 
 in nnd 
 
 ^ N the 
 
 We be- 
 
 '■ •»!«» 
 
 k 
 
 A p' ,( 
 
 n 
 t, 
 
 fAlnt and WMik: am obliged 
 
 »i»- .1 ;' .irkr 1 f^n r- :> r.un.' up when sittlnir. Men walk 
 
122 CIIRONICLK8 OF A WAR I»RI80NKR 
 
 aru 
 
 (■••I.ti 
 
 )U 
 
 .llv 
 
 r<«- 
 l. 
 
 1 ioitK Tor 
 
 •i 
 
 1 i: 
 
 . to 
 
 At 
 
 fir-l 
 
 H 
 
 Ml) 
 
 It 
 
 .•> .-r 
 
 my ncr of wHiklnic. 
 
 hell '; othrr r>rK>r vW I 
 
 •tnuiKr lo i*e*? IM» inic l!i« ;• 
 
 rwurrfKl to mc w ■ u««*«l i«> 
 
 to hlin; but they arc r . .-.iful 
 
 •tuff of llfo. My volc»» nl ti: 
 
 B«»f 'V lone 111. '• •■• • • 
 
 Ihs WHH II I that It ! 
 
 mow. w " " to i .. • •• \ '>"i 
 
 ent It. > flmwn. 
 
 wormy. Miroiiicly • . u 
 
 n ho|f wouM noi iou<h them.— to keep nhvr the wuiiiiig Are o( lif«l 
 
 we eal and nre thankful. 
 
 In the prlnon luid honpltal 3.079 men died In AuffUSt. < 
 only know* wh«»n thin calamity lo the American people will • 
 The neK ■ been overh.iul«*<|. Some were slaves; a • 
 
 have he< lit lo be sent l«» maslorn. A r|M»rl Is rife • 
 
 foar of •■ • • rex'trt to a dmlt: ' 
 
 choice • in«I work here. 
 
 *'par*»le .-i i,--....^ .-.. - ... ii»er, '•''' '»' "^ 
 
 In spile of slave roden. has c> 
 
 by Ihe It.t . l,..<i.H powers of S 
 
 tlon In k'roes are men. i»nly nominally siiives, i- 
 
 ties. T) ■ r of war rolls nlonR. flashlnir the Tl^rht o' 
 
 Because uf cnste the neirro has been denied i 
 
 I'nlled States Rovernment. Now he Is to be , 
 
 rlKhts as a man. Revolutions do not move backward. \\ 
 
 this Is done our cnlnmltles end. 
 
 .- ■ r 4th. — Have been quite languid: somei' 
 
 hn> '-d me. Hope lo make my exit yet. N 
 
 Inic «:• f '" 'iinnpiHilnls me. If I hear a Rood rr 
 
 ne\ • It till all the facts address theniHclvrs to ni- 
 
 ns . . •« ^ « 'ol till I »oe It In i»- .. . ^ . •■ •> », 
 
 Inir." I; Id tell us we won 
 
 1 shoul '. th. iMicf of . 
 
 pains to tell us we at we ' 
 
 that the C. H. A. Is t .lul and i 
 
 "m «o'n* to be." talk i«.il prt-ny as lu how mucit !.« u.i o(r 
 would b*» r*%\f of fhia *'bli»n>f<l hole." "henp n' hlsnl* for voiTn* 
 doi «rd for th 
 
 to ■ '*. but t" 
 
 ran w«»rK. tumk .«:i-i wjiXr." A rl«'\ti iniii- f»«-r t:«.»i(t hmi" 
 
 "You'na 'd do right smart to lake the oath, I reckon." Uut 
 
OF A WAR PRI- 12J 
 
 .1.. Th. •. .1. t th. y \\«-r* 
 
 . ly 
 
 ..f fr.^ K- \ 
 
 liloa J. NS.itf.-t, of 
 
 liup. rhilly. aun rlif^a 
 
 new nrrlvaU huve correapuiidcnce be- 
 
 flunk unil reur. Atiunta la 
 
 .•I «>wn U to ua. The event 
 
 il. 1( irue we ahall noon Kft onlera. 
 
 >und. Gnint huida hia KruunU. preaaea 
 
 1^ . ;^ik iluii ML^*l«llun und Pendleton wi*re numlnuted 
 
 at < 
 
 y 
 
 < ttiiit iiucii inelhuiia of 
 
 iMt. Illuatrutea rimkI and 
 
 al. The work la not a«n»;ittonHl. 
 
 i.ut 1% •TK'lnl tfuchtT. Victor HuKtt 
 
 ^>>r UlH'Ta\ iirlmlplt'a 
 
 I'lfy, of Ohio., owna 
 
 M rxMiKM w or II !'• I .iKM. 
 
 NIGHT OF JUBILEE.— STRANGE SCENES. 
 Tii- •<...% .<• 1 t. I * . r '• I. ml iilK^it "ii' of ih«' M««tilrlea ctIihI 
 
 ta Wfll; litKxl la lUked unit K"ne 
 
 nrwa. Yunka: Atlar trj \h taken; 
 
 for you." S' X aaka. 
 
 • hell, no; .*- afltT 
 
 l*rlaonera were senemUy soon aatlr. Ch««r after cheer waa 
 
 thouaanda. Chorda and dlacord expreaaed Joy and thanka. 
 
124 niP.' '••■•••>• OK A N\.\K iui.-^««NER 
 
 Early in th«» • ff'^' i'Tii«nr**r« mm«- !n conffrmlnir th« 
 
 news. tH^arlnfc a ; ■ .t( 
 
 Auiniiit ?'»<h H.. 
 force of 
 nlno n < 
 rel' • ^ 
 
 f«^n detnrhmentii were ordered to be re«d> 
 nio . .-.. . -^' •tcrnent; Iou«! rheerinR. It wt 
 
 Im' h from HoMton, to note the u 
 
 :.i for I/fnII««'H arlljit to iik«-t« h 
 
 i-l«ll»*«! (croupH l**atiinK *»'» caneii n 
 \ to full ill for Ihf KrMvi*. our linen, • 
 whprr* f>)itr. I ftr^l likr tiikinK It quietly. In lniitanc<>^H %%'lth t**- 
 the ?«M'!'!«»Ti thrill of Joy wan like the nhock of ^r»rr«»w In *'ff 
 Mn* ' One man who ha«l pined to aln 
 
 on ! •• newM Ii*a|)etl to hiM f»«<«t. Hhoutfd. . 
 
 and f' 11 M. il. Ai • friendn: "You an- iii k""'K '■■' 
 
 I runnol (fo. I \N ' b«'for«-: I had no hop** or \vlj«l 
 
 live: but now If i .-j.m mv u little longer I miffht g«*t h« 
 Won't they take me? Ask the doctor. Ifii t<M> l>a«l''* H<« » 
 back on the »mnd. hl^ . v . -^ ^'Mretl. hin llpii fmled. for a nion 
 wan flilfiit: th«*n wa- ind and said In delirious dellK 
 
 •*Th.-v - .\ T !i, IV k'o- I. 
 
 tnt>er ith. — Ten detachments went out 
 the I this morninR for want <»f tnini«|Mirtat 
 This ufirtiuMMi nioif lars arrive and they go. It was burly Ir 
 nil nlKht. There are two parties: one full In the belief »»f 
 fhanire: on** that we are to be shiftiMl to be lmpris<ine<I elM< 
 Kxeltfm««nt runs hiEh. There is a rumor that T. 8. Ir 
 are off S ' " ! with Re!>el ; T- 
 beiauH*- There are 
 M..<- ■ '■• ' •" '-• • 
 th. 
 In ! ' - : 
 
 prl 
 
 I for preservation. Ani 
 
 them are |KH*mi«. * Uuineil HotneMteud. ' mostly written In Virifl 
 last wlnT.r "Prisoner's Dream." "War and Peace." "Pn 
 pS' ' oth«-rs. 
 
 Incident of a father and son* Th* s^n nbonf nl 
 teen, l.i 1 l-M-n f. ' 
 
 father's care. T* 
 hoi I "■' ' " 
 to ' 
 
 be separuled. The otlier mornlnv the l»oy died, the father kn 
 
rUROKICLEfl OF A WAR PRIBOXlSn i;5 
 
 ■ . . ^^^ 
 
 for 
 
 re- 
 
 t eel. 
 not 
 
 ••i>» i)t«* ft«iit**i iMtiiKhl lo %U«vUl*; tilM boy's 
 ,. wffh w»v»i nnttint! fortlttHf* nn'l r*«ilirna- 
 
 •X a 
 
 I rn - 
 
 ' men 
 
 Jamea 
 
 r. Kifgle- 
 
 iit> '04) county. Mlchiipin. 
 
 u' M.in. He left home In 
 
 ■lit of Unit Htiite. He was a Rood 
 
 1?th '^4, In the bloody charice of 
 
 li 1 taken priaoner. He waj 
 
 ■t .•\K worn by hard ii«TVlce. 
 
 hiM time was 
 that I don't 
 K- • r. T.-n her 
 
 a ' dreamlnK of 
 
 Im;. * '-^ H an that 
 
 of n itlrl 1 but the 
 
 ■tiTi;. \ Iju'sa he 
 
 d' t nmoke with him: said Hawks 
 
 n« ■ to buy ft>o<l. na he ahould not 
 
 n«- ->♦* bim cruwt coffee for supper he 
 
 w. I soon after sank In death. Thus 
 
 perlnhfJ a The number of meri now llvlnir here 
 
 Is put at : :i total of about 45,000 who have been 
 
 Beptember 11th. — Btr«ets have been thronired three 
 
 • •» •- »• " • • • "••» •'•»'•• '■ •' •»-» the 
 
 ^ In 
 
 just 
 
 b«. ..Inj 
 
 t.. : left 
 
 \l tUfs etiAblrd lu gCt a 
 
 II? 
 
 (36th) expects 
 out. Wc have 
 
12f 
 
 CHRONICLES OF A WAR PRISONER 
 
 bouKht meiil nnU ar« iMikinc ponea to tnke alonK. We are won 
 derfully lucky; plim i. full of sood < hi-< r n.. : hanks t<> Jonnlcs. 
 If there !■ a w- than t: prison we are 
 
 ready to Jump li - r<>. The ) ng at>out many 
 
 food thinira that wtil cvme to them whtrn thry get to Parole 
 Camp. A t>ath this afternoon; r!o«<> nttfutlon to toilet In view of 
 a lonir. tedious journey, be It v * r. and a lust look at this 
 
 place of untold sufferlnfc, hen- 1 forever famous for Its 
 
 Infamy. 
 
 GEORGIA GIRLS WITH TRUE SOUTHERN HEARTS. 
 S««inK loo uuch Mitlnr«i hu cuni;ralrd your blood 
 And inclonchol) ia the ourM.- of frvncy. 
 
 Frame yourtnind (o mirth and racrrirarnt. 
 Which h«ri ■ IhouMind harm* and IvnKthcds life. 
 AufTUStu. fJa.. Tuesday. September 13lh.— I sit In a cattle car 
 wrltlnK my Journal. At dark lust night a loijic train came puffins 
 up from AnjerUus. and stoppe<l at Andersonvlll#». and we got 
 orders. In fifteen minutes we were rushluK and ^ k- crux- 
 
 lly to the Rule; with shouts we strufctfled out ws of 
 
 ■ .p dust nearly !.■ to the 
 
 of ihiit dark wall ' re our 
 
 j..>. ......... -M.ibby lookhiR men. . .... ,^. j j»." sat 
 
 They asked: "What State you*ns all from?" We 
 • 'iiiiv :.i,,i i.i,.-.t I!..- .m.-..ti..ii they reply. "We'ns 
 
 lo flKht wens for?** 
 . .St the best govern- 
 ment on eitrih." 
 
 If they could not understand the Issue In the war by this time, 
 probably they «lld not comprehend our words. We go right aboard. 
 •0 In a box cmt. rr«»wlM#| nnd uncomfortable, but what of thaL 
 
 death at, 
 station. 
 
 the 
 
 Once more a' 
 enthlv from ■ 
 
 • • s<M>n off. JoicKlnR along tol- 
 
 ' getting aboard a few huge 
 
 u<r«' confiscated and eaten, rinds 
 
 be . 
 Tw<» . . 
 given on* 
 nuh. but 
 fellows f 
 armies, v 
 Mlla.n we lui 
 gaunt pines, 
 standing trees. 
 
 •'omc <lo !?' 
 • some I 
 
 • going to 
 thoughts. 
 .11 I was 
 
 .- . vn- 
 
 Urgt 
 
 it to thf movrmenl or fortunes of their 
 
 • n In the night. Instead of switching for 
 
 over a long road through bushes. paaseU 
 
 i.ing com and cotton fields, with girdled. 
 
 plantations, few houses, wood and water 
 
CHRONICLK8 OF A WAR PRISONEHl. 117 
 
 «top« and whiaky ■tatlnnii. nnd arrived hen* Ut# this afternoon 
 
 niii. »' f.'u.,...< f,,,.. K I.V.-...I ».v f»,.. .), .f.-.. •.««,ii,,i!>t» lo b« on 
 a I .. Th« 
 
 tnii rft are 
 
 clo«e<l. on th«» oth««r ruiU«<t !»«• 'H, 
 
 •tr. Thi'V nrn vt-rv tT-v?r*'c I ful. 
 
 bu>*' ■ in A uifck. Aa 
 
 to I A train from 
 
 the Houth Is ihr.'!ik'- 1 wUh ii v \\K!i tnuakcta. recently 
 
 -•crIpltHl." In aiiswrr to the n "W th«»y were ronacrlpted 
 
 they auld: 
 
 -We'na wu« ordere<l to report to the committee and wu« mus- 
 tered In. Cr-- -^ left to b'- • ■' — kere on by wlmmlna and 
 
 'ounir'nii. til icltii ilr 
 
 Kvl<l<-t-t I iM. h!.. :.'u;ir.| walked in frnrit of 
 
 the dtx. If with "^ to 
 
 aay. A- who w nil 
 
 the talkinir. inn*, altrr much lip nlM.ut thr unc of the 
 
 North fri tjrffTn»»«« to live with the Houth. the u lonallty 
 
 of and dennlation x%'e had cuumc>1. save hlii 
 
 opi wh«n the war cloaed the Union would he 
 
 re»«' • chI. Ho anid he mther It would not be 
 
 ao. ''d. Thuii naylnir. he iillpped awny aa If 
 he hi 1 
 
 A k M. hlR hnlr nprlnkled with irmy. attired 
 
 rt: . : • rty 
 
 I in all the Htaien. Then ihe t*nion would have Rone 
 
 M It w »- T.ur the North l« In polltica aa In everything elae. 
 
 dtwhonrtit. r rional. Infidel, covetous, and the South must 
 
 peek h#T onr 
 
 \v 
 
 \ . rth haa irrown rich nnd stronv. while the 
 
 Kouth • •«*•." 
 
 Hr te. 
 
 <• "iji"-! im « 1,1 >.!» , the 
 ^'•ferrlnic to Mr. Lln- 
 
 I a: nnd as 
 
 to h'n ' Seces- 
 
 sl«> ith had 
 
 foil •• to hia 
 
 pe(»pi<*- *h' ' ii'f«Tlorlty 
 
 of racra. tl>. The boys 
 cried "Hardtack, glw ua a«jinclhlr.tf to cat," ai;J Ihc man turned 
 
i:S C!HRONiriJ^8 OF A WAR PRISONER. 
 
 ■ullcnly a 
 •pint ah« : 
 drmsed. He i. 
 
 It It 
 
 IB 
 
 that auch 
 
 rh<-- 
 
 "1 
 
 nfnrtnr m 
 
 .1 to lui. 
 
 Thin 
 
 UlKlt IM 
 
 
 
 « a rt»w 
 
 
 > 'me dwelling' 
 
 . ihf or.. 
 
 
 ■ ' ' 
 
 ;i yard v 
 
 
 
 m of fr. 
 
 
 , , , 
 
 If;.- rir .• ..f ! ■ ■ 
 On the I» • 
 Juilt bfforf claj K 
 wc tuiw tU'wrnl \" 
 " -Mr behalf. Tl. , , . . 
 
 of the men In my car that they would come . . 
 (Ced to open the door. JuHt after dark; twn .-f 
 ai»t»cared each with n basket of bread In ainall loa 
 handed Into the car. when thoy Immediately vani 
 not ween aRaln. I »>elleve In my soul that these KiiiM inoit- truly 
 manifest the Southern heart than has been expressetl through the 
 yreat leaders of the South, either in i»eace or war. for thirty year- 
 Warm was the love of each maiden's heart 
 
 Who fed a hui ; 
 Who by word or •• sweet hope did Impart. 
 
 Ar ' * - ' '!y pin. : "wi woe. 
 We inK diriy. poor atid hard. 
 
 Hut dear m.i " from a dainty yard. 
 
 And brouR! nets of bread. 
 
 They watched In the RioamliiR and when niffht fell round. 
 ' They came with quick, soft tread. 
 
 For they feared the iruards. who watchod the ground: 
 
 Oh. blesHlMKS on r-txrh fair head? 
 
 HOMESEEKER'S EXCURSION IN DIXIE. 
 inifsvllU*. S. 1*.. \VfMlii.«.|ay. .S.-pt. Mili. Aflrr dark 
 
 Alligator ■wr^mr* » 
 and are ^> 
 vilU. a f 
 )onc nckeiy mo.-, n 
 
 
 •t 
 
 
 <l 
 
 
 11 
 
 Y■^k^ 
 
 •»d to 
 
 nt rt • 
 
 f? a 
 
 
 !h*» 
 
 
 • -^n^on 
 
 
 
 ..It:--.;: 
 
 v.tr. n.»ie» 
 
riin'^v 
 
 R PRIROVRn 
 
 11* 
 
 lunc for 
 
 iMK^nd. am 
 rtrr. 
 Florrr; 
 
 le for ut 
 
 , It will II. ik. 
 
 At KlnimvUle w« »ol 
 .. tice. The iruurd chanted 
 1 where we are golnf. 
 
 ••\'. . from « ■' I »alJ. 
 
 ••}-;. up on tf road to- 
 
 nlsht. HO wv g%f t nth«T wny. Junt an nritr." aaitl he. 
 
 If I hft<1 rn? ht ! tri n|r! rrvty. I mifcht hftve believed him. At 
 
 S o'clock !• fii«H| off af(:i(n. We had a •'• 
 
 eniflo**. n ^- Affnr rurvcn n Utth* up %.•■ 
 II 
 
 « >' • 
 t\ 
 
 • 1 ii 
 
 l>arr«Mi t'l 
 
 I 
 
 t ' 
 A 
 !' 
 f- 
 V 
 t ' 
 •1 
 
 %» ■ 
 
 fvrry 
 neirro: 
 prohl< 
 I 
 I 
 I 
 ! 
 
 An o' 
 
 iMitf^h lir Ntiittdti. 'ihf i'l 
 wht» fh«» r<»r"^ wfM do 
 
 ;i« ••. not :i flellle- 
 
 >ut a 
 
 iixea 
 
 on I lie «»ili*T iil<le 
 
 trnlrv or'1«»r*»d ^Ix 
 
 ■ I 
 
 ; :irul 
 
 In a 
 
 i ' .- A. Is 
 
 Hut why (II. 1 
 
 for the nefro? 
 
 nji mi>n use 
 
 ' til.- night at 
 
 thout the 
 
 cy Is the 
 
 V alnnir DIImI with tT*»m. mn^brnken. 
 
130 
 
 CllltoNlCLK8 OF A WAR PRI80NKR. 
 
 it.> 
 
 U> III ihey don't own no <»t»o 
 
 dorat. ii tivv.tki'iiH Ut*-i«iit<i.i.. I tiiiuKiiH* I am llvlnfc a hundred 
 yenrm H^n, I th»f>k of Mttrton Hud hta men. their swevt potato 
 
 home 
 
 they iiHKin ,-•••- I...- .IU-. ...- 1 
 
 l» but one wuy to ilWcrty ar 
 
 Hll.i . . I f.r . V...I ihat Ih- > 
 
 t- In the • 
 
 %* : »ve; thiit 
 
 luted by the teet of nlavcs iii 
 
 of the rnr madr ft brnn/y; 1 
 
 a* 
 
 o 
 
 O. for just one later, u 
 
 '!« of 
 
 th.it 
 . I-. .►,■.> .-..> ... i.i'.ri Uiere 
 that tH to flKht It out. In 
 
 Ill!L-ht \\. iff t),it ltl.-MUIi't> 
 
 I' 
 
 h. 
 
 ptu<«A. tni- 
 rol 1 1 nir. and 
 ellKtwn In r 
 heelii In im. 
 
 (fru.i.i.ii.,^' 
 
 I f 
 
 midnlicht. , 
 
 twelve mnrths 
 
 hnvtHK 
 
 can n 
 
 n: 
 
 li 
 
 of It 
 
 lose t . 
 
 ■ufTer ; . . 
 
 n |>alr 
 
 The motion 
 
 with a chill 
 
 1? Ill ,i. • hiure I courted sleep. 
 
 I he lontK and dlnromfort of my 
 
 ■,vn where iht-i.,- la scant room to sit up: 
 
 II) old iKKit In my breast, or other tender 
 
 ' ■ . tired of re- 
 
 i Ifj my face. 
 
 t to 
 
 ■ • .1 
 
 Ket a punch all amund 
 
 Nearly twelve hi; -rs from three to 
 
 ;r>I>rlved of j > to tldlnens. not 
 
 to wash (.***'« «.! h.ti.UM ituue our journey l>e- 
 
 . rntlen: mlx«>d up with nil •«»rff» of m«»fi. offers 
 
 ;«»<'k has 
 to think 
 
}'" A WAR PRIBONKU. ISl 
 
 )»4kwf n mn- M% Wlv<»« think nf vmir huabanda 
 
 > 
 
 of I I I"' •■' \<«>ir ;i\sti \\1TM .1 i.iiTK.i iroMi i th- n>r.n«- i irii for 
 
 A nlirht'ii rrpon«». 
 
