Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-11-06

was iitil uutJ W cocdpt. Trey maze III
. ,endeavor, Were caught, and brought back
chained together by log-chain aroun,
their necks, padlocked at that. They wer
4 marched through the streets, driven /,
prison an.lkeptthere for severAlrReeks il
!, that condition. Tender-footed Union men
what do you think OF that?,, Can you still
! apologize for them AMI say. "compromis,
with these people?'' Applause lie
! me tell you. the Sonthcrn men don't wan
to compromise. You desire to give fhes
people what they despise. They say de
family, they won't come back, and 20,
can't make them come back. say W,
can. Let us do it. [Great cheers ine'i
i Goa little further. Take Lieut.. Ford
one Of my own Ulcers. lie endeavored;te
!, escape. and what was his treatment? A
pack of those internal blooahounds wa.
sent after him. He was caught and drag
ged back with Ahsndcnffs upon him. III,
got those handcnffsy brought them ,om,
with him, and has them 10 night. Let m,
come nearer home. Il, too. was prosecuted
like the rest. thought it was my duty
to attempt to escape. Col. Geddos tho
iit-was his duty. Twenty two other tho
likewise. aud we concluded we would es
cape. We were caught in the cndeavor.-
len Of us were confined in a dungeon six
teen feet square. with an apartment on
lys,x inches wide to admit the light Wv,
procured afile and filed of the ehain-th,
felon's chain--that lhnng to the floor di-
viding the links among the different off.
GERS, Here is mine. THE audience greet
Ell the display of the iron link exhibited by
the General with great applause. 7 IshaI
carry 1t from this time On lhroughth the war
shall have it fastened to my saddle, and
every time enter an engagement with the
enemy | win look again at the ring which
| helped to file from the chain our dungeon.
and as | examine it more closely l will
learn,to hate any man in our land who will
not lend hand and heart in putting down
this rebellion. [Great cheering.
Go with me to Madison prison. AT
| Madison hundred and fifty of us were
placed in one room. I'VE were not per.
mitted to have anything but the rations
that were. issued to the common soldiers.
and but half ,rations at that. If l should
talk to you until to morrow night could
not tell you half of the long story of that
Imprisonment. At Madison prison. we
were placed under the charge of one w.
L. Calhoun. the most contemplate wretch
that now sets foot upon Southern soil.--
When wanted provisions, when my fell
low officers were suffering. many of them
being sick and in want of medicine, when
our money was all gone. and Capt. Gregg
had not yet returned, / had a watch, a
present. which | offered to sell. No, sir, :
says Calhoun. "you can't 10 it." ] said.
"permit one OF your bankers to come down
here. anil let me negotiate loan" "Y on
can't DO that" Then l said "will you
permit one Of your officers to borrow some
money that may relieve these men?"--
Cant do tits contrary to our rules"
| got lieutenant to take that watch and
chain worth at least S25G. and sell it for
me. lie obtained for il the pitiinl. sum Of
Sl20. in confederate scrip. and with that
we purchased provisions. As soon. how
ever, as it was found we had little mon
ey. provisions went up hundred per cent
Laughter. Calhoun would not permit
sny one to sell 10 us except his commits
sary. with whom he was.in partnership.
We soon received news that we were to
be exchanged. Although our fare was
hard. we expected every day. for two or
three months. to leave for home. Wefin-
ally received information that we were to
go, but many sad disappointments did we
have to undergo. Every day. for week af-
ter week. we were disappointed. News
would come that some Of the gnard had
said that the prisoners were to 60 home in
few days. For over month we were 70
leave for home in a few days. AT last the
order came. We were placed in box cars
cattle cars that is-colonels, acorporals,
brigadier generals and captains, all togeth-
er. Inthose cattle cars we were compelled
to travel 700 miles by rail, without seats,
except for aboot fifty miles. We were
huddled together. no rations we're furnish-
ed. we could. eat only what we could buy.
We finally reached Richmond and were
placed in the Libby prison. From there
we were sent to Aiken's Landing. and
when at last we came in sight Of the United
States steamer. and beheld the old stars
and stripes waving. our hearts leaped for
10y at this FIRST sign of the land of liberty.
Tremendous applause. We marched on
board that steamer, and for the first time
in six aud half months we had private
soldiers to psesent arms to u.s. 1 really
felt as ii were seventeen feet high. ..;-
We came to Fortress Monroe, and there
| was told by Gen. Dix that had been
exchanged for over two months. and Gen.
Crittendon also, but my fellow officers
were not exchanged. | found that Gen.
Pittigrcw for whom had been exchanged.
ha! been slightly wounded. and had gone
home. aud the managers of the Southern
Confederacy were. determined to keep me
out OF service until Pettigrew got WE'LL
Aud now word about the determine
tion of these people. Some of you talk of
ending this war without severe fighting -
You are mistaken You must fight, and
fight hard. We have not maa now too
many in the field We have not enough.
strange as it may appear to you, for they
have too many friends here. Immense
applaus. and cries. "that's so.) will
prove that to youiby the record night.
These people have Kissed into my ear.
time and again. 1--WE wish this to become
war OF extermination They have poll
icy in that. What is it, / cannot tell,
unless il is. they think by making it a. war