Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-10-29
Arrival CT FEDERAL Prison er..

Arrival CT FEDERAL PrisOubrs.
From the Richmond pis7zs,h Oct q.
The announcement IN the newspapers Yesterday
morning that large number Of Federal prisoners,
captured in the battle OF Lsesburg, W pud arrive
some time during the day, excited the curiosity Of
our inhabitants, and by nine O'Clock considerable
crowd assembled at the Central depot with deter
minatiGn 70 wait for the cars, matter what time
they came in. a guard Of soldiers under Lieut..
Bradford, stationed along the track of the rail
road from Brosd street to the engine hbsse, and
one save a few privileged characters, was suffered
to pass the line. The number OF spectators
stsutlv increased, until dense mass of human be
ings, Of ali ages, sexes, @1d Cond'tl'as IN r Il led
the adjacent streets end Gre wdsd tie outside plat
fOrms, the freight cars. and every other eligible
spot in the vicinity. Shortly before haf past 10
o'clock the distant whistle announced tie approach
of the train, which soon msGe ITS appearance. and
it was with the greatest difficulty thar the sennels
were enabled TO keep the impatient throag from
trespassing upon the IessrTed territory Files of
soldiers extended down Broad street for some dis
lance, leaving avenue between for the prisoners
~ pass throuEh. The train consisted of several
burden cars, 81 the doors of which armed Cenfede
rate soldiers were stationed, as custOlIans 70 the
foreign element within. Tee escort rom Na1as
sas, consisting Of 81 men, was unser command Of
Lieut. Col. T. Z. johnson, OF the l9sh Georgia regi
ment. and Cspt J. 3. Andrews, Of the 4Jh North
Carolina State troops.
Some time elapsed before the public generally
meanwhile were treated to a few buckets Of water,
which seemed TO be quite Acceptable. Ia one of the
the privilege Of getting drop Of the fluid be-
came subject Of controversy, and while one fellow
got sick II the stOmac from = cOuTade, which
somewhat daranged his powers Of suction. another
was interrupted in the process Of drinking by a
grUff Order--D )u't sobb-r in der butkei' The
guard interferrJd, and stopped tie raw before 1t
became general. The arrangements for the march
being at length completed. the first detachment CT
prisoners. composed of the following. twenty two
commissioned Ulcers. passed through the lines:
". K Lee. Colonel. Z0.h Massachusetts, Regiment
Gel COgswel, 18th New York.
Ell Revere, Msj)r, 20th Mass
Chss L Pearson, AdjutaDt 2D.h Mass.
EHR Revere. Asst Surgeon, 20Lh Mass.
Francis J Keffsr, Captsin lst California.
John NJ Studey, Captain l5,h Mass.
Henry Bowman, do.
ChEs Simmons, ' do.
John Makall. &" lst Cal.
Timothy OMears, 4" 421 New York.
Geo Perry, Lieut.. 2O:h Mass.
J E Green, Lieut., 18Th Mass.
Slm'l GiversOn. Lieut., 42d New York
Vim Harris, Lieut.. lst Cal.
II Hooper, Lieut., 18th Mass.
C " Hooper, Lieut. lst Cal.
Frank A Parker, Lieut. lat Cal.
Henry Vanyoast, Lieut., 42d New York.
W X Hesrns, Lieut., lst Cal
& W ke2rney, '- do.
B Vasaal, Lieut., 18Th Mass
These officers are generally men of fine personal
appearance and they passed along IN tho presence
of the wd they seemed 70 regard their stu alton
anything but agree ale. The remaining prisons
ers, non eOmmissioaed off ers and privstes. were
then ma -chei out IN detaclments and formed on
Broad street between files Of soldiers The whole
number of captured Yankees in the procession was
525 VIZ: p commissioned officers; l49 men from the
18th Massachusetts, regiment; 50 from the AID New
York; 1S4 from the lst California; 70 and one re-
gro from the 20th Massachusetts,; from the lst
New Jersey; l from the 40Lh New York; from
the Pennsy lvsnia Cavalry; and from the 81 Rhode
Island battalion. They were very wei dressed.
ard many Of them wore Comfortable oyercOats.
Some fsw had lost their hsrs, and some were bare
footed, having pulled off their shoes u swim the
Potomac during the panic, snd were rescued from
warery graves Oy cur advanced forces. The juye
niles in the crowd INDUCED in some derislye re-
marks, and portion Of the prisoafrs displayed
considerable impui5nce. One fellow SAID that their
turn would come BY and by. and that Lincoln and
Scott would both be in Richmond btfOre a great
while. another remarked TO a bystshder that they
had to hunt for the Southern soldiers to make them
fight and the bystan Ter rscko1ed that they fought
pretty well when they were found The negro
prisoner jet Of no little curiosity, and he
scene quite uneasy. H says his name Is Lewis /
A Bell, AMI tAat he free in the District of Co
lumbia; but some Of our citzens thought they had
seen him before and it Is very probable that he is
what the Yankees trim "cOatrablnl"
The guard commanded by CaFtain ONcil. Of
Georges, formed square, and with the cspives in
the centre, marched down Broad tobtL, thence TO /
Mdin, and down Main To 18th street fbliOTed By IN
imm- usa multitude of persons. Afler some little
delay. the prisoners marched into NIyOs fac
tory. corner Of 255h and Cary streetb. where they
will have ample opportunity to refsd upon the uu-
certainty Of war. The occupants of another prison
in the neighborhocd crowded the windows to get /
view Of this large reinforcement, bu. the spectIcs
did not seem 10 sffJrd them much Qualification
the special train in the morning brought infOr
that another LOT l.aoEburg prisoners
behind, and preparations were EccorJ ncly made TO
receive thru. 4 gsurd commanded OBJ Lieut. Laws I
of the 18Th Georgia regiment reps arid 70 the Cen
trail depot in the afternoon. The mai train arrived
at quarter past four o'clock with thHee ears full of
Yankees, Numbering 1872, two of wh0m were com I
missiOned officers Capt. G.. W Rock wood of the /
18th Mas achuSetts, AMI Leat. lar 8 Mcpherson,
of the Tam1a ~ regiment, New York. They wei 4
attended BY a gaurd Of rwenty-fJuIr men. under .
Captain Nsal, of the 18Th Georgia rig .ment. The /
crowd shout the depot cOnvsrsed freely with the .
prisoners; but no Tudeness was exhibited towards .
them They were very soon marched OF to the 4
factory, 10 Join their comrades in captivity.
Fcu-prisouers were broHehtup frodn The Peniusu>
Ia yesterday, by the Iork river train They claim
to be deserters from the Federal artly, and .
regard this very sensible proceeding On their part
we give them the benefit OF a publication of their .
names: Augustus B.sney, 1T Massact usetts battal
ion Dennis Gleason, Rev York F1I. A. L. Hart
well, 10th Massachusetts, and J0hh Telyear, lst
New York There are now nearly 2.O09 prisoners
in Richmond, ard the sooner sOme hundreds are
sent South, the better. We are in q situation not
unlike the msn y no got tie elephant as Prz5 10
the lO,tery-ho dila'J kh1E 1h4s u d. with II.
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