 EX NORTHERN MAN WANTS UNION DEDICATED TO 
 SLAVERY. 
 Fully »war<> thr f ilti h i! *^ ji •• 1. rh.- .niir'r.. .lotnrhM. ntlfT 
 nil ovt*r I grti nn th' 
 
 b - ;4 jillu- ntump. Att L- 1 ht? 
 
 «\ h**ri» for hunln^iui. pr«' 'Ity: 
 
 r. ""' 
 
 f . ..: ■;.• 
 
 t» ul ♦•vrr » 
 
 I) ..' ....^ 
 
 I . !o 
 
 II ! t.. 
 
 r- k: or 
 
 |m; . t f».M. 
 
 f^h.it ( «%itM to NfW Y«*rk. He 1*44^1. 
 
 • I f fh«» Vrtrfh> hu«(n«»"«« wh^th^T »h«» Roiith hnfl four 
 
 mllliot; '^f .ii-ivr^ or ' ti«n mi»r- 
 
 k«*t of Iho North n I'-h of Mm 
 
 I . >!1 I 
 
 IK ■ .., : S 
 
 H: tc» try to fMhlr-ntf* ntKK^TK: 
 
 li. • V to nftcTr^T'* tt Thr»V run** ' 
 
 Ha V 4- 
 
 iimu» 
 
 It . n w IK 
 
 II . Tnlon on 
 
 •< I'nion. On 
 
 y . - 
 
 ouffbi on iii<- «*c«<Jt<i. U t 
 
13: 
 
 could » 
 slavery urn an t 
 cans. Bpawnn of 
 not affrc« t 
 no I'nlnn'n 
 Tl.- 
 b. 
 
 o|(i M.l..- - 
 ther*". All 
 
 t«' 
 
 ihv 
 
 mates or t> 
 tierin* on • 
 •lave I 
 tt»ln. N 
 whut they 
 they aro. 'i 
 talked that. Ti 
 or Ko to Cnnii'l 
 can't be run \\ 
 father tnlke<l t! 
 you the com* • • 
 pull this t! 
 ateani. Ni. . 
 them t' 
 to pn>j ■ 
 country < an i h* 
 
 inONICLES OF A 
 
 I 1! \v..u:i hrivr. 
 
 ^^ A It iKi>' •> lit. 
 
 r- tn T.r on the plan of p'^T^t"?*! 
 Hut black < 
 ,. In iw>w«»r. (< 
 Luiiiu back on ■> 
 after awhile. It 
 
 irrow weak. All 
 
 The North U iipiit 
 •s'll want to come 
 ii ii be in the majority. 
 Ponfh 
 
 nto factions; stuti.-a bur- 
 in. In a few years the 
 Then the South will rule 
 J#»rf r>nvij». and all the smart m«»n know 
 •' the smartest men • 
 and alers will; my far 
 .' . lit' • V and'll be su 
 
 th«« ntKk 'un off. Th- 
 
 «Ty. N ' ..... 
 
 I was a 
 
 . . < rui^ " 
 
 It my 1«' «ir run ; 
 
 c i f. •' .s Ithout n 
 
 s raised them from wild be«sta 
 
 ..lis. The Bible says It. The 
 
 workfil uiiboui them, and he won't work unless 
 
 he's a slave, AholHh 
 or'd have to b*- 
 won't l«»t you? 
 ery. V 
 
 be ml 
 
 br- 
 io 
 
 fa:. 
 
 stopped, 'i 
 iilffiT'Tri .»r. 
 
 •Ir^v.-ry and niir«r*»r!«'d mu»-«1*»r *v*»rvNv|y: 
 S«» you i 
 
 ilffht in ' 
 
 T k. ir I ri'N . all t 
 Tn and brltiK 'em 
 »s<- 1 1 • . I well 'en- - ■— ■ • 
 
 tfoi noni. I've * 
 
 y in it. - . -u«ht to h.. 
 
 •r Kouthern products is vrowln': more 
 
 rllmale. Uuii ( . 
 pIsntstfAnn wit: 
 ov t hiiVf 
 
 It . war CO 
 
 f« 
 t< 
 
 mans «»f while men to work at wajres?" 
 •in It. ain't built that way r^n't stand the 
 iinK about it; nor lb- work on 
 
Ilk'* nljTK PntsTh h.iv.- Tn |rnjVi 
 
 » 
 
 » 
 f 
 r 
 
 II 
 
 I 
 
 II 
 
 .1 
 
 >• t. Thoy 
 
 •* rtvifiy on 
 
 l!u 1... th.- 
 
 1 Jttrk » »f(f 
 
 Ht 
 
 til 
 
 II . to 
 
 m 
 
 H' ;. to 
 
 !»' the 
 
 H. .|o. 
 
 »»»• inm 
 
 n^rdii of n sn»nt m > ih«» A<fr<* nf 
 
 •o. ■ 
 
 fii 
 
 • f 
 
 -- '^v to A North- 
 
 Qu*« I you know 
 
134 rilUO.N. WAR raiSiiNKR. 
 
 Northerncm. sp<>clully N «•! fellows, make the best Nlg- 
 
 fur driv.r- o . • «.r..u. r. f>,.. bent nigger brcakerM 
 In ihr - 
 
 H .• t.ow.-r In Ifviuirurat- 
 
 li. • I 
 
 tJ ' HO- 
 
 C« Th- 
 
 n-.. Mt.. 
 
 Hon .. 
 ery fr 
 
 lor ■ ;'.!:•! th«* 
 
 er a.H over 
 
 C\: • •■' '♦^•t 
 
 ki 
 
 tr,. 
 
 way«» * int Industry" If tolornled. 
 
 Ir -r of oxrhr«rr- h- '^tM. "If It means tmding nlg- 
 
 ff«*r« for \sliU«« mm| Horn ■ it vlll be a «1eve|lHh lonu 
 
 tlp^A romlnr." We ho||. •• saflU w*» believe fbnt tb* 
 
 P- • ■ ■ " " ■' '■ 
 
 It 
 
 It 
 
 O'. 
 
 !» • . .. • ■ 
 
 I- ive to bear the hard- 
 
 pi. : 
 
 When J>oy» by t- li- 
 
 Ing what !' i«l. I craw i- 1 
 
 bark on th>' lai i«'.t\;i.K him t*ii ih«> ^uir. that he Ik a 
 
 cblT» f»*oni iiri n|.| h|r>i>k iihnr>orl lo fit blw I tro* In tb.- 
 
 fl. 
 b. 
 
 u , . . .. 
 
 honest. b»:' 
 
 hMt..-^r if 
 
 a ' 
 
 \\ • 
 
 a< 
 
 \\ 
 
 S" 
 
 I) 
 n > 
 t 
 
 r».. ;. ... , . ^ 
 
 •nllsbleninent have brought buck methods 
 
T I If. .VI. • I I' 
 
 1 1- 1 Vl* i ff I'IMC . V I*l> 
 
 V blltU 
 
 PRISONERS ARRIVE AT FLORENCE. 
 
 Thrrf ttifn uit hor»« 
 
 by ami Inspected lu. Severml 
 
136 CHnr>Nlri.rS or A WAR PRISONER. 
 
 ladles on horH' 
 
 
 ..•n cnmc a wonmn In a carl and 
 
 pi% .1,...- ^t,. 
 
 
 . i,J...I ••!.. ..«.». . 1,1... r..i . t li,tr •• 
 
 t ■ 
 
 
 1 
 
 . 
 
 an 
 
 1 to !■• noon all 
 
 \s • 
 
 ;r 
 
 tr:t1n sion road. 
 
 iMvkt^l .» 
 
 
 ;.«««1 out a 
 
 road Ihroiu 
 
 
 .1 we wer« 
 
 to ICO. Many 
 
 
 \valk. A dciall \N as iiuidc to carry 
 
 them. Matiy 
 
 
 ,i wen* unable to umilitt. There waa 
 
 iiot one III th<- 
 
 
 I 
 
 well clay lit tl. 
 
 I 
 
 I ■ 
 
 
 ilted. 
 We 
 
 thought an officer of the Kuard kind, for when ffunrds cried: 
 "Stop you'uH. wir." brliiKliiK iiniMk^r?* 'Imwh und stJirtlnK for ua. 
 he mild: "Oh. let Vin work; V- - nrr>* a biR heap." and 
 
 liMik'Ml at UH finilliiKrIv ThiH In un a i;rateful. but 
 
 of un n« one would of u 
 • Inuii half their wool; but I 
 
 f 
 
 r He 
 
 II 
 
 f 
 
 .iplnic. 
 
 d. 
 
 IniiiK 
 
 
 
 \\ 
 
 
 
 Vlll.. 
 
 
 
 •nerH on the ground who left Anderson 
 
 . W. M I 
 
 « ' K water, i -f 
 
 luu men ko out for earh l.uou. once ii day. n mile to a stream. 
 rnri?<."pj«*T^tIv onr «»rrrt!! i^;il!!« '\n mt contain enoujch for more than 
 
 Our hope of using grass. 
 • d. Not only did strength 
 I .^u it. . I..U ti..- II' .-i ,,f fii,- caused our stock of material 
 
 \ 
 
 PRISONERS OVERRi'N r.RFF\ r.i arqS. 
 Monday. Hept. ::Ol)i. It have nrrive«l 
 
 :it II .(.•.•••. fnun Andei'*..i le. Men luive 
 
 ly, I liave 1 write miice the l&th. My 
 
 ).. . the effirrt to if have prevented. The l&th 
 
 and Ibth droves of plaiilnltoii ii«'Ki^>«*s p4isse<l with spadeM aixt 
 axes. In rhMre»« of drfverj*. to build n sfooknd* Orlfflih. «5lover 
 und 1 are i. 
 
 (*liliu*n« w i- 
 
 li 
 
 ni«'lir« III Hi |t-<llll .1111 n.m mil ."..i* lime 
 
hi: ft T»RI8r»NKR. U? 
 
 .J.. 
 r> 
 f:< 
 
 » • 
 
 Y 
 
 T) .Ml Yttnl(««« "rich fnnutn to buy nttnctrn tt they hn 
 
 \* 
 
 \\ »'*»r Wr'nii poor; n»» 
 
 la inena hud tu 
 
 • T HP our'im liltorty or K*t kilt off." 
 
 I • ,...., €»f their men woulcl be klllcl. 
 
 Ihnt ir id kIvi* them liberty und a better chniu-n 
 
 dr. 
 
 PI 
 
 yelUnl 
 T» 
 fl. 
 
 It 
 
 y«»" - ■ . .. ^ . . ^ . 
 
 were they. 
 
 It ».•. Mim till- M'im«s..l "f |.i l«i.ii.-t >. Ii.i.l ii<>! 1mim» .4nti.lj..if •• ! 
 I.. 
 ha 
 
 out d<- 
 here \. 
 br 
 
 •r. 
 |V. 
 
 iif 
 «' 
 in»* 
 d. > 
 
 All 
 Knt It *■ i «n 
 
 hour I. .ill- 
 
 
 vin- 
 
 
 tn 
 
 *tl..l. I . 
 
 : uu.«i«-, nho! ' 
 
 ruMh ft<' 
 
 t iwtrt of the 
 
us ....... .V .... . o . ... ^ ^^ ^,^ , 
 
 on^m w«»r' .•r**'^ nw! »r br*»uirhl In 
 
 M 
 
 li 
 
 u; 
 
 II 
 
 €•• .11 i lii I ...... ,...!.. r.;. , 
 
 I. 
 
 il.-.i ..f I.'. ttiiiiT 1 ;.lt. 1 .^t.it.- < 
 
 money. 1 
 
 deal nt At: 
 
 and myself. We b\r 
 
 nte Ihem niw. It 
 
 from catlnir. t> •:;> i;u:uii, l:irU».cU uilJj 
 
 ■curvy, and boi ■><*(*. 
 
 tr 
 
 I*«'IMI'-I. i.'iii ii' i:':'- -iv.i' i 
 
 lo iimniih a "V." Tlw- IMh I 
 
 flick fh:.f h . ! , ... V. . I 
 
 Ifave • 
 
 and tr 
 
 KOt liiO "I'onfo.J to hoot. > • 
 
 W»fkH V.|?»1MTlt «? I fr'toM- 
 
 did h' 
 have t 
 ainto'l ••( tf 
 pint of m- 
 -T' 
 < ;• 
 
 have 
 
 Af' 'f V r 1 f t . f III j.i)' IriL- l>i.- ITlh mid 
 
 Htill rainn with i 
 
 the knolln In ; 
 
 r«'niion that th«« fiiii imM 1h iiioMtly 
 
 Inchen dc<'i» IM or-JfT to ff#«t *»fi th'» K' 
 
 wr nit an<! 
 
 other, to \. 
 
 Inrhen det'j. • , 
 
 and more or !• 
 
 NINE DAYS* STORM— SOUTHERNERS WILLING TO STARVE 
 
 t , ■ 
 
 iK^m wr ctfuld endure anotr 
 
K A \V \ ISf 
 
 •n rulird 
 
 V r...! .iT>.l 
 
 1 upon, I 
 
 irn- 
 
140 CHRONIfLKP OF A \>Mi iiw.-'M.ik 
 
 K<»nfmtefi n «r-frlr nf m«*rrMf^i« Vfnsr**nnr*» !hMf mnut vnnlsh ilowly 
 III* war c! ThiP will In* 
 
 \\hf(h<-r V .ll<»" by cart**! 
 
 or by 4leiilh. 
 
 A man evlil^ntly hlich In Mxl^ty. not an. 
 
 I 
 
 •! th<> rorc<» - 
 
 f . . • 1 : 
 
 "You '••r ihan we but you ntrver can whip uj* 
 
 w* never 
 
 "Hut.' if you • ••<! un now. you will Btarv- 
 
 If you ft- v»»?« to . ..ur army, who'll raise tt 
 
 'icrub* to : You t:l\f up the real thlnR you went t 
 
 war for — f \ erv — and kirk out the foundiitiwi of yoi. 
 
 mill, yo ; 
 h.' at t)i 
 
 T.. Ih 
 
 • i^ »' y; but we Ar«» 
 
 K Kald It r.-intii-l.-l h\v 
 ' a ntory. A man rlecliirecl if hii* neiKhborn <ll<! n*'- 
 
 '»rt!ont flfmnTT'l. h>» wotiM f!rn%vt: htn:?«r!f. Xnt 
 
 !.•! V.tl ti. M U* . 
 
 1 Mitind Ihnl 
 
 V u.-ni ■ 
 
 .u<l. and 
 
 I Miii iMf out oi> 
 
 W'v will pull you 
 
 V I the 
 
 MISERY. 
 I'v.' !»w»k»»'1 f>fi M'-.-fs tirvlinmayed. 
 
 1 I Inyed 
 
 • ad 
 
 ^ 1. Ktnrk and deiul 
 
 1^.. ^ , .- . .. 
 
 rv« —n him creeping, mean, ensconce. 
 
NlCLKS OP A WAR PRI8UNKR. 141 
 
 .1 .... -.. . . I . t I 
 
 onc«. 
 
 
 
 a man 
 
 
 
 can. 
 
 
 
 ry. 
 
 \N I! ri -.. . 
 
 ,1 H} 
 
 • irii rr«y«. 
 
 Am.1 iu> 1 
 
 '11. 
 
 
 Two REMARKABl E SPEECHES. 
 
 I 
 .^\i. loyai lu uthrr ttivti « cuiiciualutia, rvvtaoiiUic 
 
 Tiillil. but ' ' V. 
 
 A fill 
 
 I 
 I 
 
 im of 
 \ 
 
 iiAXtX CUW^LXUlcc of 
 
 1 run 
 f lU bi: 
 
142 .III!. .M.I.I'S ..I* A WMt I'klsoNKit 
 
 style of del >nd bodily contor- 
 
 II.. -• - • 
 
 h. : 
 
 n . •kiKi tu 
 
 h- »r rtur r 
 
 cU. • ■•• r.-l'.-f . 
 
 ble. « i a lew .-iitiiiiiK 
 
 line. 1 • T'vt r. • lo miy - 
 
 wna at haj.:. i .i fine loukuifc soldier, jua: in fiuiu uur 
 
 lines. bt'KiiM HI)' !» nn upluriuMl root of a tree who, after- 
 
 ward wan ciillr.i .1 ji«>iihel fronj Kgypl" who. he told me later, 
 was from that part of Illinois known as K^ypt. He said, sub- 
 St ' " 
 
 M men have prove<l themselves brave and efficient 
 Sf.;.... ..^ ,',e never doubt- ' '» ■' '^^-^ would. Like ourselves, they 
 
 are Americans. Thoy r s hlgrh; that we did not 
 
 deny. 1* ••••.!.. ■ n In utidfrrat luK .N''»rth«TM 
 
 men. <l for their deficiency. mise<lurat<«d 
 
 prejud In Judgment. They may have suf- 
 
 fered frutn faiittr Hn«i fttrry oratory: been misled by irrational 
 zealots who nint and rave, but never fight. Such a one may be 
 smart and be a fool; may be good in heart and wrong in head: 
 may be pious but wnrellffloun: may profoim iMitrlotium and be a 
 brawl, a pan»lor«'r. on } ;Tage and 
 
 prowess <»f Southern s. of our 
 
 for ■ ■' 
 
 d. 
 
 1.1 .... 
 
 tl; -H of 
 
 hu; . - th.. 
 
 war. I pon this hi? 
 we este«-m \j:,w!.v.- 
 
 It was the ' if yuu K"in. you wive that; If 
 
 you lofif \) ! win r^. riTKl \vf ?«t:in 1 forever 
 
 u» h. a 
 
 b« j.re- 
 
 V.' M._r\icL'. Shall Ainri leans. 
 
 ^^' Henry, to whom (;o.l has 
 
 efit I ijwt •• 1 t n<- . 
 
 " TJ ' a skin 
 
 ^ ..II. 
 
 T 
 
 I' .:w. 
 
 Cowper put part of this in my mouth; if incendiary. m« blm. 
 
V WAIl 1 
 
 UZ 
 
 !nv*» y*>U 
 
 t r>r» 
 
 r 
 I 
 \' 
 
 your 
 Ihtii 
 
 I) 
 
 t ' 
 » 
 
 I 
 
 
 y of 
 
 
 -n rf 
 
 iU< I ho 
 
 '! 
 
 IniU* 1. 
 
 ! 
 
 I of 
 
 I in Vkivr 
 
 •ntlin.-Mf. ••. Mtfil f.-ro. ttv. 
 
 t JUMt i 
 
 Away 
 
144 CUl: S (JF A WAK riU.s« ».N JtC 
 
 h<»tirt« of mun* \<*r>'. w«r. Inr-quallty. hrutallty will van- 
 ish from V Men will b. rn universal. 
 When Ood ■ d that man "1 not mean 
 he should hv ju»Ui ilke a ulcer, or ihai he • be de- 
 icraded. Per miitra ho nhciuld he oncthled. from Its 
 rrudeness t> ■* ;1 to 
 man. an h- a ho 
 wrre to d\\«'ii i ti«i .•«>!.. lll^ i.>\«-, itii» kkmj.. Hla 
 |K»w«»r. HIn Infinity. Thus w the divinity of man. 
 
 t^O .l,...Mv ,.< I .».,.r' i:-.,l r, , l« U.. .I..).!.*.. I " II 
 
 Is are 
 
 deK illy 
 
 so because of slavery and because the slave Is black, or one or 
 more of his |>nrents %vere. Is that the moanlnjf of the revolution? 
 Did WashlnKton and his heroes flght for the rlRht of one man to 
 annihilate fh" rtph!!^ of others? I>ook at our vnsl country. What 
 but lal" 'ie<l It from v -Ivanced It to an 
 
 era of ' but labor. labor, can con- 
 
 tinue that \\..rk, .i.:\ i; . •• It to the Aug 
 
 ep<)chs. Debase the laborer and 1 the 
 
 world r'- ' ^ to darkness, to «i.ii«.i i i)m.-« Al- 
 
 ways il must. It Is the spirit of •- which shuts 
 
 th»* ^-^ ' " * .r li.ti.. ->>.'»it. Fret- l«*r the relfcn 
 
 of nuitle the country what 1 1 Is. 
 
 th<' . • can l>ii:ik.' \i^ to liiLTJuT devel- 
 
 opment in I Hocial arts, i • «. more 
 
 education, i; t. It takes ii tual ac- 
 
 quirements. The iitreU u( this Rrows with iidvunctrinifiit. You can- 
 not jcrow flffs on thistles; nor can you progress In clvlllxInR arts 
 by means of slavor>\ Intellixence In all men should be fostered, 
 not denied. That Is (Ivillxution. To oppress one in a deirree. 
 m« ill. To enslave one race Is to 
 
 hri. better Instincts of all races. 
 
 »"• " ■ 'of CJod 
 
 «^<» i Is the 
 
 hiKi 81av- 
 
 fry cm ; educa- 
 
 ^•"'^ I iic. that 
 
 '■**i Is mor- 
 
 «"• 11 man- 
 
 kind. If >ou *♦•. k I.. I'Kilude fi«*nt N urn thw dews of 
 
 heavon mwl th« sun «f dny. V'>u pMf •< to trouble and 
 
 sh. ,ves 
 
 «^ i.,.n- 
 
 en«-.-:;< <• ..I r.. i%.ii | ;.<■•«. ulio UoUM h?,|.11 th- -'nu the 
 
 flory. ethical and material growth of liberty ar s. invll© 
 
K A WAK I'! Hi 
 
 I wh#rrby It mr. si..\.! 
 
 rtMiulrri* !!.«» !|{i>i>r.itu «• <«f 
 
 111 
 
 Hi 
 
 hi' 
 
 of 
 
 h) 
 
 bi 
 
 0| 
 
 rC 
 cl. 
 I» 
 «fr 
 
 at th. 
 
 
 
 t th,.t 
 
 
 hi 
 -IP 
 
 f th4» rutins cinua tn ' ail 
 
 <* In which men llv« ( or 
 
 •1 proiipcrlty. provrdrtl Uify arr ucllw and 
 
 rop«»rty no! men; 
 <lo for thoni. not 
 
 ItK 
 
 l«M 
 
 iH lliak** 
 
 I Mnrc- 
 nf- 
 
n$ 
 
 •I. 
 tu 
 ii. 
 I" 
 
 poIllliallN. 
 »»lcmfnl of 
 m ■ 
 ir 
 
 Ini .n .. 
 
 noxirvfB of 
 
 th:.- -! .V. 
 
 l>> 
 
 f..- 
 
 unnnturnl nutoemry 
 
 i'HRmNK'I.KS of a war IM 
 
 In tho 
 
 whtrh • In ft life of 
 
 ;h.tn of -. il lluy come down 
 
 • f Hinver rules public opinion 
 
 iMcl In where It exists. An 
 
 IM HlllVi Is to kffp f.»«l III 
 
 ' lonRS to tho class 
 • r rank wUh ih«« 
 . . ^ .. , . ^^ >v» control the 
 
 :i with : labor other 
 
 ; ..r 1:? ly. Yet It Is 
 
 iity that slavery exists. Is 
 r of the church ancl of an 
 Wtr h«:ar t»f aiicmpts lo make II the back- 
 l>one of the state, the chief corner stone of an ainblllous Confed- 
 eracy. The arbllniry jwiwer that owne<l the Industrial forces of 
 the South aimed to constitute itself above all systems of free 
 labor. The Jews claimed chamcttTlstlcs above other p»«o|»le of 
 earth: assumed to be the chosen of G<mI. By force of that belief 
 
 tl 
 
 ru ■ 
 
 th*.. r.., ... . ..■--. , : 
 
 and fell from th«*lr 
 ar< 
 
 <:• 
 
 social 
 
 Wn tr 
 
 a ' 
 
 il 
 
 b\ 
 
 fr 
 
 tl. 
 
 ur 
 
 n. 
 
 ot, 
 
 J. 
 
 Him. 
 Inic rv, 
 Chrlstly n 
 liHlny ;%m ff 
 e;i ! 
 
 l« 
 
 ' irmatlr. Itrutal. dictatorial, warlike, cor- 
 
 :it toward people they deemed not of 
 
 . ,..i.,g way of projfresf •"••'■'>>» to bar It. 
 
 ; station as an i: people. 
 
 their error: tauj;! H people 
 
 I: that the <fOd of the Jews was the 
 
 their rellKious liyiKH-rJcy. unjust 
 
 nyntcms: and they put Him to death for 
 
 ff<- tauRht the upllftlnR of the lowly: that 
 
 • rob the mass not born with rich Inher- 
 
 • Mm rich ••xtuMul 4Mid iMTpctuate |Miverty 
 
 H«iuRht to sjive them 
 
 MK them to turn from 
 
 r I ..!n; I.I.- tuorthrow as a nation. 
 
 "d. They spurned his philosophy. 
 
 ' '• '•:•' rity. but with- 
 
 \ followers of 
 
 • \ >r iro^l by 
 
 t. but h- M te.nch- 
 
 ■I't "f V. ;irH. as a 
 
 ■ al and ojiMontiiil 
 
 • <• and pr«»icrfss on 
 
 ■Ci-U lit hc.4Vt>n. Urothers whose pol- 
 
 of the blKOtlHl. m.ui-h.ttiiiK egoist. 
 
I A WAit ri u: 
 
 ai»- 
 
 Ul II 
 
 l» 
 
 of 
 
 Wait civil, utfl • 
 diffmilon. he IK 
 novelty irt lint*"!! tu 
 lh«> Bouth thnt th< 
 
 ('. -'l some ell- 
 
 WHY REBELS WANT AN ARMISTICE, 
 •y ilay I i-r.. 
 rnuncle. It 
 
 •1 
 <l 
 
 to 
 
 n 
 
 n 
 
 h« 
 
 he rcpii«Kl. He hud b*e» iiwl, 
 
 hn! r^ffrrr,j u for II: V !h* 
 
 •*«• ; he unnttnl hawJ j 
 
 t'» r<-.\ I .\T,..t :>. r 
 
 Tuttle. I knew In N 
 
 e».. ...»->- ' . .■■ . r^v , • , ;.... 
 
 V . If n malt Ik to ; 
 
 I ..t " In. r.-.i !• ir * ■ 
 
 fr 
 
 Y. k' to KrtffI* It t!« n m:. 
 
 of a...liira thai 11 wuuii i.-l Lt • RO lu lai: 
 
 wlth canlii on them. If killed. It of iiln unr* 
 
 V^ ■ - . . .. 
 
 * ' 
 
 fii. . •• - •' .'.w '..'. .'■ .- — K... ... .-•... •• 
 
 and play all day and aft^r tattoo for atakea, often ; 
 
U% CHRONin.KB op A v.M. ..v.. -..>.. It 
 
 fifXt pAy. Thnt U n wny they have of keeping ft clean i^cord t 
 gu \*ftorr the (Ircttt JuUso. 
 
 Kvl<t«ntly tu-o <if Hunyun'a pllfrrima Btruck a place that li 
 
 II - .- . . . .^ 
 
 t 
 
 u, 
 
 bit of bn 
 
 far ft >.ii; : 
 
 I' Haul a loiif; nnttt or a "namy. mi 
 
 f.> ^-.-r than <tl(l Chrlntlan and Ho|>« who ' 
 
 Citaiit l>**i«pnlr whcme navafce pn»peniiltle» rttj*- 
 
 brutiii than thofte of our keeporM. ami \v«*. ton. are far f 
 
 and "In evil cane." 
 
 The man who has immediate charice of prlMnem has be«i 
 di 'lire for thro<» dayo. He neemM a 
 
 a il<-. HIM name Ih Harrelt. H. 
 
 V .,...,. I..., I Head." ' 
 
 < tall. H 
 
 U.: ... ^....:-i at v.. 
 
 the Mumni' x there cj««n. J. H. W 
 
 qualltlen. * al>owf Ii.ilf <>( the prM- 
 
 plate are here, he has Am for Jailor. The fimt ; 
 
 he did wan to nhow hlh v tem|>er. He Ik said to I" 
 
 mean as WIrz. If he ki.oMH nture, hln talent will be used t* 
 
 eXiiN|>erate hiii meanness. These traitM ar** r<»fnm*n'lnbl»» In th- 
 
 cotieeptN <»f \Vin<i«T. No decent fellow ne«'-! 
 
 Ilkf WIrx and Itjirtfti can be detailed. !'• 
 
 f,,. •• ' . ,...,. 
 
 <i; 
 \\ • 
 
 il • 
 HI 
 
 no CO' wiViiK** . 
 
 hii* I * Ilk.' ' 
 
 W 
 M 
 
 Il ifl I. lit u 
 their t»eace or n 
 
 I* ■ 
 tr 
 t> 
 
 «•■ ^ ■■ *,- „ « - 
 
 mm to th* l«mble situation Into which thousands of good and 
 
bmvi* mfT: h.i'. s Irk—l pr-r*.-- 
 
 *n 
 
 It I 
 
 It: 
 
 til 
 ill 
 ti 
 
 NtaiitlurtJ of 
 
 I, hr.- t.. . ..I.. 
 
 !• 
 
 r \ 
 
 !»• 
 
 ■h4>ul«l t.« ■■■> N.iUiit. tit 111 
 
 or InwM o' <'o fttr l)ii> imiuI'm 
 
 fr 
 
 11 
 
 U 
 
 w 
 
 Ih. ^ ... ■'. 
 
 folloHrm. 
 
 1 }....• If, Vuk-u-t I in-.T. of n Chtirloiilon num. which hji« an 
 if The v^ritiT n»kn lb** |M>o|»le, and 
 
 K V Th'V nhnuJ.j not >if tn favor of an 
 
 1 fuv»ir • 
 I- H- 
 
 It. llf MtN 
 
 K •" '"•• 
 
 r< li to »u 
 
 V --- ■' 
 
 ( 
 
 |m 
 
 •nU Influeiu-** 
 
 th«» rt-wp^t "' 
 
 li ■ Ihv t..iUltc ui all 
 
 u! I«aw." ■hou-lnir It 
 
 »' 
 
 r. 
 
 tt 
 
 T 
 
 u( . - . .. 
 
 to (IM world. Th«r«ror« tli« •lection of McClellun would b« balled 
 
150 rHR<^»NI«*lJ.:S op A WAK • ....--NKR. 
 
 with J«v hv ^v#»rv S*>'Hh*»rn rmn mh'I <»VArv fH«»n«1 nf fh* Rniifh 
 
 I" •• • •• '•: ' > 
 
 hitherto n*i 
 
 pr- thf Nt»' ■?;•• 
 
 jiol. T»-- i-.r 
 
 that. aiiU as l«*itK <*.** there iS ii Uroi. lih^, or a UolUtr 
 to he i»iK»ni. It HhMll !«*» n-nf(e<l for 
 
 O. that lh«» 1 * th«» North Illl^;ht i- i-l thene lines and 
 understand the ■ h of the scheme. This may seem rljrht 
 
 Ufi' ■'•'.■: 1 t • ' ■ • ' ! 
 
 uii 'Ut tnilt 
 
 Is) 'Ion on . i: 
 
 T»i North » uld 
 
 to • -'-f !'..t .• ; of 
 
 de- ••k8 
 
 to I'.T- 
 
 ent. Hut the c»»mnion sense of tl t these wily 
 
 schemers. Pi:* vonr h.-.-!^ tipon x> men of the 
 
 North, and ' new li.ttiKUf in «i hand, and the 
 dawn of Mil !•« nt vniir door 
 
 • i-red. 
 
 rii .V- 
 
 int^- nm 
 
 W im- 
 
 atr s. . up. 
 
 Dn to meet 
 
 1. 1 u iJeh- 
 
 'ed. 
 
 j.ul 
 "Ut >m« 
 
 be. ith 
 
 to all. nij.i. fiij th.- littn .m- miHI U«-i>t 
 lenrniMl to nhont. HerlotiH tlmeM indef*.|. Rl 
 
 m« 
 
 on» . ^... , ... . . .. ,..,^ ... ;..,.„- 
 
 Ing out. They swear they will die by the bullet before they will 
 
151 
 
 fli.-v 1..-- 
 X 
 
 y 
 
 ii 
 
 I • 
 
 11 
 It 
 
 .!■ ..,. . -. .. ..^. 1 
 
 «. ^ what our fate will be. We are bHnir murdered by 
 
 frultlrna 
 
 ivc luiiiurrow. 
 
 O. If there 
 
 I ho monnent. 
 
 iiiil. then this 
 
 \v-m«»n could 
 
 ']••,. V !..,,k 
 
 n !nnk nn thf*'»r» th'^r^ r»tTriK*fvfi» n?« wf» had 
 
 It 111 
 
 •:»b|o 
 
 t. t." HtliiK<-r. (oi'i itild 
 
 iimul IV 
 
 Tf) 
 
15: rH<»RNU'LE« OF A WAR PRISONKR. 
 
 It will wlthalMnd uiid happily endunv 
 
 I fr. • • • ':i« 
 
 T! Mo breath. 
 
 If I ,..,...... .... ^,..... «, ih.ii ruin 
 
 And lirtM my beliix o'er the law of death. 
 
 For I mil yoiitiK. I have not rt'n iCe 
 
 \Vh»*n mortal vlKf»r haii the III* 
 \N hen* the human Hplrlt muUk the mortal ntuce 
 
 And haH the leHiton of lt» earth life Rained. 
 
 And yet 1 know. If mortal threadH do break. 
 
 My noiil. myiM*lf. will muir in IlKht away. 
 .\h at early morn we from painful uleep awake 
 
 To Mee the glory of another day. 
 
 And Jill true J<»y which to my nature rllf?" 
 Shiill clothe my Hplrlt on the better - 
 
 An«l all llfe'M Korrow n xhidl Im* vanished 11u:.k.- 
 That I Hhall feel, that I ithall know no mnrr. 
 
 For all the kIooiiim thiit o««r my spirit float 
 And fa«le like rloudn. that darken oft the »ky. 
 
 When HUn Krown brlicht and Mendn bin rayii r- 
 And I know 'twill unrin fne an it K«»e»» M»ore ' 
 
 UNCLE ABES ENEMY AT HOME. 
 
 pl« »i other ratlonn are nrant 
 
 fin.l i""M I i ;■ > ...i..«% ,. ■ ..... I .■■ il of «nir money. Men who 
 have mont money have pr»'feren« c amoni; tradern. If he buyii 
 a l.iiH>i.i ..t tvv.i he retal'"* th.-m if w'f.-.t t.ti.fi! to iiiitne who 
 ha So it In life: 
 
 •'bu: ' !•• ones." Mien to a 
 
 Mtnndiitlli. 
 
 Jeff I>rtv1s f« rr^ortrrl n« "^nvlnc rerent!v Thnt hlw iirmy Is 
 tuidly »• ■ • - It may 
 
 beroMn ind hl« 
 
 rhilmw f"i iC f«! i»otnrihlnic 
 
 to cat. I ' < Kloveii (.rlfflth 
 
 ban. If 'i.ive to work 
 
 nly. cb I on. no we 
 
 have nlii-i'- . ..,. ... -■• .• ,»...., ^ k- ..-..,». .. 
 
 t^itunlny. October Int.— Lntv In the afternoon we dmw mtioni, 
 
CHRON F* A WAR PRISONER. lU 
 
 and »e<» whiit t' 
 nnvtiinfv to \ 
 
 %^ > 
 «■ 
 
 A' 
 J. 
 I» ' If .^ 
 
 t" k are to 
 
 ll . If IH . ^ .._ 
 
 nlchi. It mm stAnd or walk with 
 
 f..t.l.--t h •• 
 
 nn un- 
 
 k*. About 
 
 1 • .4. Hi., ttr.lem cumv to 
 
 U' 
 
 11- 
 
 ll« ■» .1 mil' 
 
 II! it of n - 
 
 »• If t" b** Into 
 
 f Jtut . the 
 
 en- 
 
 MO I 
 
 tiiti )i> iiltitthiiiK II ti< <-or<1 
 
 irh th<" fff-n** not n«'' cnll 
 
 t' youiijt ih-ir!" till 
 
 *r* drop It, drop It?" 
 
 »«• 
 
 %» .i 
 
 morr. It i» 
 
 of Ir.-.H K- 
 
 I.' 
 
 ti 
 
 i>i' t Mllh t>iUklt*> vUtfM. A biook. 
 
 In nin« thrnuRh It. whirh H to 
 
 H'. 
 
 cl< 
 tr 
 
1C4 rilRoNlfLKS OP A WAR PRISONER. 
 
 IcMid without Hittlnir down: have eaten nothing aince one half 
 
 of flour. Ill- each. 
 
 cooke«l t- ' *t, we d- 
 
 IfiK oi il and • 
 
 M 5r.!— r. 
 
 R • r il.irk. 
 
 I. I hi-anl 
 
 \%ii\ I .... .J ._. j_ . 
 
 Kmve. M.r. Tli 
 
 I "• ' 
 
 T* 
 
 ui .. : - . . 
 
 rrolmbly it was a neRru burial ground, a* n- 
 
 into I I. K I'l.'.y places In the w»K>d« to bury th- 
 
 K an instance wht-re he atteniitnl un« uf Ihvir 
 
 fu ( In this State. anionK the slaves of Col. J. 
 
 Sfiit<>*'ti .4r<- busily packing dirt aRainst the wall. Their 
 curious sonics are heard at IniorvaU. nlirht and day, ThiTf Is 
 something too peculiar in i 
 they are. not to excite curi- 
 S> cult. We 
 
 r». .-. pliiln. 
 
 w ii.< II i.M. i,ut is noi .-• ... .. .- i, 
 
 the Spiritual thmuKh the rough 
 
 sonKH. simple, rude, so tittle In f> 
 
 •tran»;«*ly. darkly romantic. hI 
 
 ditions of a race, whose his; 
 
 llnK the spirit of the fiir fatherland and of 
 
 with thr!r rxNtf'T-rf rn-.v. and the vajfue. spirit 
 
 dum ir d at in thelt 
 
 Nhai^ -if ih«> rnr«», l 
 
 II. have th 
 
 Il -I'.. ... ...■ • ountry. l..^ ...... ......i .... «..*,»- 
 
 If trusting In Providence, fully bellovlns In Us rightful 
 di 
 
 II 
 
 g:. 
 
 whuiti V.V lituughl 4(tk:v!i. wr utiu h.id furguKou ulicTt* Im Mi4« und 
 
1 11- \ l> I 
 
 RI80NRR 
 
 who h 
 
 Ntnmps." rrplird the i 
 
 I M !•>! Younjc man. I tSo i.... ., ., 
 
 H I l«Arn you all not to call th« South 
 
 I; 
 
 Ut Hi! ' 
 
 •'\v >'<»l^ wf wMI hftvi" yoti to Mn<!<»nitanfl. The 
 
 IX" to b<> a icrn- 
 
 tl« [ nuffiT Much 
 •I 
 
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 a ' 
 
 II n 1 1 ■ > \\ i 1 1 1 1 1 
 
 .:i»l»ii. or Con- 
 
 I.rit.- «^..\. MI.,. I.I N'o. I 
 
 f. 
 
 r» 
 
 inea 
 
 n: xot. lUe v'oltx.*'! Uwa t llk«* 
 
 tti »h«»uirh h" m««y fh* net 
 
 U< II na 
 
 t» im- 
 
 ci». 11 7th N. 
 
 1 < : t > 1 1 . r . 
 
 tl« 
 
 n>. 
 
 n -iS* 
 
 or r la 
 
 i:. 
 ai 
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 f. 
 
 ui»«l«r uur BUthontira than th«- • ivvea. bam^ 
 
ir.« ruRoNiri KB or A war prisonkr. 
 
 burn«»rii. nninirrfTw. »o po »! Hh«»rfv nn«l fol^mfc th«m In poclety 
 
 Rut I iim nnxK I thnt true, full mjin 
 
 horxl. love of li 't «»xlm on the ik>II o' 
 
 ulnvery. It It Iw fh« 
 
 nununum » -forp \n\y 
 
 nr ' 
 
 IM 
 f. 
 Il 
 
 f. :««ail oui harbariHm an«i 
 
 nt ■* rul«»d. Still they cot 
 
 u»»lf tn llif liiiilr- . . nf the lamb he wlnhe^l to .l«'Voui . 
 
 Still they iroak of ), <• ho»>or of the South"! A m«-nch In 
 
 the nice of proicrenn* A i.»ti- - In the way of rivllluitlon' 
 
 A nnnke In !h.« irraMM* A i: 'id the tree of liberty! A 
 
 trne of honor! Their 
 re on thin c|ueiitlon of 
 
 '*\.i\.'i\. I fi.- J i-i.- M.- >.-Mi-«f! Ml ^^l..ti they call putrlotlwni. 
 
 pniud of Iheir vanity; haughty to ih«» verge of deKperatlon: etno- 
 
 tJ ' »-•' ' ... .«..ti; der«>ltful an«! tr »i.»..ii« ohlval"<<>« i>t ?., 
 
 (|. -vhat they term >r of th. 
 
 V ■>( the chevalier tr.^ ••.•tn fen 
 
 -tahle folk of ih«« South t her thiin to 
 
 anci fcenenil proKreHn. !• InfntUAtlon! 
 
 m In deciding thifi fcretit tinttu tit to rest In the 
 t. nnd to dif by Itii iitlnir. 
 
 IH nald to be f||le<l with Knnkeii. I haw a larjre 
 I killed bv ncflrmeii. Theno In the nwiimp atid 
 Two ! bitten - 
 
 .'inhlnic. Mod. I 
 
 ,• V . T • ..i.l.-M '■ ' ^ >. ..f th- 
 
 b. Th- filrk .. In the 
 
 A -■ - •••• 
 
 I' 
 
 within two doyn. nenr the north pnn of the «tocluide. where we »ei 
 water. 
 
 I n«kd A Kunrd yeAterday If It Ia neceAAAry to stint ua on 
 mtionn H^ Mnww«Tf»«|: "I don't know: 1 n^kr*n 'tin: we'nA don't 
 itet n ■ • wAnt: we buy of th It'n mlirhty 
 
 touffh h: mi It In on we'nii: \ to do dufv." 
 
 A 
 AAy mi' 
 
 out At iMii p. -I II iii'» Mi.inf nll<•\^Il III \tm im T ••!{ w i n i«M> thut IB 
 
 to control the fUArd In hli connection with ua. 
 

 A WAIl ri 1S7 
 
 •1- f til .li'Iv vr 
 
 1 ur llui: 
 thpv have. 
 
 ■ rii 
 
 k« In- 
 
 ry 
 
 itiiiK llirrrlii At 
 
 •^ It In a tn. ;tal 
 
 ' this evil. m;u1 oI JM.^.4Urr• 
 
 ri'i <<>ii fo^n rine fr<»m the nwampii und 
 
 in mav \h> from 
 
 .- .- i-t •>.! 3d. 
 
 It 
 
 X' 
 
 of 
 <iH. M«*t fri«>iif1fi 
 
 o pour 
 
 r •■ i ■.- ••. . i; ;. : » h«» Old 
 
 iread on us i« aoaktd. The ground 
 
In nr.n ?r.i V«'T n flrr- rrin ho kfpX thntiirh «»nmr» have wood 
 J : ' nou«ly. 
 
 . f«M«t Into 
 
 Ihf r.uth ur half • «. Intend 
 
 to cover ' 'i ami ni i from the 
 
 wwnmp. \' illn. hT[nc 
 
 It up on h y 'It work 
 
 ^'» ' • ■- ,,, i,,.. :,i,,.,i,, i; i,i,,.i,,i;, ,.iM- »»f beavcm 
 
 TTi. It In by KTOJitont effort we tlo thin; we iir«« 
 
 \ . .. . -v Awful Inginior In more and more henvlly 
 
 ur»*^»n un. I>n- V autumn In upon un: rhllli* of approarh- 
 
 In(f winter ar. We are further north than we were 
 
 throufrh the summer we must work while our little ntrenRth lantii. 
 
 with hojH*. well nlich forlorn, to preserve our f«»eblo Ilv«*j». l>:illy 
 
 •"^•n die an»und us. whose lives w«»re as dear, whose hopes were 
 
 ■* stroiiR as onr« After consultation I write home for provision 
 
 •u\ articles «»f the letter has (tone out. For all we are 
 
 •Id It win » d we think the chance of recelvlnic It 
 
 '•t received a word from friends; I think 
 
 I. 
 
 " ' ' 'h wind, chills my thin blcMvl. 
 
 Kverythlnif Is faulty alwiut 
 
 : <-lo}«oly plrk««d up; stumps 
 
 for wood: we will try to p:itrh It up. Last 
 
 ly a pint of flour e.-ich — nothing else. It made 
 
 • an«I breakfast In a lone time. We made It 
 
 f The Colonel is permiltlnR wells to he dur: 
 
 •nd old axes. Time never wore s«> henvlly. 
 
 s colder; air damp and chilly. Shirtless. 
 
 whom many a Northern lass woul<I like for a 
 
 iir around the splinter fires built for rookinir. 
 
 • we fcolnic to do tonljfht?" "IV* you 
 
 ire?" Some sj»y: "It is take the oath 
 
 ! ! Die a thousand times; never sup- 
 
 ,^t tML'hf fvr r.MiwIy cold for time of 
 
 ! hut. Murf«>rlnR with 
 
 V ' A four hour's sun. 
 
 loro iroinK o I .- to the slave mother, because she yields 
 
 ^o Jttir- TTiMV;' mItt -i Trati-r! How swe«»t th««lr rest upon 
 
 Mud five hundred Anderaonvlll 
 
 • « out n* 
 
 !) camp ! 
 
 r • • ..']u* soon • 
 
 e»cap«». < . arc her«, tl 
 
rilRON!.! F's ..] A WvR PRISONRR. 1G9 
 
 ■lArvvd nntt fltckly ) ir phyalral abilities belnc 
 
 ..f III.. I .«■.-•• 
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 n> ' 
 
 ■!•< 
 
 •Ul*>>ilill.K 1 lo l>> 
 
 portion irw !• nth*r 
 
 Ihl 
 
 R. 
 
 «i ; .. ■ *v. .. .,,.,.. ... .X .. 
 
 gr- ira to me they who go nre "rouKh ••cuffs." 
 
 ■ it: ! 
 
 N'enrly o- h.ilf 
 
 pi I "V.. n 
 
 Suiulny. « »t C»»l»rl 16lh. — til aliiiX. ^' -hJ fn^in 
 
 wftimp HMtts. I am unublr to u ^ No mt; , hunicry 
 
 nlltht. 
 Mttrulay. October 17th.— No rations: badly reiluced by hunger 
 
 i»ml Hi*' 
 
 Tti- m thin marnlnir for br^nkftiMt: 
 
 ent > -' • '• ' - • ' ' 
 
 of 
 
 Is 
 
 U wo 
 
 «r. .-of. 
 
 thr^^ •• h%. 
 
 W. ilnff cTlwr^ rhnt lobbyists whose 
 
 pr' Hi*» {is I! us the •> 
 
 o|'; n In nr . Hp»»« I 
 
 h«" tu- 
 
 ba • t ho 
 
 pi, 
 
 o\ . 
 
 fir 
 
 !»«• 
 
 rrr .,.n 
 
 bn- Je- 
 
 Ptt .V- 
 
 ••r^ iiry 
 
 ^'" ' "1 tuiUuiial crcUll ralhcr lliau uu Ihc jjrtlcUAvs of inuiiey 
 
KnnK<*rii. lh«'y for 
 
 »r 
 •r 
 
 war 
 
 price of t 
 ilent lo f 
 
 
 
 T'- ' - 
 
 I their f;»c • 
 
 llol 
 
 ■.f 
 
 •n 
 
 lonilii. For I $3.uuu of cur- 
 rency, they bi with IT n .lli- 
 rount on RoVf ■•( i\v«i-ihtrili» of it i- 
 Iry heiirH th*- -^t of wmt m!wo ti • n 
 lin|K)fi<nl to buy th ;t«>.iUy of n ' cretin tih.iikH li; .i time 
 of nutlonjil utrefii* They are i «if n biirveiii of unholy 
 plotii. FIrHt t) to 
 the <x»untry. - y 
 
 Id 
 
 K - ■ • •• • ■ ■ • ■ ■ K 
 
 treuMon to pornevere. Delay u in the ► if 
 
 iii..r.. V vliirkH iiilill«»i.«i out of ' . il.'i of ,', 
 
 i..-fore th" e. ;n 
 
 k. Every h . 1: 
 
 evt-ry hwui c^irvlufc fieiih! O. )• iire 
 
 ^T'lvr-m «.f thoM«»f»n«^!«« of YH'vn t«ha; trlrk- 
 
 proHiUuu- III..: .:.s -ul 
 
 il.n ttt l,r»t-e up »-• • e 
 
 ■'« 
 
 1- 
 
 it 
 
 ..-.. ...--.. -0. 
 
 lis with devils dumned firm 
 
 «> nhnlt have t . <» 
 
 •V turn At th< a 
 
 thin NWrll of (utceJ liifiuUun ul cu; n, 
 
 M of pubMf' cr«»'1!t !h«»v nr* m'-nf^ly • so 
 
 ^d 
 
 ' , :« 
 
will drop f to prvm- 
 
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 !♦ ' • 
 
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 Fortunr k 
 
 binnk. I 
 
 In llru «»f 1 Kolwl h. 
 
 l.lrUt I'.T ■ ;r»' of p' - 
 
 rm, »•• 
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 ma-i ga! Jcr, fl'-'urlahli.g awurj a:; J ^latul. Tlic ac:iiun cuwjiiUI 
 
1€2 CHRONICLES OF A WAR PRISONER. 
 
 Hf» It r m \Vlr». but can't carry U out bo logically with 
 
 a lyrai lx»n"l know am much— low. ■humclena. drunk 
 
 wllh 11 l:uk brief authority. Wlm did not care ao much to look 
 on the> ruin hr wrought, the ml»rry he caused, but km-w hlii plana. 
 ••Rcl-head" llkea to Invite tip "h thfin and 
 
 lo*>k down from the wall an«l and glgKl^*. 
 
 ordering uw ' -• ■ ntyl-. to *«. n ....^.^ i thing. At 
 
 acme furtl\' 1 ke "Where did you gfl your hat." he will 
 
 iro Into . ra^e — cold water on a griddle! Preaenl- 
 
 Ing h\h ^f 1. With aaaumed dignity will aay: 
 
 "Wi I dare thj aon of a b— h. the d— d Yankee, to 
 
 aay that aga n: 
 
 We auaprc t this la buncoir.bc. for the high-bred, gay ladles 
 he haa thf h<»nor to addreaa. They aomellmea Immotleally laugh 
 at hia undignified behav.or. Some aeem to think It cunning, and 
 t»^ hee, titter to i lejae. I have notU ed some w ho looked aaton- 
 Inhfd at him. half w ahlng. 1 believe, he would fall over the wall. 
 lit. ■■ embody Soutlwrri chivalry? Fit aubaJtern 
 
 to<' \erul of the k- KKer devlla, to attend to the 
 
 ' • iii.-» ..I 11. ^-. I t"""^'«l I'atu!eM'«»Mlu!n' 
 
 ON BARRETT. 
 
 Itjirrell: He btarM a ruuno uM If a man! 
 
 .'^ - >nge If auch a thing a man could be! 
 
 I- >xi: I know no beaat aa mean as he! 
 
 K- ; ille: No viler aerpenta ever ran! 
 
 \ il .t: None fouler befoul yon sea! 
 
 I'.M.i N..I;.- ««» big a fotil aa he! 
 
 r.tii'it. k< • t'<r of thla priaon pen. 
 
 lir.il.M th< .>*♦' atarved. near naked men 
 
 |:. r..r. \N..iiMti Ir^.vlteil aa hia gueata. 
 :. their ranka. 
 TiMulta and |>eata. 
 
 -.. r^ ^ r. h M apish pranka. 
 
 Ai; ft.r torment, luiught to pleaae; 
 
 AUk Inaulta to their miaeries. 
 
 ni-al love for woman much protests 
 
 ' auch a brute should on them fawn. 
 • to such presence they be drawn 
 To iM'c men cringe to vile beheata. 
 To hear him awear and act the knave 
 I demon laugh and rave 
 I It did theae gueata amuae 
 Imp ua Yanka abuae. 
 I. the aoul of womanhood 
 .^ ua cauae can never crush! 
 
Her virtue * wmr k" !. 
 
 Her •com r«*vr*i«^l. by fr tiluah. 
 
 Rut Ilarrrtt <lo«« not nei^o 
 Thcjr Bee but vlleneM In UIm 4*;<4. 
 
 DAVIS AND WINDER— THEIR WORK. 
 
 i; 
 
 ii > 
 
 1' 'ts. nnd stole the nnme to nerve the opposite. 
 
 » with the Inatlnctn of i\ p'rutc H«* In »»f tho 
 
 « muff 1* fi ovrr from airra of deii|>otlii!n. (lur era !• - 
 *».! wlih murh of that rubhUh It U ih* f«t«l of thl- 
 1 II. WIf 
 r (n It inor- 
 
 •« • •< \S iTi<|er*li rorif ii.i ■ : H I ri< \ .1 1 .• 
 
 root. lln»l Davln w.. man. \VIhiI«t 
 
 ...... been In It. »"- '" •► — ■-' 
 
 >• who know him, < 
 
 i-" Ity. He loven \\\n 
 
 vn. Imvis' mrnnnefui In hla chief chnrniMfrmtlr. It If* 
 \ ;»ntii thin frllow to help him cnrry It. He in doinc It 
 notion. Richmond had Ita fill of Winder aa provont irenc-ml. It 
 howled. I>i»vln aaw thia plnr«» nnd handed It out. Richmond 
 y«ll«d: - Thnnk Ood. we are rid of old WImler. but (k>«l have 
 pity on Tankn who come und#*r hia nwnv!" odioun rvi-n to ni>aen 
 of ■• • ' ■ HO of lh<- - - 
 
 I 1 wind. 
 
 I . 
 
 la. h» la thr lit tf»<il «if thnt arrh ronnptratnr. i>nvln. 
 
 to A work of murdfr. Had It been an hon^'at Job. hi" 
 
 never be k«»pt. H«» la k<»«»plnir hin pledge. Dnvia n«w n«» hum..;.' 
 
 tmlta In Winder toward Yiinkee prinoner* pnvln wn« fur'h'r 
 
 •♦einir In • 
 
 llnirulnhrfi 
 
 to murder 
 
 meana to »< 
 
 waa for At. .. . .. .;..,..... .... .......... v. .^... „ ;,,.-,,,. 
 
 they plMa«<] his fvroclty. Two meaner pieces of flendlshness In 
 
1«4 riinONiri.K.-n ... ^ ^^ Mi t'RIHuNKR. 
 
 humjin n»»5«h mnrmt h*^ foMfvl fxr**!*! iVtvl^ nn«! Winder. They ai ■ 
 like tv 'ulprlm. They 
 
 ),H%'«> to 1h* bnitnl. 
 
 I- . « 
 wiih 1 
 
 cute. r 
 
 kllllriK iiM*r«- litfii rtl Die iviti tliikit (oi l> h. 'I'U.kl MUUfl 
 
 Witvler. I>Hvli« approveii. If nol he wou! h thi*m. Like 
 I>avJii. all WlmltT wantn '"I* lo Ix* let iilui-t. IhivlH letJi him 
 
 alftii**. What d<*vute<l lovalty to the caujte of human bondJiCe! 
 What \ ! 
 
 s <!ot a ni of Monp yoiitcrday. 
 
 the fit,.- . rxM.^v .M « '• - •' •• -• ' r- 
 
 Inic an eye opon 1>- I 
 
 •.MtlM i.t rill .-. «i of Jt.... „ !. 
 
 •I four ple<'«»ji ti» the hunUr<M| p,. .; 
 
 T • piece, whether it Ih wh.tl h- ' '. 
 
 '1 ■■'* are HhirtH. drawem. pants i\» my knowiviiite 
 
 ? have l)«»en r«'rr»i'.pi hv tti somr i».irt»1i"l. mjt- 
 
 tti'lf. ill** henlthleHt. wai ■ I 
 
 p*»rTT>lt. ♦»nllre nultH. F. h 
 
 :-• tht-y have bi-« :i i:i iiiui >'l!Ul!t.--l llimuKh ' ' ■< 
 
 t . ir<M>flii. a?nonie niKced vicllmit. who h**holU. I 
 
 ,«, .... , . . . . , . i.-s to 
 
 • •• nnci 
 
 ) .•• too 
 
 ^ : thlM 
 
 ; ' ! f h«» 
 
 I- ;r 
 
 ) 
 
 out >> 
 
 tUtn ' 
 
 ll iill 
 i le<l 
 
 . •iM-if' iM '.s <• tin. t<-" 
 
 1 If yo'ns hai« nU' 
 
 Bunday. October 23, 1S04.— Croucblos aU night. In our Iv 
 
If,:, 
 
 
 In 
 
 IK 
 
 !•«. tirli hr wii» ; 
 
 f. r.l. »Mjt .Imt.- 
 
 T lit 
 
 r- .l» lo 
 
 %l 
 
 brousht from nil iiarta of the camp and 
 
 ft 
 Ui 
 
 • I 
 t.' 
 
 I. no are * where ihe wiekeil ceunr (nun 
 
 It nw :\*. rr'^r " N".i ttarbiirouN hMiiU or 
 
 t^ -I lore. Hut wluit a 
 
 tl 
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 l>. 
 
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 ^i - — --. ........ 
 
 •hlv«rinc bodlM from tho storma of autumn, foffs and btaata of 
 
1« Cf?HONI<'IJ.> ••! A \N Aic iiuS« »NKR. 
 
 rh^erlciui nlirhts. RAtinnM ar^ lrr«irulAr. and dof»le«I un with taunts: 
 thfoy trifle with thousands of hungry men with promises never 
 
 fuifm'«d. 
 
 T -'.li 
 
 will t. 
 
 T- 1 
 
 It 
 
 to n«»vk a "i)v\v haw."' rn 
 
 »>■■'•• : K 1 •• -■••:•■ ^^.•'.• . -.l 
 
 In the mutter «■' n 
 
 I : than Llnroln. "Y 
 
 rhnrlty f«»r all." t'uipriti* WIrz. Winder nnd Harrett if brought 
 to court for romi»ounf1 rrurdr»r of war i>rlsoneri«. may Bwiufc. The 
 whole Richmond u 'Ion li» acceHnory to their crimes. No 
 
 one will object to ? f they run quick enouirh. 
 
 The charge of iMa.s.u; ih<»ro Is no doubt of provlnR. Public 
 sentiment will not call for extensive use of hemp. Hundreds de- 
 serve It; few are worth the rope. The army Is not f: ' '.r 
 surh ends. Tho restoration of the I'nion for fr«M«flom. I 
 
 North. Is thp aim. Th -"I h.nve. The H»'l>« ' " Uio 
 
 I>rfsidential pl#» Is an I <•«•. If wise they I the 
 
 strife now. Th#»y nev« : ur-v.^ nw.r.- t.i • t», if 
 
 Just, they would parole ovei It 
 
 would be ira'f ii«»f ^>s^ !.. f> under 
 
 the cirrut sist In most horrible murder. Their 
 
 assumed • Me. 
 
 HISTORY STUDIES UNDER Dl FFICL LTl t b. 
 
 PRISON DAYS. 
 (Mir strontcth Is irono. our hearts an* almost broken 
 And but tho irboHts of » ■• • •■• ••" • ••!: 
 
 •tL^o) .».\|JI Ht|M|R .^|q 1)1 puy 
 
 Fri»m man to man. of . .. .. , 
 
 n. prison driNM .l.irk |irlm>n .l:r\ •• of sorrow. 
 
 Hrlnir to i. and irrlcf. 
 
 Itrins no |. .>rrow. 
 
 of any siKit. Ixii d«'alh. foi uur relb-f 
 
 I> wasted. 
 
 In ••iM\ prui.t- iiT'H K'Ai-.T ^Ti..fK' n««i"' '•* I'Insted, 
 And thoy arc mustere<l on the deuth-roll call. 
 
riiRf^Nimrs OF A WAR rnisr>NKn. 
 
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 '^th H'^fflmcnt. mmrn to lodge 
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 !>.• m.m in i>iuf uno .ii'«»oj»n» ly 
 
16S rTTROVTCLKS OF A WAR PRTf'AVT^n. 
 
 flrtciitji ih. iij»c I hrtvo not m^-n. N \ild more cm- 
 
 munTr 
 
 M .: . 
 
 h. 
 II 
 
 t. .1 >3 J.. 
 
 H . ilh a n< 
 
 llwM. I kfcj' Ihem very chulti.-. fcu-l Ihal In Ihtii^ -ihly 
 
 ho|K'. 
 
 o' 
 
 l» 
 
 f. 
 
 F- :. . -■ 
 
 I ! ht' won* on I. 
 
 fti • whom he bo»j. 
 
 cuK<Tly iij', ! more, when a shrewd t« 
 
 b.hhifl :tT* 1 the four that adorned hf<J '. 
 
 h- • \jv the number lacking, and hoo i 
 
 r.' h<»m with th<» of her". Th«»y wet ■ 
 
 H" "thtT It c!.uil>- "ii'-iC >l;ul ■ i>f 
 
 b ; to irlve me four (|uartt( of 
 
 rl • rutted to 
 
 t'. by Kebel offlrern. The tinner m 
 
 J>. : <•!.! til, in. I I .ii.t..! ii!.!,.-.1 fniiii ..I ■ 
 
 to 
 
 V '' 
 
 nt i by faminhinic jnvn. > 
 
 fti -.v!!! to ffar :i Yntikf^f 
 
 lerlal. 
 
 would 
 
 bouirbx T' 
 
 exrhiinire «' 
 
 "I 
 
 on Uf 
 
 >-• ■ ■ rk * I • .1 I -<■ • 7«.l l< 1 »\ • .1 1 •■ H I I i-III) I \ (- III .1 niU IPT 
 
 IrltmhiWH llUfi.rv f...l,v ! f>..tl ! fht* |»ailimir« 
 
 I 
 
 fv.- 
 
 oretlng. .iUil tt'iAviAnhiun UU uxlukkkttiv^ cuffern." In lbi« !« m, Iv 
 
WAR IV 169 
 
 Ai- 
 A 
 
 A 
 
 t»«.-trt!v Thr- nlchT n!r 1^ Ilk** n 
 
 'II will iM-.ij iiii I i»n . ui. r>'i 
 
 •'> mc the mofll bcuutiful of 
 
 II rn. 
 
 1 th*" roiul 
 t>e«toweil 
 
i:0 CHRONICLK8 OF A WAR PRISONER, 
 
 nut «io • ' :■ '" 
 
 My H. rth 
 
 .\ • no mirlh. 
 
 I J ■■■ 
 
 And y«-t I 
 Th- 'iiL-h! 
 
 ! -. ihpy ihink of m*. 
 
 Th- • Nvn. but nnuRht of me; 
 
 I am utihfjini of. far awny! 
 O. can I ever, ever »ee. 
 
 The love«I at home who for me pray? 
 I tnmt It all to ne«>tlnir dnvM. 
 
 T 1 live: 
 
 Ah :oun ways. 
 
 Y < ■ t i \N 1 1 1 • " I « . . I ^ • ■ ; • > > i ! I -^ • • . 
 
 I trUMl It all; my «f)Uiitry"» fate 
 
 May neo.I thl« painful wicrlflce; 
 I trujit It all. « »h. fJofl! and wait 
 
 Kor that which In the future lien. 
 And i«houM I ceane to linger here. 
 
 T.. I rnr.k T^1«J Ttt rrti.r pain and blight. 
 :i fear 
 ual llRht! 
 r..i It jnu.-^^l lit .ia li.is ht rn nhown 
 }\v woiiiiroun vIhIoii. holy llifht! 
 ' he left m' ■ ■ 
 h Into nit 
 
 • "I H.M- 
 
 '*» rowllcne<1; 
 
 uplrlt free 
 
 From iilii where I have Ionic repined. 
 
 VOTE FOR PRESIDENT. 
 
 „A 
 
 FROSTY 
 
 WAVE 
 
 
 FrIilay. .N*n\ omjI>«t 4th. 
 
 
 
 
 • iKht 
 
 hniir« r-f.M r:ilM fnrlv hotirx 
 
 
 
 
 r wall 
 
 »•• Wriv \" 
 
 
 
 
 ..f N,.w 
 
 W Men 
 
 
 
 
 th ttrlnir 
 
 h..'.T..., rv 
 
 
 
 
 •1 we 
 
 cniwlo*! out or 
 
 
 
 
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 «ir a few \ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 happy. W 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 thoumnd. 
 
 \V hrn 
 
 di^ 
 
 lUcd 
 
 VNCh 
 
 man'B 
 
 ■hnrt< 
 
 t» but 
 
 n •muli icrwu 
 
 wttrk 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Saw a 
 i^oy who 
 
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 fl. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 covrmil fn- 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 uch 
 
 of fr..«t • 
 
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 d. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 r'» Jut. 
 
 corps, ; to 
 
 *• to CO to 
 
 I... of 
 
 (In me; 
 nu 
 e» . 
 
 till . .- . .. 
 
 Irr to atay - I knir« of atarvatlon held in the 
 riK 
 
 <*. blrth- 
 
 p\ - ?tken; 
 
 U>. •» of 
 
 f,. nll- 
 
 n>- 
 
 n- 
 
 Nortn If !•> t.i'ii.j.i aii'i 
 
 IhrettU, ait ink and file; but 
 
IT;! ♦nil* 'NhLKS • •}• \ \v\i: r 
 
 on«» cnptain In trMlr«v, Tr.!.l -i srmiir r.f uw r t tt \rn» ^•n^n 
 
 lO hopr for 
 
 If 
 f. 
 
 h I .'.I Ml.- NoiIFi v^.MllI .Jf« I.J.' n I. "UN I.. ,.,A. 
 
 T wMI fln«l it out bo; but he would ntit ex. .wn 
 
 Wo haro Wftt<-h«»<l with lnt«»t»i«o Intoreiil the ronull of battles. 
 
 J^..^.• f.-H l»i.t f>... i-t...t iv.^11.. I., t.. ).•• .!. . 1,1.. « li.'xi.t I i.w Id it I h.- 
 
 tr 
 
 h. 
 
 f\ of our army to win the icreit* - 1 
 
 VI- M. It Is not with our arinlen thai k." 
 
 irrt^i tlatiKtr ii-j.1**. il Ih with the people at home. 1 have not 
 ii«»<*n a man. though ho ho for "Mac." that hollovoi* th«»t th** olec- 
 ll«»n of IJncoln wouM he a detriment to our c«i 
 
 Tuemlav. Novoniher 8th. — It In election day. wi** 
 
 nr 
 «if 
 
 r« Tho HohelH at 
 
 w .; ., ro to know )i" A 
 
 for th- tho war will 
 
 with f- "ck the top *>'. 
 
 wnn nwarmod with noidlerx and citixenK. and a few ladiea. lii-.^' •< 
 
 for ballot}* wore placed Innide the dead line, two empt/ «>■ » •< 
 
 hunK on th" wall t«» recolve thf hallotji. Mon who wlwh^l to \ 
 
 were ninrchd In by miuadn. The Democracy leadom (Irinh poll. . i 
 
 wero loud In thoir cry for "Mac", the H«>}>elii looking on with 
 
 rurioun InteroHt. \Vh«'n wh»»l»» hundrodx wont In for "Abe" tlwv 
 
 \% . • ■ . 
 
 w ' 
 
 II 
 
 I.' 
 
 t) 
 
 b. 
 
 \ 
 
 i" o. The .•n»>or in ramp in 
 
 H. < 'TT to ^ .: IT w:xt> f^tiUmi ii 
 
 T.. 
 chnnK* 
 
 admit Li • ;■ 
 
 umbln. A tho 
 
 i:Oth N. V • .1 j'Ttjr«-«i <.fi H iiniHH fin.- i m.njifocl if 
 
 they ever imiw men who hu from AndorBonvllle. One 
 
ITS 
 
 '.k.-,J out 
 
 •II n T< 
 
 >uiBif1ti hv a m#mb#r of hi< 
 
 t him 
 •- In n 
 
 ih«»»r 
 . nnd 
 
 wHI 
 
 fimt. 
 
 fr^m 
 
 • ir-.i at tn«« T r <«T r i- iirn «>i 
 
 r thAl hud no Ju«t cauiM> 
 
 • nrra r«maln^ 
 
174 OHnoNlCLK« OK A w w. . ivIrfuNKIt 
 
 (hrc« daya. were fed niul treated kindly by all. and told they wer« 
 
 welcome to remain na lonjc an they plea»e<l. Hut too anxloua. as 
 
 It prwvMl, to iret to our llnf* In the vicinity of Newbern. they 
 
 nd the !»• .led al- 
 
 K- that - HIa 
 
 ' B - Ap- 
 
 -. The 
 
 16th. — (iettlnff anothtr bit uf l>eef and 
 floii .1 we would have a fine iiup|»er, so aold 
 
 our tK>ef and ttouKht |H>tatoes. and traded nioul fur flour. We 
 Think A quantity of fhiur hua more nutriment tha.n coarae. muaty 
 !. There are two reaaona why: KIrat. with our limited 
 ant of wood we can cook It better; meal la often raw. after 
 rucl la gone. 
 
 Second, difreatlon la ao deranged hy Improper diet that the 
 ill the form of chyle, or aa eaten, thua Ita 
 ! (iaily Impjirted. 
 
 f vermin la a contlnui>ua acourge. 
 W«" M**. A great part of the day we 
 
 • '• . ... = ^ ;; :. .^ lice. N»*xl morning thfv appear 
 
 ••ni and luaty. Kvery rag at timea la lnveMt«'4l. It lm> 
 
 UH with an appalling aenno of degrodatlon. Iminiverlah- 
 
 ment. phyaical wretchedneaa! No langUiige can Interpret It. We 
 
 have fought It In fear and deathly dread. Now the keener air 
 
 of autumn makea the tank a dread auch an w«> never felt, to atrip 
 
 off tattered garm^nta and feel the chill atrike our emaciated 
 
 i«*a. atiff and heavy with languor, while we aearch out with 
 
 k and wiitery oyea. and cruah with trembling fingera the 
 
 mis MifTlng. bliKMl-aucklng war ' - 'a day! Sitting 
 
 at ' '■ thia afternoon. I heard il hilarity; an 
 
 I. >n i-i. atreet where a aquad frei*l. ii-n, .^hermiin had Juat 
 
 <vl. I>4MikinK that way I aiiw ThompHon approa«'hing. nnd 
 
 . lu' •■\]\:h.h Icada the Van." and elapplng hia handa In glee. 
 
 lie • (ell me newa. 
 
 I have rich newa; Lincoln carried every State 
 
 but three, i he i 'opi^H*rheada are beat out of alght. old Seymour 
 
 of Nfw York, la driven down without ahar|»enlng. Kenton la 
 
 nor of New York by fr<)m 30.000 I© $0,000. HuUy. 
 
 Vorfh* I told you wed beat." 
 
 • opie might deapond. that Copper- 
 hen 'X out of the great aacrlflce of the 
 
 . leieil, and by fuaion and 
 I hey might deceive the 
 
 •■'" • " f "•■i i. ..>....»••. So I replied enthU8> 
 
 laatlcaily; 
 
rtlRONIfl.KS OF A WAR PRIfiONRR. 
 
 It I* lh# gX' r mixv. 
 
 ! 
 
 lur. 
 
 Thtirw'lrxv Vnv*»mh*'r 17th.— Fine weather. ffnnltnrv jtatkIii 
 
 rjf (lliitr<hutf>4l to parr)!- •%• 
 
 ••xcepl that whl«'h !• » «• 
 
 Th',- fn<»"t !;•••• ly In camp n-. 
 
 ••• are to do Rebel work let th- «« 
 
 to the woodM for ,1 
 
 r> the ctt)und of • . . .;. h.c 
 
 entir utr of ahelter. 
 
 r s: th.. pr!«nri wna nolay over the return to priaon 
 of (thoae who went out on oath 
 
 Jir>'! ^f> th*»v Mr<» hoof«^'f nnd nhn<»«»«J. 
 
 c 
 
 four tttnra fill the huta he hnM let ua i)Uil<l. and itie 
 for whom w«» Intended them, jfet no relU'f. No on«» 
 -d In. Thry My It m*aa t>ecauae Ihey 
 . ir«»t n "miiunrr* fT»*i»l ** 
 
 Hla 
 t An- 
 
 1 
 
 •t#»r. h*or a while durinK th** 
 r». He foea outside to chf»p. C» 
 
176 
 
 iik'h' . K..I.I.. ti anything 
 
 ly It of the 
 
 n -8llck- 
 
 1 split - 
 
 In th^ 
 
 '»r 
 
 fv 
 
 way Is u V inong them Is a 
 ■ ■ ' ■ h-\n 
 
 without alloy. th< 
 
 the true riDK -^ i! '" i:; ' 
 te in the diviner realm of 
 
 KituiutJo. They - " 
 
 I watt up tu ' 
 
 liilll 
 
 •'<r(«« \' 
 
 ..f 
 
 III oil- 
 
 ■'■:r (lay 
 
 • :?* 
 
 Ml 
 Ml 
 
 
 \ 1 1 1 ; < ■ 
 
 ike our 
 
 t" •Mine, 
 souls to 
 
 
 >). notlclnif 
 
 some of 
 
 «. . f «»,. 
 
 r«) 
 
 • .1. 
 y - 
 ..f 
 
 . 1 
 
 bAHflti ( b bi A HVAMUN UHUtK. 
 We'lnemlaj. N«»veml»rr ;;3«l. The li«th ll heffaii r 
 
 but 
 
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1 A WAK I'll 177 
 
 (ak<-!i .MM N'.. r .■ t....M. Iii«ii».! 
 
 sir 
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 w*. ott 
 
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 Iv. 
 
 tU! 
 
 Ill ■ 
 
 iq.l :..r 
 
 iH" : la 
 
 c«»i k'hi 
 
 lo • IVC 
 
 of II 
 
 la r .Hi. 
 
 -I*.. >.1- 
 
 lo 
 
 Wi'. ' .ur 
 
 t|u on 
 
 |Mv ver 
 
 br . ! or 
 
 ur* i». .\ K»«-n I'-iii i>i I ii<- «.i:iiji ii.k.i ipu nil .i:i.> ttlini^ 
 
 . 1. ..I ...... 11. ■', I.. I > I M kt..* v Kilt r.tt ..< n,..,,M . ,..\u <vho 
 
 ho M'n 
 
 vl« r.tl 
 
 lui> lly 
 
 «dh«*fn<l i«> •■ when 
 
 mrf» r^fnpr. .f utrir- 
 
 v«i ..im. 
 
 tMr Mat 
 
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 "•r« 
 -Ir 
 
 •TO 
 
 I he 
 M-iit in 
 vr hi* 
 water, 
 brains 
 
178 CHRONICLES OF A WAR PRISONER 
 
 r-'- "•- ••"" ' '" 
 
 tftcrnoon. the first since KrWlny. the 18t» 
 1 ' .•i\s of fnmlne. tK.- i-su.n of wood hav« 
 
 y we h:i Me to keep up 
 
 Mrh we h" • -il over till we 
 
 lire i • pitch Bmoke. 
 
 A 1-rmiin had taken Mncon with 6.000 prisoners 
 
 and Wiiit puiih. vannnh. Is all we have had from without 
 
 to cheer us. In our hundred was found frozen thJs 
 
 morrilnB, Thrt-.,- ..i!i..r men wore frozen to death last nJcht that 
 I know of. To add to our misery, all the wells In the camp are 
 ordered fl!' " k' u» to go to the swamp brook for water. 
 
 Every mn- l In line and kopt standlnK. many bar* - 
 
 f-^ • ' ' ^ • * .. » .1,, It ^;j„ itetnfc done. On 
 
 t . of the third thousand). 
 
 L.= .- '^"h Jaunty hats, ap- 
 
 peared to . . the work, makii k 
 
 some hrok- v. of authority. !!• 
 
 had come out with his sanitary hat on, the brim looped up blun 
 terlHKly. set back on his red pate. In his usual swearlnur mood ff: 
 one of his delectable show-offs, we his subjects: the lallf^s h.- 
 audience. At flr«t wo were prompted to retire from th«» pr«'senr. 
 of ladles, our f ! attire belnf? Imperfect: but his old re- 
 
 volver and thr .ill In line, whether cold or modest, and 
 
 f- mljfht be someihlnR different a:: 
 
 t. rude nature tauKht us*, so we 
 
 n i > liut his delicate e.i'- ' -' 
 
 ^ ••. now thore. uttering »rroans. 
 
 t \<>M L'.f f?.it )iif' T».T»iiri« • 
 
 I.' ■ ■ ■ 
 
 f. , . ,. .^ . , . 
 
 k w to vent his wrath. He would point It cocked dl- 
 
 r- rd us and say. "Who said that? O—d d — n you. who 
 
 SiiM ;i? I dare the son of a b— to say It acain — I dare — what 
 what"— say It aidn — I dare you to say It — O — d — n you— I'll put 
 S' '1 under the irround!'* Hotween these «*xcl.imatlons h' 
 
 ^ e for a sound. Not lonir after breuklnir ranks. th< 
 
 !'• ..... 'red. Ri«» rly a pint each of 
 
 II of pnlt. 
 
 '-'■' \ ' I II . :i the air. but plr-ns- 
 ft' : to rut down rations. T).'- 
 
 I < •..•<.. f •,,;. t ■>. M .. ^,. : 
 
 be well off. !• „». •« 
 
 under his fr,mf ,.,^ 1^ 
 
 open«»d. T' md othor 
 
 poinu, Tl. I (hem to 
 
17» 
 
 an «»ff««»*»r «» »• 
 
 '*''r*»« r*^- 
 
 pen. 
 
 .• It 
 
 opt 
 
 • n! 
 
 Hr. 
 
 
 Wi« 
 
 
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 .» »... n ...w-.. u.. .. nf.i.in «....* 
 
 •bruarl." 
 
 
 Hut unlay. Noveml>«r 2«ih. 
 
 — N«iiv« cornea of a sudden that 
 
 hospitAl alck ar« b«lns paroled. 
 
 It Is said that 350 are to leave on 
 
 Mor.!iv 
 
 
 s ■ 
 
 of the four 
 
 mn: 
 
 P'lt !n the 
 
 ffxmr«l hwu». ti». 
 
 .w. I;. M«. 
 
 Llrut Itiirr.-tl h 
 
 .-, nr*!i»r« «?• 
 
 bro . 
 
 .Md 
 
 th. 
 
 •he 
 
 
 rUf 
 
 
 Me 
 
 
 •*e- 
 
 
 ue- 
 
 
 : In 
 
 frr: 
 
 ■ fuard 
 
 ln% 
 
 t. The 
 
 mr to Ur ftliul. I 
 
 .li «wore In 
 
 fin i:hf- finiwff' 
 
 n with vile 
 
 rl*! 
 
 ■ i\B. 
 
 •w 
 
 St 
 
 (o 
 
 !ld 
 
 pr 
 
 ot 
 
 •' 
 
 • o- 
 
 
 "H. 
 
 
 ir 
 
 
 vn 
 
 
 - a 
 
 iiurr 
 
 •n. 
 
 Th ■ 
 
 of 
 
 
 .e very 
 
 
 K;nd. It 
 
 
 TK'.-y knew 
 
 
 n who waa 
 
 
 •n. their motive 
 
 
 •ring of others. 
 
 he first thousand Is marched out. 
 
 anil - a are selected for parole, no doubt. 
 
 tbooch all aona or stories are afloat. It seems like a dream. Shall 
 

 k: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 I 
 
 
 
 
 
 M.i. the first we have to 
 
 a< 
 
 
 
 
 
 lines, la playing. ' 
 
 - Bonnie 
 
 It 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 «I 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 who r. 
 
 
 
 
 
 1." 
 
 
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 tmp in nstfr acalr. 
 
 tnUy. 
 
 rr 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ill tn the east: then u 
 
 
 t! 
 
 
 
 
 
 t*ii> ox:trt Ttnmh<»r. t 
 
 
 a! 
 
 
 
 
 
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 coluiiitt 
 
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 mtk mil 
 
 I wh<>n 
 
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 tho (llrl 
 
 
 
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 \iv ; • 
 
 
 
 A of. 
 
 
 
 PrMnv 
 
 rw.. 
 
 
 
 -no to 
 
 Hick call with Con, Corbett. jet 
 
 a 
 
 
 
 
 •r>' bark 
 
 The steward dealt It 
 
 out to 
 
 1*^ 
 
 
 
 
 cup. or 
 
 bottle, until It was ffone 
 
 . not a 
 
 h 
 
 
 
 
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 ! 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 tt. 
 
 
 
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 >fn>' ttMi.- 
 
 :\k'«' tri i..i««j«IfHf !?!«• ifU.ir 
 
 1 with 
 
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 -rtnK»'r. ■ 
 
 
 
 
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 It 
 
 To 
 
 K^ 
 
 
 
 
 ■jnd. 
 
 Vk 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 In 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 To '-..11 - 
 
 
 
 
 
 ll« a 
 
 
 Innffunffe. 
 
 
 
 
 
 k: down » 
 
 
 to woU for 
 
 T ni> 
 
 ••rti> 
 
 UK 
 
 ••f III«V ] 
 
 1 no T»i.ij.»rlty ■ 
 
 
 hope. No floom. 
 
 no 
 
 •traw. though It eould b«» i- 
 
 
is: I'llR" •M'M.lS «»I A NN Ml f'KlSONER. 
 
 ON TO CHARLEOTON 
 
 HOMEWARD BOUND. 
 
 
 w. 
 
 
 he«l 
 
 InniUi* • 
 
 
 in- 
 
 dr. 
 
 
 •nl 
 
 rn! 
 
 
 ^tii. 
 
 |l«»ii.iii>; ' ;>•• 111'"'*! :•■• 
 
 .^ .. ,.,. , . 
 
 ...tik 
 
 the name way till i 
 
 il of UN without 
 
 not'-" ;' "- •• ■'* 
 
 I i.t.rnr 
 
 . .1 to 
 
 ph 
 
 
 lid. 
 
 In 
 
 
 . k." 
 
 "What 
 
 1 iim ntck. "What in 
 
 It? \Vh 
 
 KlvInK him l)rleny 
 
 en use* 
 
 and r*'Hulii4. uniuiiK ih«-iu Utui>h>. 
 
 •'You can utand II till the 
 
 war !■ 
 
 over. I reckon, eh? Time out. eh?" "I'an't pfo it l«>nK. doctor, 
 iiure," The truth wa8 prima facia, for I was l>ow<»d. and one 
 
 Hide of my fare wan »»lnated. one eve cloned, and mouth Inclined 
 
 to one side. WMh a ^vlth 
 
 his hand. "f»n out." "l<>* 
 
 in in<! I 5 i i-und 
 
 m> 1 the K .»>le like 
 
 my*- , '•>« ♦' ; I'lnic In 
 
 front of th.' !..« I wiw 
 J. I? H .\s r . T" he only 
 ma 'y. We 
 nnt • future 
 fatf. fur Hiill V. ■ nt. de- 
 termined fh-t 'f ^e us or 
 kill us f prob- 
 able |M> *> awak- 
 ened c.i Ihe 
 tryinc red 
 us ' me 
 st». i«- 
 por r hat 
 not 1 an 
 e|H •of 
 events, and I '<»re 
 a doTnll r.r I'd 
 not <lve 
 (1. ,..ut 
 nv' Yet 
 ot) > sllffht 
 dlsnpi "ir.T ti,.ni .»^!iii I r. u .»j<»«\jr<-.i ih.ii m.- k'""""'" ■» *> was not 
 far away, that the blissful change was nigh, ond my heart 
 
1 
 
 m*nt 
 
 \ 
 
 
 1 
 
 • ■ 1. 
 
 iiy |)rrii«iit |ihu»c of llfv. that i h«tl but m 
 
 .'. It 
 
 ..f n- 
 
 (he mllrou'l t<» awnit th« rrturn of th« train from 
 
 1 
 
 -I lo 
 
 look 
 
 I 
 
 r Thin lime 
 
 H 
 
 •«« of the dAjr hAfI quite exhnu- li caused 
 
my f«»^bl« H»ii»>ii !•» n\v\\ ntMl i - .11 firwi that 
 
 •«• ilted all 
 
 nut know but It st orders to 
 
 «c. You won*i run away. now. 
 
 8? a 
 
 ir. 
 
 
 ' ri-' •" ' • •••^ > ■ 111 !}■! r.. 
 
 i th«*y were on Ur • on Ih* 
 
 'fr 
 
 I'i "^••■■"•.••••IM'-lll.-'llll 
 
 lti;> ! guvo up for u tJiiic Our 
 
llTt t iJ. . V f 
 
 \i%iiU*. iM4ii«l«^*A llioU aiiU »wlit4ititg th 
 
1S6 CUnoNICLES OF A WAR PRISONER. 
 
 with brencJ in Home 
 
 > :i dozen 
 
 of them. V, !" ••*" 
 
 • ■• Inrce 
 
 bulldlnffii ^^ 
 
 ..ilkii 
 
 turn up wit! 
 
 • \\v 
 
 walk, niul Iti t?- J . 
 
 . of 
 
 tnll. nink. ilfa<l wt- 
 
 K«'n 
 
 lUI: ' ... 
 
 i'K>r 
 
 aii ' 
 
 • ..)n. 
 
 St'. 
 
 . ..Auk 
 
 an : 
 
 ! uln», of 
 
 cli:- . - -- 
 
 no one 
 
 can Imajcine or conc-five the awful wreck. No : 
 
 A rite, no 
 
 |>encil paint, no tonKue toll. Evt-ry Hhade was i 
 
 the air 
 
 dreamy, ancient. Could ruin be more complete" 
 
 An iniv of down- 
 
 fall has i>erched on th!"» vrf*\\'\ rity. It Is not Pompeii nor Thebes: 
 but It is our own a •••. built by our own fathers, even 
 
 ourselves. In our ow • Kenerutlon, and In our new world, 
 
 in ruins as - they. 
 
 Hotels Ht. without a host; within was a 
 
 hollow echo, u , "• •" ' 1..^.. ^„t,. 
 
 bish. and wild w ■ - »>• 
 
 C<»f^ • 'MioUN. .^ ^ ..-, ^ ■ . .. .. ....:.L[iiii 
 
 thr \en doiirs we saw masses of rubbish fallen from roofs 
 
 an'-: .-. .,-- 
 
 Few people w^re seen in this vicinity, once the principal busi- 
 ness imrt of the city. 
 
 Overdone and we;ik. hundre^ls fell behind, and the column was 
 scattered. Assisted by Iliiwks and B. F. Madlso?, of Plainfleld. 
 Otsego County. New York, we had chosen the - allowed 
 
 lo take our time. We were limplnfc up the rust> • Kaxlng 
 
 thouKhtfully at '. -. when a miin app«ir.-.i ui the door 
 
 of a large, brok- nt and accosted us In un insolent 
 
 way: 
 
 "Htt, wall; wah isn't what it's cracked up to be. ha, — after all, 
 is if* 
 
 I suKK<-Hted: "By the cracks, you have got around ber«, I 
 guess It Is." 
 
 He seemetl exultant over After more 
 
 than an hour's wlndlngi we » i 1 irt:.' com- 
 
 modious building that had be« In. 
 
 but was dirty as a barn. U ■" • •• 
 
 The guard was placed •■ > t'> 
 
 front nnd r^nr. "Hlstem ml 
 
 col. 
 
 or 
 
 K«"'l T.<>-, t r;«' tii?«i iiiii'>!.f« iiM«'i\i-j iiiMii ••1.11,1 II. .1 c'liK iiiii'-, 
 
rHRr»Vlf«!.K«< of ^ \V \n PR!P'»vfr 
 
 A Hilll'T 
 
 ir. «■!.-! . 
 
 of . 
 
 1S7 
 
 •.V 
 
 '". 
 
 U.Ura 
 
 went 
 
 it the 
 
 le w« 
 
 iC comfortable. 
 
 ; since 
 ■ "J wna 
 
 •h 
 
 V 
 
 I'Jlh It 
 
 not even 
 
 a car 
 
 the ptorm 
 
 .. . . • •-^■- A 
 
 In Ih 
 
 ..IS* ■ i» 
 
 •1 
 t. 
 ;t 
 • t 
 
 re It 
 Tort 
 
 nut ot! thr litt-r nil.'. l»iii^f,( hal U'ft ni.n inarKu In Al'tll. 1S63, 
 
i*llll«»N-|<M.KH OF A WAR PRIBOKER. 
 
 .,■ . : It 
 
 \* IV- 
 
 I?. .» prriud thoufcht «hnl w« had nurviveil 
 
 w ! wr-o In ,»-trc t-himphRntly on the re- 
 
 About no«in ihc 
 r« on h«M<r'l. ini'l 
 
 a. • !;-il V. . ; : ..fuTH 
 
 ft ft to Im' It 1 
 
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 f» 
 
 lH- 
 
 T» 
 nt 
 U; 
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 f|. • rt-nlixo I ho hc>on of i 
 
 f(\ %v nri» !o bo j»nnn. ^^'. 
 
 of thoy Ti tif Krtten>UM 
 
 H" linpaHfl" ; iml. C>. how 
 
 «1. how d. ■ ui ihv hfixrXH of th<*t"- 
 
 W' No m. .» iiorll could (Irlxr It 
 
 n . - '• •'.'.■'•■..: 
 
 P' 
 
 T 
 
 ovpr. n l)Jin«i n- 
 
 T Thonc*!' t^TT 
 
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 In \VII<I r &( i.t lltilt l«>|,H Ulxiiii. IV« l> HUil l"-U». (Otil tiival. 
 
••MM<» \ WAR PRIKONKH 
 
 miduiv or 
 
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 T ■ 
 
 
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 t would bave b«en 
 
< 
 
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 r- 
 
 as we I 
 
 .1... i: , 
 
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 30 w.iM . 
 
 
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 190 rHROVff-T.FP OF A WAR PRISONER. 
 
 fort. hungry, feverishly loniclnir with i) 
 
 fltarv' 
 
 On U. ■■ of the 13th there was the unceremonious bir 
 
 solemn si • ' burin! nf ♦.-•ni men at sea. In the forenoon or 
 
 the 14th »«•*. fr.il more v i-ht up wrapped In blankets, and 
 
 |ow»r<wi Into fh<» wnf«T I from us forever. Men on the 
 
 I from prison not from hospital 
 
 red Inadmissible: men who wer 
 
 ♦i to subsist on coarsest fare, a 
 
 • Is an actual fact, from day to 
 
 ' 'vf»n. On bosplt.il boat? 
 
 •he burial of fr<»m 12 t 
 
 H, or 
 furn- 
 ished by the Chrtntian t'ommtusion. the doctor ipixe the worst a 
 drink of hot whisky punch three times a day. or a dose of Jamaica 
 irlnKer tea supplle<l by the Soldiers' Aid Society. But nothing 
 checked my complaints, and owing to dropsical tendency, that 
 made me sluggish and clumsy, my complaint was all that savi-| 
 my life In the «»nd: for while the operations of the urinarv svhf<'ni 
 V. " V . . . .^y ^^ jj^^ Intestinal • iture 
 
 t was uncomfortably and 
 
 J< 1...., ..Ion and pain ii i ; - .wd to 
 
 •I' ■ better parts, covering as 
 
 n .' : : , L'rslBle«l hi st-. 'hl- t>'..t'- 
 
 blankets at nil tlmo^. and stretching at full ! 
 
 without rofrard to othors" rights or wants, and v ' * 
 It out on that line — a class of men who rejoiced as lou<lly wh»»n fn*- 
 ns any. though perhaps less grateful for respect and klndnes 
 shown by frlondly strangprs. who took every little tondernes?" 
 every expr#«««lon of nff«»rilon Pvery service and sympathy, an '. 
 •I' ' them under foot. Few amonv: 
 *? ey wore among the stmnrest- 
 g"^- ' They were the st" 
 they V \n Is but the world o\ 
 S'" ' "^ ■ * -auty to the scene. 
 If v: of the fair and 
 d! ' i;.,f th'-..-:i->i the : 
 
 mist and t .wed Its way, 
 
 benrfrc^ ti« , we half un- 
 
 <*" 'Md: the crew 
 
 *' run: we felt a 
 
 <J' but 1. jI llkl;.K .1 ivjUKli lime. 
 
 t. lying on the upper deck. I heard the 
 
 Wat. n .ir.!.'. jt.' . « ..j . ilatteras Light House." The feeblest on 
 
CHRONICLES OF A WAR PRISONER. 
 
 Ill 
 
 far *h< - 
 then •'. 
 North 
 
 I H> 
 
 a« I kr 
 l>«>h«Id 
 that t«< 
 
 mtli*B a' 
 
 dr. 
 th. 
 Ily .. 
 li*r At 
 
 I 
 
 M« 
 
 br 
 ravr n 
 
 mm an 
 Ihr d^<>)« ' 
 frl«>n<lfl wh. 
 w«- 
 tkt\ '. 
 
 rut 
 
 at) '. 
 
 ih- 
 Ct 
 
 FT 
 
 to ■ 
 
 and Hij w-A . 
 
 thr»»>i»fh fh« 
 
 •r»* 
 
 of 
 Bn 
 
 din:. 
 
 Iravinc Ihr 
 tot>arci>. t 
 would r 
 
 Mld- 
 
 an 1 
 
 nrvrr • 
 
 wortla. 
 
 tell my *»...< ;.«• j 
 
 lh« pa«c. I only 
 
 ■ r .if.1 trmtltade 
 
 nd 
 
 r^ 
 
 c Hlxty 
 
 All waa 
 
 vr..d. 
 
 id- 
 
 V V i< .ij nan- 
 
 L* t*. >rlr<>aa 
 
 1 lo 
 
 md 
 
 .11 uf heroic 
 
 .1 vaat fleet. 
 
 ilial they were 
 
 1 In prison, that 
 
 ^•r lal>or 
 
 of the 
 
 ■>i i « I J'-, of Joy 
 
 ze. 
 
 •v Mr.1 f >.,.,.» In 
 
 of 
 rea. 
 
 n to Aiexnndria. 
 
 murh ntiffrrlnir 
 
 •ced 
 
 mher 16th we came in view of the city 
 
 - * * Trf. The Marine 
 
 way for quite a 
 
 i ov«T t: 
 
 rrnrv t- 
 
 
 un 
 
 ted 
 
 
 A ho 
 
 
 •fa and 
 
 
 hoya"; 
 
 
 In." 
 
 
 ■ind 
 
 Ihc 
 
 avvtcteat 
 
 Bui 
 
 I cannot 
 
 1 .1..- ;■;..• w .nn Ki u- ir. I 1.. not wlah lo pollute 
 won<lercd then, aa now. thai I had any feelln^a 
 
!•; rHRONin.Efl of a war prisoner. 
 
 !. 
 
 a ml .- 
 
 1?, ■iV.l.H :iti.l ^f.».Hv..n. T Hii.T.M. »i- J 
 
 r«'achlnK ' 
 logclhor. 
 gomery I wmi lu )mrtu«^k>* ■ 
 
 Ar ^n!!rf» n*»w ^nlt an*. . . hlank^ts 
 
 w vrf ' 
 
 'V iM>n hoiipltalii come on separate boat* an 
 
 nro In tr..- .n,i\.iI ><.H'>ol and St. John's College Honpital. N> 
 arrivals are )>«>lnff s*»nt to Parole Camp Hospital, two miles froi 
 thr rl'- 
 
 1 !sre a debt of icnititude to James B. Hawks. Wak 
 
 ..«> . '.... «'..t:.'\ Mi.hi.. ..V xv)i..«.. nmtherly •••-■• • 
 
 I me. wli 
 •rt. and "i 
 sjived me from a watery icrave. Also Benjamlr 
 •.vhoiie kindness was like n father's. 
 
 r darkness, out of din. 
 Liilo realms of peace I rise; 
 Fn>m a den of woe and sin 
 
 Where squalid misery filled my eyes. 
 
 A have risen from the ntRbt. 
 
 From the worst of mortal hells: 
 From Its fumes and fri»m Its bllr* "• 
 
 'Gainst which every thought : 
 
 In thai clutch of rlrcunisUince 
 
 vCt t ..> (r t. .., ,v 1 I . ...I .1.1 .t I,. I .'.... 1 
 
 There Is no spot of wrath or tears. 
 
 c»r horrors worse than that foul place; 
 Th#» suffering for the sin of years 
 
 That brought the Nation deep dlsgrarf. 
 
 Therf Is no crime that men rommll 
 That brings to peoples more distress; 
 
 Nor fnlRhtler war fires e'er were lit 
 Th«' >vnith of Treason to suppress. 
 
rHRoN'lri.F.5* OF A WAR PRIflONfTR. 
 
 <^r >,« roll: 
 
 Thr ' 
 
 For vtn that atAinMl the country's scroll. 
 
 Its 
 
 CONCLUDING SKETCHES FROM DIARV 
 Parol** <'an>i> * r 17. 8«- . 
 
 ka llor<> 
 
 rot f..r . 
 
 ■ of r 
 
 ttilm boon me 
 
 ', fr..m Tt;.- 
 
 thotiRh {\\\i*i\ with 
 
 frvem •^.fi^inii t 
 
 • ^. I r l.M !•» ul 
 ->•• lh«Tn horn'". 
 
 .1 i;rt;fct i*aln. 
 Vfrv rar* In 
 
 brukrn - flmh m 
 
 -y .T.- t ' ! m'<»re n^ ■ . . 
 
 Ihf en«luninr«> of ihfiM» nuM; 
 .rvel to our doctorB. owlnc to • <'.\ 
 
 .xl liift'UKh ili«ir bodies which no koowii tn^atinoni omi rr- 
 Th*» li»«« nf Jununrv I boffin to r«H'ov.»r Mm? wh**!) th« 
 
 'f morbM pro** 
 
 k'th. No* how- 
 
 ]. 
 
 .»• the abiKirtnal hunger while It enrr%*at«H! nnd Inflamed the 
 
 V Mr»i . 
 
 '.s furiiin) '^ 
 
 ^••ro fr. fi» Truly did 
 
 >f 
 
 r.. ; •■..> m.rr- . ..f.,r..r?. ri ri It |m Laf an ex^r^.•i^,Hl..n 
 
 of fralltudr tu »ay that • « tho noblont i»ort. Manly 
 
 |to<»kji wrrr f.; 
 
 r<*»t 1»««1 ri«»ar to d«»»« 
 
 .n« Th. 
 
 • rm fh**!' 
 
1f4 « OF A WAR rniSoNER. 
 
 bmver>' ami ; ••<l the dangem of battle, but womnnly 
 
 love and klndnrnn. through many aacriflcen. dealt with horrors 
 left thickly behind. 
 
 The ewnlnir of February 8th the chief clerk brouRht my thirty 
 
 daya' furlough. I had not been out of my war.l. but the next 
 
 mornlns I ate my ration of bread, iiteak. milk and eicK. and dresaetl 
 
 for a utart. rulllnir on Mlirn Phllllpa 1 found her unpacking 
 
 ! the like. She had Invlte.l all to call who 
 
 • bid her KO<»d-bye. She waa efficient aa a 
 
 ii,..,,..i .ii .1-. . 1 •' ••- •' •■•■• » < - ■• " ">'.. called ua. 
 
 She gave me un-l e<l In i>ul- 
 
 tlnjc up crackem ... ... :.^ lo gnaw on 
 
 the way. They will l>e roo^I for you." she aald. and ahe came 
 around and crowded them Into my pocketa. 
 
 While thia leaves the Impression that the lady Is kind nnd 
 philanthropic to unfortunate soldiers, I am constrained to note. 
 also, that she Is a pretty youiiR woman— a beautiful blonde. Mrs. 
 Carey is an older woman, perhaps forty-five, a lady of culture. 
 Kentllity and ripening womanly truces that compel respect and ad- 
 miration. 
 
 I was off at 9 a. m., but did not leave Raltln. " 'enlnc> 
 
 The train was crowded with invalid soldiers. .'d by 
 
 f- ■ '- At HarrlHburK de(>ut ut mldnlKht I fouii.. .i j.iiy and 
 • slttlnK bcMldcM a soldier son. whom they had been to 
 \'. .. — ..Ion after. He hail be^n wounded and a prisoner, having 
 a broken leg which had not healetl. They were Ohio people. 
 While waiting for the train, he expired. 
 
 It was five <lays and nights before reaching my home In 
 New York, having to stop at lUnghampton to recruit. The pro- 
 prietor ond ladies of the hotel were extremely kind to me. Fifty 
 days, twenty more than my original furlough. I was under the 
 care of two doctors, getting to the door for the first to listen to 
 booming cannon. April 10, celebrating the surrender of Lee to 
 if rant, April 11th I start e«l for Ai '■' " New York 
 
 rity. April 14 1 left that city in tb .trig KaJti- 
 
 more alnrnt S a. m.. April 15. the ti.i.n » ^ ?,(.., "^ sub- 
 
 urbs, and )>oarded by officers and all doors locke<l. belnjr 
 
 K''-'-' 11. 1. 1 ■i.r.ii<-hf ...),... T . ^l « ..r Uncoln'" ■- it was 
 
 ! an«l all n-.i. There 
 
 •^. A cro . Kh men. of 
 
 the ilegrade.j class, confronted us and began to Jeer and shout 
 "<}oo<l news thin m.-.rnlng." and rejoice at the murder of the presi- 
 dent. We In • forme<l as If by Impulse, and with canes 
 and revolvern them. They ran for their liven, scattering 
 into alleys and 1m !ii!.<l buildings until all had illsappeared. Th« 
 tnovcnictii was earnest; every aoUlier meant business; and clU* 
 
nil: -J OF A WAR PIV 1»S 
 
 /.tiH rh..r.-.l .« US ruth up ih© ' • I ch«s« th« 
 
 nrf.i thnt no tralnn trntiti !*»?\vi« Hnltlmore tluit 
 
 '. th«t V. In th« c!ty. 
 
 • ftt? w*«r- y wna filled 
 
 » r». It wa* 
 
 In uniform. 
 
 . Alth 
 
 •he 
 
 '•re 
 
 the 
 
 •nt. 
 
 of 
 
 re» the 
 
 Ui<' ithy nn«l r^irret. 
 
 It ■-*■ An we were 
 
 '^o h«»r said: 
 The ex- 
 ult UK of April 17 
 Ir.t ' at the hoapltAl. 
 
 \n none 
 
 I wa« 
 
 ,., .... ^ - :..• office 
 
 of v.. In ch:irk-«". where 
 
 I r ... ;. In the dlscharc* of 
 
 soldier*. 
 
 It vv.iw n iir»'1 wtjrht r\ft«*r four month* In hnjtpltitt to look 
 
 — It la 
 
 ith was 
 
 jti.. :. lut :j;aj.> l<> .1 ^t» Hi uf rcvenite. 
 
 (Ill I'nlon prisitncrfi of Mnrrh. 186S, 
 
 inntall- 
 
 Thme 
 
 -'! of 
 
 !%»• 'ne 
 
 .« . •. -i.n a 
 
 Kla and 
 
 In the 
 
 nil' ;• Hum- 
 
 ler a per- 
 
 so 
 
 riAr*ne* MllUn Ba^mnnah. 
 •r .rity 
 
 of « as 
 
 ^a t tk « I . ' 1 i ••;»•. 1 r .s • • • I r. '' ^ • t K n 1 1 . fi\ f ' 1 J • 1 ' f .1 rad 
 
 and tb« hlddsa «^ nla of thoM mho ditd In tran«tt. shot 
 
li« CHUONICLBS OK A WAH PUISONER. 
 
 Ijy jv - , . V ^- jqjj, ij^ nitcmpllnjc escape, of wh 
 
 the: :ill b«« ri'VraltMl. 
 
 tlVMi. bui prison llf^ w:i» ■ 
 
 t*r i>«»n. At Lyiuhf utk' ^ < 
 
 N. I*.. Augusta, c; S. *.'.. atiU olher |n»Hili» lher«- «■ 
 
 unnjt'»trik!TM»' tuk- ••im. When I uin-ak of ihc bnrl. 
 
 Ity ' ith 1 nicu!. lUui ruWuK spirit that first concoct«Ml 
 
 ncf .-me to subvert thf Kovernrnvnt to an Instrumcn: 
 
 oppr« «?•;.. r,. nnally to overthrow It. 
 
 Thf funi-ral obMcqutfH for President Lincoln whom most ^ 
 ' vinit father is esteemed, as v " 
 were In progress at Wa.* 
 .; v.tiinun was heard from •> 
 <n the furentKJM of April ISlh. 
 -; my ward, deeply feeling the g: ... 
 cnrcaslon. these lines were comt>osed: 
 
 LINCOLN. 
 To Conquer it to Live, Enough. 
 Arise, ye sons, of brave Columbia, rise 
 And |>ay a tribute to a nuirtyred son! 
 Let tear drops full, like soft rain from the skies. 
 HfbwlnR the earth where our own Lincoln lien. 
 As irreut and good as our own Washington. 
 Ye daughters rl»e and let your voices miund, 
 
 ' ' ' ' : • opIe'H grief; 
 
 fiir .'irounii. 
 
 ..., .M«-n ff>und. 
 
 Though deeply t. ourn our mddr chief. 
 
 !>'• i: •• « heck thes welling lld«» 
 
 'I •rmlne the Nation's ho|»e, 
 
 I.- i; nt Its bleo<llng sido 
 
 To MWiilluw up 111! Freemen's ho|>e and pride; 
 Iff f!rrw the nword hert>lc'ly to cope. 
 iKht and well; 
 (IvfMi with running gore! 
 
 1 >;. fleii fell. 
 
 So ' to quell; 
 
 'I • d o'er the m-ii 
 
 * • '^■"■'•Ign shore. 
 
 li er the H«iuthern If 
 
 llv^ - - - . .» free. 
 
l> !•■• !<• iX I i: I'Ji 
 
 1'l» \\ V '• oil'- 
 
 I 
 I' 
 
 I .V 1. • XT'"! \\ « « ,,..»>;. I ... 
 
 A wrwilh of flor>* crown* lh> 
 
 'tiMt claim, 
 
 ill- li.llMf. 
 
 tT wniusht. 
 
 u- ribuff 
 
 ■i wavr.! 
 
 thull fall. 
 ■ 1 •uspl^c. 
 
 ■ III! M n :lll(l. 
 
IDS 
 
 While li> 
 
 11K< 
 
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 VIS 
 
 prin 
 
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 Init 
 
 
 
 
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 At.tUiiK 
 
 
 
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 VISITED CLARA BARTON. 
 
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 <If>filrp«1 
 
 11 n f 
 
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 prisoner 
 
 to 
 
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 ••y 
 
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 •-••<• 
 
 shf had 
 
 never 
 
 known. 
 
 S» 
 
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 hvii.iii 
 
 \\ it h 
 
 l! 
 
 11- titl.' ' 
 
 ( •• 
 
 re- 
 lic been iip- 
 <1 to her all 
 
 r. Shf itHiifii 
 
 If 
 
 1 IM.Ul.l 
 
 ir» 
 
 I double*! 
 
 1 thought mlKht anHint her. 
 my ability owlnfc to priHon allmentit. She unketl me to fco with 
 her to a phynlrlan for examination which I did. He streiiuoUMly 
 jidvlNed aRuhiMt njy return t<» Ander»onvllle. 
 
 It waH a pleasure to meet (Mam Iljirton. She In noted for 
 humane and heroic nervlce to Kufferlnfc Holdiem and their frlentlK. 
 I JudKe the huly thirty-five y««arH of aice. meillum helKht. •! 
 eyeM and hjilr. nllni. Rriui-ful f«»rm. She Ih not what lUHlely p« • 
 
 ••Mt« ' ' ....... »„»auty. Her face \h plain but bearing al..wi 
 
 It t ; than phynlcal l>eauty — a nweel cnnvlnrlniC 
 
 exj.; -'^ -••l'' i.liiii..' .11.1 t ! iisifiili,.-H«. Hnd whiMl 
 
 h»«r Interent calmly bril- 
 
 liant an.I if M due a noul 
 
 whoHe ! - not narrow boundi*. It In a face of firm Intelll- 
 
 K»*Mce u 'I other icracen InHpIre annoclateH in the work to 
 
 which Hb.* Uitti b.M'n hl(;hly <levoted. Her purity of purpose 
 fllelHy lo lirr mlNNlon. haH led her to know no danRer. to *^< 
 no experience nhe must have met In the yearn she wllnef*«- 
 no woman nr man had seen In this irenenitlon. I felt li 
 th.it lii-r lofty ui . «>f her i 
 
 ^,iii.il>. I hilt \v« al>out \' 
 
 IIMl«' know and i.. t mi ' ' 
 
 Yet she In <i' ■ many n- 
 
 ln»f '»"• •• '"- ■• --f «. •• ,,..;, ..^„.. 
 
 wi k to which 
 
 If y. yet so ten', 
 
 becomi' )levoic<l. In n lofty »■ knew no foe If fin? < 
 
 within their ministrations. 'I '< been a mission as hiK 
 
 the causes for which belligerents warred. While X have not i • ■ 
 
CHROVirLKS OF A WAR PRISONER. Iff 
 
 thi> Work to \%hi<h H.> 
 ■rrvlce* 1m lh«« \\ar 
 
 FOUND HER BROTHERS GRAVE 
 In 18T8 a 
 
 ParUh <N. V 
 
 I 
 
 uur mill IuUt a r(*iililriit 
 
 l>:4llt 
 
 I ■:■><■ liono of \iiiir i.itfi.tx )>iv.. t •• ■ . I \.>iir 
 
 A Wnr 1 vklth m. i 
 
 •f minr |. ill Hi. ,« 
 
 r«*itutiti» r«*m in tf.- . ♦ • • 
 
 I" »T^% h«Mi'f f <-t*m<»t»'rv. :int? thn ynar 
 
 urouffht UN to Mamn. whvrc wa 
 
 ... . ^^ 
 
 the rar, f^rllnir 
 
 ■I ■ i« II I) II »\ i-i •• n \t I UK I UK I I < MM I rn- 
 
 the tickrt*. thrn at urn, wlwii th< 
 \n<i«r»onvHI«?" 
 
•00 
 
 ninMNIc'l.KS <»F A WAR PRISONKR 
 
 •Ar* you n Noril 
 v.— nit. Ar« you 
 
 i:i\li.u' Ml- ;i ^' < ■'. h'- ««t«1: "Woll. you hji 
 
 ! Win help you 111 
 
 \v*» nrrlv«Hl ut ' 
 
 Hiuiioii. roi I. M who I 
 
 T»u- u 
 ^'«*iint. u 
 
 ! 
 
 hln 
 
 with 
 
 fllltHi m>liM- ii.i> Ml Ut.- U>X. Uf .tli K<>1 lit i 
 
 Hciilfi ♦»« »b»» »»f>it».»n ?Mv! w»T«» ilrlv.-fi nwuy i 
 
 ut> f » : • ' ii i* N<_>u 
 
 114^ ) I will b«- 
 
 you, A I 
 
 »«v«Tythli 
 
 ir<im \\ 
 
 i^.. , wo : - 
 
 iHMialty ! ' on any one who dared by n 
 
 MUNinU t" '^■ 
 
 Th«' tlfully k- 
 
 conler jh »«» •'» hai 
 
 lirirk rim}«i>iit> %^ hi* h ih (•> s.ive ,iH a «lrain; for >wu iiiuttl - 
 m««ml»«T ht»\v Ihf laixl will Knl<"h unci unllv h'^ro afttT the hi 
 nilim. A wliUc plrkrt fom #» i'DcIohcii ihv hUIo of which 
 
 no f>«iiiro orutiK** h«M|ffi>. JuHt In the c II. In the* m 
 
 j,|,,-,.. II. .11 'I I .» .iii'i rxM-ii I'l I III i>t »-.u.iiii 
 
 I ho 't- 
 
 • • !)^«' iiiiiti>ii<r iif uiv liriilhi-t'u IT 
 W»K 
 
 i.r I 
 
 ■«t in> to 
 • . hv wtut 
 m culc-ululluti u« lo how iiukity mum In liio row. when h«t wuuM j^ 
 
: riUSoNKIt : 1 
 
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 til 
 
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 riil 
 
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 Wru» \. ter 
 
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 In 
 
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 on inir! Hunir: Hunff!" In 
 
 •Tipt ro- 
 
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 en 
 
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 f tlwy 
 
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 •ro we 
 
 lit the 
 
 ThfTP 
 
 wn the 
 
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 he 
 
loll lluil lll-J 
 
 
 «»f nil nortii. • 
 
 
 but ' 
 
 
 Kili.l. . 
 
 
 our riot 
 
 
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 the 
 
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 IM> 1 
 
 iiiul bniuKht It awiiy, 
 
 ami 
 
 202 CHRuNICLKS OF A NVAIl TRISoNKIl. 
 
 It In a ifi»urel Ulppor. They now call It "Provldcnllal HprltiK " 
 W** Inokr^l :tlM>ut the (croun<lfl for Home rellcii the jKKir f«-lIiMS"* 
 •i«l. but couUl nee nothlnfc but old iiho«-M twinted . 
 th*' nuiiii utui nilnn. until my frleiul pliketl up a I 
 
 ..•re told that trlnk 
 plenty at one tli 
 • ux. 
 r, waa the color of the noli 
 
 '• » • "'ned coivh* ■ • 
 
 • \v rovet • 
 • have b- 
 
 an It natui 
 Home In a p.i; 
 • lu part, which will no d<> 
 colored "linen." • • • 
 ; In Andernonvllle we left 
 I never expocle<! to experb- 
 We had alwayn hope<l we nh« 
 II to rent In the family lot In 
 Ml iilKiut the "National Ce* 
 iful that I felt content to 
 ^>w. ......i. . ..ii.l <lled with him. I could 
 
 nl that I could make; That would be to pi 
 
 »"-* >'. "I v.t.'. >^ v.,.ni« I... ,,,..,.. .-M.iiirlnic tl 
 
 that for un. 
 • th«Te in .it 
 
 Iciint a briKht nide now that In m contrant with the uncertain' 
 an<I .-itr'-ny of mind they endured when their friend* were lb' 
 an! tlhly way could they reiirh. c«>mfort. or aid them. 
 
 Mils. H. C. DKVKNDOUF. 
 Ih' UecemlH-r 10. U78. 
 
 awaken remlnlnceiuen of ; 
 AfttT n|>endlnK a day 
 
 I .. t I V .• 
 
 t«Ty" \\ 
 him lie 
 but on<- 
 a n>"»' 
 th. 
 an<l 
 
 A» <H«' for our 
 rmi'mn 44:26. 
 
 PRISON PSALMS. 
 No. 1. 
 h'lp. and redrem uk for Thy mercy's mike.— 
 
 lleaxeidy Father, we adore Thoo, 
 h» 'ifflbtlon fall tiefore Ther. 
 Iltiinbly iHtw and nuppll<ate. 
 'I'ttiritlnR Thou wilt RUlde our fute. 
 
 To Thee. O. Lonl. our nlnn confcMi. 
 All our irulle and wickednenn. 
 Ami i*omc to Thei*. now weiik and |KM>r. 
 Asking alms. )/>rd, at Jhy dogr! 
 
A; 
 
 Unahfllcrv'i li.Lu j-riaoxi tuaL 
 
 M. ' • ' • r. 
 
 HI- 
 
 \Vt; .,. ...... ....irtN. 
 
 All luve of <t<Kl an<l man departs. 
 
 Kc«n4»ii too horriil f. 
 
 of nlchtly |>lun<t-r >; 
 
 T«»o horrid for \ 
 
 c »r h<»arts not \ • hy. 
 
 ||«m\'i»nly rufhor, Thnu knowrst the sin. 
 
 Ai: - -- . .^. 
 
 T> and Thou caniit irlvo: 
 
 %Vf wi.ii.K I ji.-.- I iiri.r. thai we live! 
 
 T»' '"^ -••• ' •"- '•'■■•' ♦'•• "'^ 
 
 8 iftn: 
 
 y<- ... . - y. 
 
 WhAt c«n we better do than pray? 
 
 Pmy nnd lift our t' 
 
 In ho|>4>. and fnlth. I love. 
 
 Have uii from thr wll.ii «>( mu, 
 
 Purify the man within! 
 
 And from dlsense our bodies save 
 1^ ' •' ' -ivc! 
 
 <» , " " : 
 
 r>rli\.T fr..lii afni. li..i. H l.iri. 
 T m; 
 
 I. 'UK. 
 
 Tr>uvtt iitvii U»« w*ys of |»«i«c« eftt lonff! 
 
 It 
 
 h ain. 
 
 t; ^t. 
 
 /noifrsonvlllr ^;...i...; t...^.... ,>.., ; ./. <•..:> 19, 1IC4. 
 
20« rimoNirLKS OF A WAU rUISoNKK. 
 
 No. 2. 
 For ho nhall rUc HIii nnjr^l* charjcc to kc^p thee In all thy 
 wayH. - PivilmH 91 : 11. 
 
 I^>n!. Thou hf^«t h«»<»n our flwofUntr ! 
 
 Slur.' Ti 
 .^liH- Nat 
 
 1 :.• 1. 
 
 From iiiUHic rinipi 
 
 « tf • . . 
 
 tth Thv jKiwor Is nil supremo. 
 Rway: 
 Wkv the beam 
 
 ;n«l Thy throne 
 bllHR. 
 ippler xone 
 
 From their hriRht elyMlan bowem 
 
 "*' • ' ' ly race, 
 
 ■we«»l flowem 
 
 ' not oft 
 
 ft. 
 
 It th««yM Hatlnfy our wanti* 
 
 I >ii. llu III .1 I.:' I . U.1 
 
 If 'tuiTc not t ntortnl colla 
 
 A. ..I I I 1. .1. 
 
 A In 
 
 Y«-l liikilnl out 
 
 Wh.H tfl.Nt 
 W- HI I, hUl, 
 
 To • 
 
CHRONICLEH OF A WAR PRIBONFTR. :p; 
 
 Thry krrp ua In our better way, 
 
 T> .'-»->. ^v .v« .r.l ,.<» «^ 1^^ 
 
 Tr .mt ruy 
 
 At 
 
 Thry MNPk to c. ^ In love 
 
 And heal our • Kht: — 
 
 Thi're'ii rejolclns tu ih«- %%urlii nbove. 
 
 When iilnnrrs turn to light. 
 
 Rut there are tboae whose aln and wo« 
 
 T* ■ . 
 
 »s« . , I ... 
 And mo we . 
 
 Th..lr . ..• 
 
 O. raise the veil from thin •lim i«t.lirr«. 
 
 And let me l«>ok tx :■ 
 And to my rnv. rn ir 
 
 Their vol 
 
 O. let Ih^lr 
 
 My I 
 
 To )oli> 
 
 Ood'f 
 
 lllltary Priaon. Ai 
 
 No. 3. 
 
 I've almoat wlahe*) that I iraa d^ad 
 
 Not :..-nd. 
 
 Nor who0« roocti Iian4« prepare my bod. 
 
 |v. ..I, 
 
 \'. 
 
 A 
 Fi'i eol: 
 
 In lh« Uc^lUly r«ul(» la acvk r«lr«at. 
 
 O. ' 
 
 A rtd «trtr« 
 
 Th t iiuir all luij'iliicJLi uf llf*. 
 
204 CHftoNlCLE^ IRIBONKR. 
 
 AikI from this botulucv m-vk r«*leam* 
 Ami ifo where love and Joy ir>' '• ■ — • 
 
 And then I've t» "»•• ' i..- 
 
 Thin world !>• 
 
 '!•>. ..♦ II in Is 
 
 A 
 
 A: •• free; 
 
 Thought of all bo dear to me. 
 
 Of many a happy, peaceful day. 
 
 Of lovlnff friends, far. far away 
 And knew their hearts did yearn for me*. 
 Then hoped that soon I might be free. 
 
 Then I thought to die would not be sweet. 
 
 ImprlHoned. exiled, and opproHned; 
 
 To tile unheard of and unhlcMHed 
 And all my fondest hopes defeat; 
 My life would seem too incomplete. 
 
 And I've resolved to struggle still. 
 
 Strive not to faint and not to tire. 
 
 O'er lowering peaks still looking higher. 
 TruMting In God's m<»8t holy will 
 To make me strong to brook each ill. 
 
 Is there no happiness below? 
 
 Should I deplore my birthright here? 
 
 Who knows the Joy for every tear? 
 O! Who should fear to live and do 
 The work to Ood and men we owe? 
 
 Swift rush the currents to the sea. 
 
 And clouds come lowering orr the way. 
 The <lust of worlds In carnal fray; 
 
 And now I trust, but scum' «.iti ncn, 
 
 A higher growing destin> 
 
 I trufft. I hope. I almost know 
 
 It Is the coming of the I^»rd. 
 
 II In chariots through the centuries heard, 
 leavening the sodden world below; 
 To prepare the way Ills armies go. 
 
niRONICLKfl OP A WAR PRISONER. 207 
 
 O. I ^ 
 
 of wrote. 
 
 *1 1 I ; I i <■• ■ I' Ml I n 1 I *\ n ,111 I I !■ II t>P^y. 
 
 AiMlrnmiivlllr. (12a.) Military Piioon. Aucutt C. 18<l. 
 
 No. 4. 
 o. Tt. •• before, 
 
 A T-.. 
 
 \v • t« adore. 
 
 U. luiu lo Thcc In d.uk«,al day 
 Knowing not the way! 
 
 In pHaon 
 
 cast. 
 
 afnioted 
 
 ■or*. 
 
 
 Whr- 
 
 1. .... 
 
 ..f 
 
 ...1 
 
 • fs be 
 
 found, 
 
 With 
 
 
 
 
 •or. 
 
 
 w.- 
 
 
 
 
 -iiid. 
 
 
 In Th 
 
 
 
 ir 
 
 rcIooM. 
 
 
 only 
 
 
 . 
 
 
 
 
 I^rir f!n>-n of utiffrHnfr r^'"'***^ nway, 
 
 I >• 
 
 •111 rmveo. 
 N thrown. 
 
 A I'gfil jijoju.-r.T.iriiy mi"!.**. 
 
 .» 1 -i.-i^ 
 
 ! lame. 
 
 Ulke nils .ht<t frvm th« aun. 
 
 It wn- 
 T«» pen; 
 
 T 1 
 
 •mon; — 
 
 r. 
 
 '1 '. inrn forth 
 
 .. .... ..- — worse than dcad:^- 
 
208 CHRONICLES OF A WAU I'KISmNKR. 
 
 nnd men of worth. 
 : prime the life-glow fled. 
 Ml isf filth aiil \« rniln. spite of pride. 
 As tlK-y had lived they died. 
 
 Ah! We hnd hoped to see no more 
 Of such dark woe. and yet we feared; 
 
 But it la here, e'en at the door 
 To blast the thought forlorn hopes cheered. 
 
 SUM we are prisoners and the foe 
 
 Will not, will not let us go. 
 
 Yes, these hard trials come anew. 
 
 And famine stares us In the face; 
 Horrors thicken 'round the place 
 
 Making and and dark our view. 
 Yet, dear I>t»rd. we look to Thee 
 For our salvation free. 
 
 Deliver us, good God. we pray. 
 From the hands of bitter foes 
 
 Who seem delighted by our woes; — 
 O. hasle deliverance day I 
 
 •TIs hard to linger thuH dlslressed. 
 
 Though trusting, yet unblessed. 
 
 Unblessed except in faith in Thee. 
 
 Knowing Thou rulest o'er all. Most High! 
 K'en though we faint, and rot and die. 
 A bird so worthy of Thy note? 
 
 The fall of sparrows Thou dost see? 
 From Thee am I remote? 
 
 Thanks and praise unto Thy name, 
 
 O, Great and Holy One! 
 We bow contritely at T^^ f)ir..n« 
 
 Whence all life and I 
 Keep us from famine i 
 lie with us as with those of old. 
 
 Purge our hearts from sin. good Qod! 
 
 A fid pe«»! fh«»m wHh Thy seal; 
 'i lorn in Thy rod 
 
 < 'It ' y^ixA, 
 
 Oft I 1 
 
 unitary Prison, i i^mvuv-. t-. » , .-• j i* n.Wcr. 1864. 
 
CIIRoNirLKK OK A WAIl I'llIHi iNKIl. 
 
 No. S. 
 
 I^nd m<*. Pitlhrr. holdinic by Thy hAn«l. 
 I oak not whither: for It muat t>* on." 
 
 M.i<-l»<HinM. 
 
 TrUU .!nrk 
 
 nfnfi-tfnnw wnn* 
 
 
 
 Hnvr 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Hut '! 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 An lf>' 
 
 
 
 
 
 ii:h. 
 
 Ily fi 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 T^ 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. 
 
 '1 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 nbyffii 
 
 1- 
 •I 
 
 
 
 
 
 n foc«. 
 
 <■ 
 
 
 
 
 
 •<•. 
 
 FYom Ollrail Mount < 
 
 ilt.i 
 
 
 
 To Jrsr<*f i 
 
 val.-. 
 
 with 
 
 f 
 
 
 •1. 
 
 I)iji<«-rul to 
 
 th. 
 
 
 
 .iii 
 
 
 \\ fw.in Ihr 
 
 IX)r 
 
 
 
 hia 
 
 hand. 
 
 'N'Mkth an oak 
 
 
 
 
 
 Thrrc oat i 
 
 nn 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mow oft \^ 
 
 
 
 
 
 !. 
 
 Thouirh t- 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 I' V 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 At. I nn, u . 
 
 It 11 x r- 
 
 1 .1... . 
 
 - » » • ' • > 
 
 tii.i 
 
 I .».. 
 
 Oo«I of hca 
 
 vrn* 
 
 MMin 
 
 may nor. 
 
 
 O. rive uii fnlth. br It our ffutdc. 
 
 •••I T> tri'- xK.' 
 
 •nil rino. 
 
 Confederate Miiilary I'ri«un. tlorence. 8. C^ October. IHi. 
 
210 CHR(>Niri.E8 OF A WAR PRIHONER. 
 
 No. 6. 
 
 CJixl of our fathers! O. Ood of nil! 
 
 In Th«e we live forevcrmore. 
 In nil our henrtn iiwcet peace Inntall. 
 
 And Miuke us welcome at Thy door. 
 
 KorjrIve each soul that wronKly stept. 
 
 That It Bhall seek the rlRhtful way. 
 If In the wrong our nplritfl nlept. 
 
 Awake them by Thy heavenly ray. 
 
 Thy merclei! send our lot to bleBs: — 
 
 We feel that e'en this woeful place 
 Thou fillest with Thy rljchteousncHS 
 
 And lightest with Thy holy grace. 
 
 For In our hearts doth still abide 
 Thy word of truth, and light, and cheer. 
 
 And whatsoe'er may us betide 
 
 We'll trust Thy goodness still, nor fear. 
 
 Here weak with i^aln and gaunt our frames, 
 
 -•' ' 'ling In this earthly blight; 
 
 we chill, thpn feverish flames 
 : .;■ by day. disturb by night. 
 
 \, ' .very heart In Thee may trust 
 
 To free our souls from every taint; 
 We know Thou lovest. Thou art Just. 
 That Thou «loHt hold us when we faint. 
 Flon-nce. (8. ('.) Omfedrrate Military Prison, November S. 1864. 
 
 (These tM>ems, written ns Indicated by dates, are Inserted In 
 • Itfrreiice to the opinions of a frw frl<«nds.] 
 OF FAR AWAY. 
 
 The dreary winds come murmuring on 
 
 ,\ t I Im I )<•• ..M t<. .....Ik r.i .r 
 
 And shadows thicken round the d«K>r 
 Where I h-ivn sat nt noon's bright my. 
 And I ' those now all the moro; 
 
 Who luippy then and gay. 
 
 For I uiii iuJ and fur away. 
 
.**v wN'irt.RB OK A WAR rriii»«>NRifi. 
 
 Thi» rVkihlr houa*. Ha wlntlowa low. 
 
 T ICO 
 
 T. 
 
 (>: <hlii lnff*iit! 
 
 T» 
 
 \\ ! Uftt 
 
 At •. 
 
 All haunt my thoushta thia lono twilight. 
 
 Thi- n • 
 
 
 watering t>l»c<*. 
 
 Thf !>. 
 
 
 
 Thr nt 
 
 H. that •' 
 
 face. 
 
 In muur 
 
 no dry II 
 
 
 Tf 
 
 
 i!. 1 t>aro<I; 
 
 T> 
 
 
 
 Tt 
 
 
 • 
 
 N. 
 
 
 
 A. 
 
 . . 
 
 - . tiA 
 
 anc*. 
 
 The cold wi^t win.l hwim-j.* 'cross th« field 
 
 And o*rr the old 
 
 The fnmt-bll I**.. ..-nee ylHd 
 
 l*nto th«* Autunut M kvs.4>: 
 
 Th*« "rrhfir-lw \mr^ thut bloomed In May. 
 
 \\ ) v%'S fall. 
 
 TK 
 
 An«l I • 'i ^ r>'- T i'^ n. r wall; 
 
 These • lonclnff thoughts recall 
 
 Light steps upon the kitchen floor! 
 
 Th«' < i««f<rti Ht-.ut I tn.in t>> hfiir 
 
 W ! 
 
 Ms .r, 
 
 A' 
 
 M' te: 
 
 A r; 
 
 M 
 
 Tl e. 
 
 Now. sitting by her be«lroom door 
 
 And h«r brww mt^tnm worti with 
 
*'HR«»NirLF:« OF A ,, ... . ,...^. ..ill, 
 
 Hh*» fif»-»ik« nf th»«H» t\m\r to her heart, 
 < »f AM not where: 
 
 < ►? hf»rtl to part. 
 
 AiKi irorii n< r ••v.-m Iimtm i»flen Utarl. 
 
 N«- * ' ' . ,.,j, „j^h. 
 
 Tv .Ml. 
 
 SI. ky 
 
 Llk<> curtiilnii noftly 
 
 Thi-y Kiifh' t r.-und t! )>onril — 
 
 My (tit) \ \\ti» iilwiiyH free: 
 
 Who w ii Rhnre the riche* stored 
 
 lly <llnl of viriutiuji induntry: 
 
 IIuw Kiadly would they Hhure with me! 
 
 Hut the 8un will rise and set affuln. 
 
 Ik ■ !io\v many tlinoH it will: 
 
 N- fo»c and ch«'«Tl«-»«H rain 
 
 \Vj.. ....... ..lid fall uiKiU the hill; 
 
 Thf Villi- bflow may flow and fill. 
 And wintrr hhowh as they have been. 
 And 1 m.iy be here still. 
 W:i?i;m thin rold and dreary den: 
 
 • l«»ml>. a hell of men. 
 
 ;.iry Prlnon. Novrmhrr, 18(4. 
 
 PILGRIMAGE. 
 
 •'liHTli 1 haH lt« Koldcn charms. 
 
 UK throuKh the maxe. 
 ■ )it of it I know dimirms 
 i It.- tuifS of later days. 
 
 AS i»f verdant morn, 
 t April showers, 
 u iK.- ft '.111 uh mold the icerm forlorn 
 Ami lift the hiipplest flowers. 
 
 The warm sun comes, the warm brixht sun. 
 
 \,,.« .11 n... .» .V II -i,in«.s 
 1 sky run 
 
 ••9. 
 
 I>ay light ffone. the twilight come 
 Then c«M»ler, darker shades: 
 
A» mill Afi iii'-i.-i !K.«..ip. 
 
 .y.t I . , ..1..,. !>,•.. L-nili-r I N-;ir. 
 
 A 
 
 T<io ir<'ntl« for ihi* •> 
 
 V ;,•• I llK»»t 
 
 PiiNturMi rrren i»r«» rrown mor«» irrern. 
 
 . «»t iM»r«»ni» 
 
 in 
 
 ^ 1 to rent. 
 
 Hn\%f (ivrt*; \*l»**U Kruvvji nml hlifh. 
 
 M thr ftlr. 
 
 , u: louTi Mi>- i.i.Miaunui fair 
 t aicainMt the Willi. 
 
 Th*n lullii Ihr morm. Ih^ drwiry plorm. 
 
 *p»... ..if.a)!!!!.. >-ritlti-N .tif.kin .liT.lln 
 
 In 
 
 itwl ffruin 
 tiAme from ilivir wiilwry b*tl». 
 
 ) trnrm^r irn»w. 
 
 Th** fruit ln»r<- 
 
 llavv Iwuffbl tliL-ir ki^hI KUiii* 
 
4 rnn<>NU'I.KS OF A W\ it. 
 
 Th* ftir In rich with »v. 
 liome to the evening sfclps. 
 
 And • 'o there Is a beam 
 
 Of and love: 
 
 Th«' Hiuriiis ihat once did ndveme »eem. 
 
 Have helped to lift above. 
 
 The sprlnir of life, the summer come. 
 The hnrvents' Riorious show; 
 
 I would my life were such a tome 
 For all the wIndM mlsht blow. 
 
 I would It were?— oh. may it be! 
 
 Would I be siMired the lore 
 That makes the spirit truly free 
 
 When Its pilgrimage Is o'er? 
 
 No; I must toll from door to door, 
 
 Nor lay aside my staff, 
 Nor think my day's toll Is all o'er 
 
 While yet unfinished half. 
 
 The angel, that I seek afar. 
 Throws open wide her <loor. 
 
 And becks me on from star to star. 
 And amiling will no more. 
 
 r»ft clouds grow dark and rough the way, 
 
 lietlmes I cannot see. 
 And I have sighed, ah, many a day. 
 
 Hard Is the lot for me. 
 
 Then lulle<l the storms that rolliMl al»ove: 
 There glows a In-am more fjilr; 
 
 1 stronger grow In my swe«'t love 
 K'en fainting with des|mlr. 
 
 O. shall that Paradlsal hour 
 K'rr gr»M«t my panting s- •' 
 
 Wlu-n like a full nmtur<><l f, 
 I shall have ^Ined the k 
 
 nut the angel sought If far away. 
 
 Hits smiling at her gates. 
 And nayn to me: "This Is lh«» way;" 
 
 And watrhrs. chides ■ ■*. 
 
 ndemonvllle. (So,, Military Prison. J : se4. 
 
t*llll<»Niri«Kh VAK PRlMoNKIL :1S 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 CONFEDERATE TESTIMONY. 
 Statement of Dr Jorct Pr-,fr%%or in the Mcd'cal Collerjc of Georgia 
 
 l.y 
 
 l>-»jj. • li.u>. 1 U.Hc Uaj .if th.it Tv- 
 
 IHtrt y^^^ r<ir frunkni>iiii In ^ truth, and 
 
 of 
 
 !)C1 
 ill 
 
 .-•r 
 
 to thP ! -Ml 
 
 ' hfrh ha ichl 
 
 '. iix. l>t. JoiiiN h- It wua 111 Uich- 
 
 r fhA htirrora nt A lie; ao It la ln- 
 
 authorlUcji wtit: coffiilxAnt of the 
 
 fir. 
 
 ••n 
 ..f 
 'II 
 th 
 
 ■• t?i.- HUTK ! II. 
 
 Htatca Mllttnry r|. 
 
 ""•f* 
 
. HRONiri-FIS (>y A WAU riUSONER. 
 
 After deacriblnir the constructive features of the prison which 
 •re ! 
 
 ren of the stockade Ke<lenil priv 
 
 " •' '" - ^f life. • • • 
 
 •. until In the 
 
 • ,,f rr<ii|nf| to 
 
 Th«»».- 
 
 IlKhl 
 
 than It wns; for n C' i of land nlonf( the 
 
 •r V.rtw^nK from west ' . • hills, was low and 
 
 s covered with t- x«. i«*u»eia, uimI rendered unlnhnblta- 
 
 «• for every puri»ose except fh'*f of doforallon. 
 
 • • • trees were left In th i their 
 
 rhamcter >-tr>' and Ingenuity. th«- .•d for 
 
 ats and caves, a: ••! t.. sni.-ii them- 
 
 in and sun and i ;s. • • • In the 
 
 • • no order ■ ;.. imve t>een followed; 
 
 ut of th- In so cn>wde<l an area; 
 
 ••'' "^ ' • '■^- from lime to time 
 
 si_ • • • 
 
 <'overe<l the surface 
 
 with excrements. The smks over the lower i»or- 
 
 were lm|>erfe<t In plan. The volume of water 
 
 to wash away the feces, and as they accum- 
 
 ♦Mf*>«» In th*» lower port'on of the stream as to 
 
 Heavy • ssed the stream 
 
 for thp ; ' lh«» lnrT«»ns*Ml 
 
 ■ ■■ ■ .1 
 
 < '.\ .m-T x I T riir* 
 
 .•nient exclti .1 ilf- 
 
 '". • • • Ah,,. ,... ,,,,..,.iH were 
 
 • want of exercise. lmpro|MT dift, Mcur\ > 
 
 th<V \Si-T.' Un.liili' ti» .X.i. U.il.- t>.. M ).,,:•. 
 
 U*- Hi*k ami Instifftrient. From the 
 
 1 has been Insufficient 
 
 proper police and hyylenlc regulations It 
 
ff'Wi 
 
 CHRf)NIOLK8 nP A WAR PRI84>NEIL 217 
 
 r.l t l-ll t.. \...l...-^ II.. 1 ...... . I..... ,,f 
 
 ria to t! 
 
 1 N.rioiislv ill r,..!. r.ilM i,, thi 
 
 
 1 ii» 
 
 mm- 
 
 chroiilc «l>m»nU'ry. 
 
 :... lying 
 
 . iMlllt 
 
 un«I«>r 
 
 .it 'ho 
 
 t>l#ry. «n#1 ifnnrr*»n«» w«t*» pr^vnlllr;? 
 
 ' '.I ' I'-' I \> I I II .1 I) I Ml I 1 
 
 y hnnd. in lUI lU 
 
riTRrvvirT.ipp op a war prisoner. 
 
 xlon. piil«» Kumii. f*»<»bl«». 
 in. nnd fflU\ brcnth. to 
 nky. dirty, i nwollen fwituren. ir^*' »-'" 
 
 Ilv!1 funiC" -*. Uk^h^ tcr'th Of f!*»Tn ' ' ' 
 
 with U> . and iH't<M » 
 
 r<n<! ha: \iri»mUlfi«. "i 
 
 ^ ciiiuil.s. Aj.J lurK*. HI 
 a dnrk purpllfih fiitiK' 
 -. M rif ncurvy tho pnrotM i 
 an to i»rerlude entirely l! 
 
 '*->}. • • • Severe i.,.,,,^ .>., . 
 . Bwelllnicii in varioun pnrtn. et*\ 
 • •M>|>anied with Btlffnens and < 
 "^leii. often prevontlnic the : 
 irtil. • • • I obnerved lu; 
 •*. and nprendlnfc scorbutic ulcers, which hnd super- 
 sllKht injuries. The scorbutic ulcers presented a dark, 
 funicold, elevated surface, with livid swollen edices. and 
 n thin, fetid, sanious fluid, instead of pus. Many ulcers 
 • 1 from the scorbutic condition of the syt«tem be- 
 i». • • • From the crowded, filthy condition. 
 
 ' ondltlon ' 
 
 'heir sys- 
 
 it the s 
 
 • II of ih«' 
 
 .1 M,,... i-ff»M tji of i ... 
 
 • • '• of :i 
 
 »r a mosquito bite, in - 
 
 
 ♦'"M and Ranicrene. 1.. 
 
 ^ ;-.... .1.-- 
 
 •rult are the chief causes of s<nirvy. 
 
 ry and the bread furnished the prls- 
 
 found that they were supplle<l almost entirely with 
 
 froi^ which the husk had not been sepiirated. This 
 
 as an Irritant to the alimentary canal, without adding 
 
 • • • I strongly urice<l the preimratlon of l.irico 
 
 idf from the row's an<I calves' heads with the 
 
 to which a lib«Tal supply of sweet p»»tatoes 
 
 t been advai ' adde<l. The material 
 
 •• for the pr- of such soup In larire 
 
 '■' additiojuii . \, . t H... 8uch ' ■ ' i 
 
 . rnitritlou«*. but it would 
 
 . . . .^. :.t for t) . .. ...oval of the s«... . 
 
 r>n. n th«« St under several 1<> 
 
 !»•••. 1 two f; h were open on 
 
 '-. or upon surh ranire.! > 
 
 • 'Idlnic or even straw.. • 
 tb*>iM> i*b«-<lH iM it • II my (*hronlcle In Auirust). 
 
 "The hacKord. l cniuntenances of these miserable. 
 
 »mplalninf. dejected, living skeletona. crying for medical aid and 
 
1»F A WAIl 1'U1HmM:i( ;ij 
 
 ,» t. 
 
 ;• • • • IK>«Mltr^J I" 
 
 i# w^lfnr«» of th#«lr ft- 
 
 t-n 
 
 t.i.r J vv ■ - • - 1 ! .e..l to 
 
 b« th« r- rvl«««n«M a: f nui. 
 
220 CHRONIOLK- WAIt riCISONKIl. 
 
 !h«« WftUt of 
 . uno f»f fiyn- 
 
 l' .1 
 
 . r 1 
 
 fn. 
 
 '• ■• ■' •» • « «• - - ■> ••' •• •'! lo <!e- 
 
 pn M huvf 
 
 L.-. htiionil 
 
 ir. 
 
 with olil tent cloth iin<l bUKh»'M. nituiitfU in Ihtr •uuth- 
 
 (-nrrrr of thf» hM5j>ttMl grroundn. When a patient die*. 
 
 t In front of his tent, until he Is 
 
 tullorl to carry off the dead: If a 
 
 . itll the mornlnir. and 
 
 I for hourn In thei»o 
 
 tii.- ...rj.s.M ii.- ujHjn the biire ground. 
 
 h an«l vermin. 
 
 ter Five la- 
 
 I .1 n.- u .-»■.■ ! ' ... ; ,; . : ::. ^ "( 
 
 - were de(>endent In errcat measure 
 
 • if the lenti* wii» foul In the extreme. The entlrt» 
 lfr*» ; '•*'! rt Trin«»»r>ii?« f1tt«KUHtlnfic nmell. I entered nearly 
 
 nil • ! cn»es of InlcreHt. e.ipeclally raiieM 
 
 of V it Ion <»f my )>atholo(cical Inquiries 
 
 •t lunlty lo jud^ correctly 
 
 of I 
 
 men I. 
 I from !»• 
 
 > smoke ami ftlih tliui they resembled ne^o< 
 tnon • • • 
 
 '■" 1st of March to the Slst of n 
 42. C"- . u'ountiM WiTe retw>rted Vo c! . 
 
riinoNICLEh A An PRI 221 
 
 .ul Uun'- fiKUf't, Urge as 
 
 from 1 I 
 
 (If t 
 
 dru ' ' 
 
 nun . UaiiiMk lU>« 
 
 klnda. and cti« concvnirntion or ti<>xi<iufi ••rrim 
 Mit Conctuftionft. 
 t mortal • 
 mill n ftt A 
 
 rauM*«. ui U' 
 ••Th«» rhi. 
 
 an Important aztant tn ita onvin an4 con ul 
 
 ■ •■.«. 
 
 tlotmry. :ri 
 
 eaa<*« «•' :ii 
 
 thr attU iKUtvy 1 wjim 
 
 flu. . ly. and the >ia and 
 
212 CHRONICLES OF A WAR PRISONER. 
 
 flhr. B wer« ftlmont ir s,.nt. From the 
 
 wat f the bloo<!. th«T» wn iierou* cffUfl- 
 
 unlvemally present, • • • 
 
 "The fact that jmnRrene appeared In the stockade first, and 
 oritrlnated si>ontaneou»Iy without previous contnirlon. and oc- 
 curre<! si>ora«JlcAny all over the stockade and prison hospital, was 
 proof positive that this disejise will arine whenever th«' conditions 
 nf rrowiIliiR. filth foul nlr and had diet are prpsent. The exhala- 
 ^ fmni t) h.'ir ef- 
 
 * to a c- ^. The 
 
 ' ,;••[•• .iiii'iiii; tii'x«- (•! 1 M Tui ?^ .il>i <-.( I "• I ii'.iriy to de- 
 
 •' jitiite c»f the ifenenil Hyuii-ni induced by diet, and 
 
 .,... i,>fi.i..,,,-..M. The rapliiity of the appearance and 
 
 !«-d uiK>n the j>owers and state of the 
 
 ifon the intensity of poison In the at- 
 
 mos|>here. or upon the direct application of poisonous matter to 
 
 rh.. '.v.,iin«!ed surface. This was further illustrated by the fact that 
 
 or a disease resembling It In all essential respects, at- 
 
 f- Intestinal canal of |»atientH laborinic under ulceration 
 
 • .f M. althouRh there were no local manifestations of 
 
 Icai . M the surface of the body. This mode of termination 
 
 In I '.an fjulte common in the foul atmosphere of 
 
 the ^ Military Hospital, in the depressed, de- 
 
 pravj < •>i,ii; 1.", i.i I (ii- system of Kodi'ral prisoners. 
 
 *'A scorbutic roMdltli»n of the system ni»peare«l to favor the 
 
 ..rii-ii, ,,r r,.,ii 111. .., .J uhich fre«iuently took on RanRrene. Hcur>'y 
 
 ly existed In the mtme indivlduid. In such 
 
 with veRetable acids, would remove the 
 
 scorbutic condition without curinR the RnnRrene. • • • As In 
 
 Th** present case of Andersonville. so also in past times when med- 
 
 hyRlene was almost entirely noRlecte<l. those two diseases 
 
 nlmo«t universally ass'»ciated in crow<led ships. In many 
 
 "ry difficult to decide whether the ulcer was a simple 
 
 vy or of the artioit of prison RanRrene. f€»r there was 
 
 irr...i MM lit my In the appearanc* of ulcers In the two dls«'aseft 
 
 *"' - ■ ' - •» • ' "tn foul atmosphere amuptaT ,c!. 
 
 fre. . ,,o. did no Rood that th«» 
 
 "^' . .':om it. and from prevailinR i-"., u-.u- 
 
 inary roe41cln«« di^ no good owing to bad conditions. 
 
thnf In i> 
 
 CHHONICLKS OF A WAR PRIBONm. 
 
 ■« upon tv 
 
 nt was 
 
 221 
 
 ■ 1 xi» IW- IHH <ll 
 
 fi tiilm-rv ivtltn l..iillv t>'r 
 
 t 
 
 t 
 
 r 
 
 t 
 » 
 
 laiiof) «'r ti..- rvj:. 
 prisoneni.** 
 
 The lajil I 
 
 tnrn uf 
 
 fH> tin- 
 
 • In i.ii'tiMt) or ;it 
 of an rxruiM* for any 
 irfan* lt» the trralmrnl «»f 
 
 FD'TORq rOMMFNT<; 
 
 death." ?■ 
 offlcal r 
 
 In * 
 
 month to month of the proportion of 
 r iivinc \B Intprmtlnff. Ftocta taken from the 
 
 I. 
 
 lied. 
 
 > Ihr*"^' dirtl. 
 
 of thU horror r>fH nnr on* «»v«»r 
 
 putN the total number 
 
I€ rimoNK'LKS OF A WAR I'HISoNKR. 
 
 EDITOR'S LAST SAY. 
 Whnt b4»tler cnn ho jt!»l.l uf l*I<»rfuce and several other Con- 
 sJcrate milltnr>' prl«onii? 
 
 The sutldon denth of Winder ns he wan entertnfr n banquet - 
 Iff lent for officers at Anderwonvllle the evening of January 1. 
 865. doubtleM saved him from the fate that later overtook WIrx. 
 nd If Davis had been tried as an accessory to the fact, what 
 ; been his end? In fact, were not WIrx. Winder, and olh«TM 
 • rles, and was not the principal at Kli hmond. as Mr. Hlatnc 
 t,^ U? 
 
 ADDENDA. 
 
 Tho i|untation on pup* 1*20 oMcipfd imM.f r.;idiii;: ;iii«l w;is not 
 r«*<lit<*d. It Hhould rt'u*!: 
 
 S«-«-inic loo much Mdnrwi \uut conjcculwl your blood 
 Arid mvloncholy in thr nur«t« of flrvnay. 
 
 • ••••• 
 
 Framr yoor tnln«l lo mirth •lul morrimrni. 
 Whieh bar* « thonaarul hurms Mfxl Ivnifthcn* lire. 
 
 hhiikm|M'«r». 
 
 The word •M.orrllla,** for thr uh4* Intondod, should havp Imhmi 
 p««ll««<l "tSu««rrilU.** A f««w i»thi?r HiijchI orn»rH «>m'up«Hl attiMition 
 II pr<Kif rorroolioii. 
 
 6 
 
 R 1) - 9 4 
 
rilRONirLKII op A WAR PRIBONFm. 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 r' 3 
 
 f 
 
 3 
 
 '3 
 
 .»/? 
 
 ?.» 
 
 37 
 
 fi 
 
 Inc. ft 
 
 7Q 
 
 hi ^.» 
 
 .S'l'... . .' Oir.^iirti S^ 
 
 Arrivf at >3 
 
 Pri ■■■ ^ r>o 
 
 St 64 
 
 Is 69 
 
 /^«' 73 
 
 Pr 7Q 
 
 Pr S2 
 
 <jo 
 ..97 
 
 <JQ-lOt 
 . . lOJ 
 
 '04 
 
 /05 
 
 foq 
 
 tio 
 
 iruouiTs jrt'imincc spring — Deyo. 113 
 
221 CHRONirLKS oF A WAR PRISONER. 
 
 Interesting Records and Comtnentt t r^ 
 
 AVjf A/ of Jubilee 
 
 Girls With True Southern Hearts ; - > 
 
 Home seekers' Excursion in Dixie I ?S 
 
 ExSorthcrn Man, Ft. tji 
 
 Arriie at l-lorcr.t' /.?.< 
 
 Prisoners Ot, 
 
 s\'ine Days' .S • 
 
 Ttvo Remarkable Speeches... 
 
 Why Rebels Want ./r r • 
 
 Uncle Abe's Enemy r.: 
 
 Da^is and ll'tndcr 
 
 History Stud-fs. Etc 
 
 I'ote for . !—A Erosty Wiue. 
 
 Barrett's : u Order 
 
 On to Charleston — Hcmeivard PoUnd . 
 
 Concluding Sketches from Diary /<>; 
 
 Poem, Lincoln io6 
 
 Visited Clara Hart on 
 
 Pound Her Brother's Cr^^rr 
 
 Prison Psalms ....... • » • 
 
 Of Ear Away Jio 
 
 Pilf^rimage ^/ ? 
 
 Confederate Testimony ^/S 
 
 Editor's Comments j^jt 
 
 As Seen by Senator Blaine. . . »> M 
 
 Editor's Last Sav *X) 
 
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