The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1862-10-30

wretch That nov Gets loot upon Southern
tail Qae 4 r., purposes in coming
bore eas n ak u lalhoun and his
pyppnttizers here When ! wanted pro.
visions, VIXEN my fellow officers were
saaering, many Of them being sick and
II want q Medicine, when our money
Vas all gone, md Capt. Gregg had no,
yet returned | had a watch, present,
which | oiferd 70 sell NO, sir" says
Calhoun" you can, 40 it." said" per.
init one Of your bankers to come down
here. md let me negotiate 2 loan'
You cant do that" Then. / sad" vii
YOU permit one Of your officers to bor-
row some iE@ney that l may relieve
these mcn9" "Can't 10 tits contrary
20 cnr ralea."- got lie,senant to take
that watch and chain worth at least
$3.50. and sell i. for me- lie obtained
for It the pi,it'ul SUN OF 1920, in conted.
crate script, ana with tha; We purchased
provisions. A soon, however IS j. WINS
found We haa . little money, provis.
IONS went mp hundred per cent.
Laughter. Calhoun would no, e,lni,
any one to sell to ns except his commits
harry, with whom he was in partnerships
We soon received news that We we're
- he exchanged, The cartel had been
signed, and then We became happy. Al.
though our fare was hard, we expected
every day, for two Or three months, to
leave Tor home. We finally received in.
formation that We we're to go, but many
sad .lisaIpointmen's did we have Is IN
''ierho. Ever day, for week sitter week,
we were disappointed News would
come that some q the Guard had said
that The prisoners We're to g home in
VI few days. For over month sc were
~ leave for home in very few days.
a, las, the order came. We were
placed III box cars--cattle cars that is
---c"lonels, corporals, brig adler generals
nni captains, al together. II those
cattle cars We were compelled TO travel
700 miles by rail, without seats, excep,
for about fifty miles. We were iuAd!ed
together, no rations were furnished, NC
rnuld cat OILY wheat We could bny. We
finally reached Richmond and were
placed in tn" Libby p~'son Fras, there
We were sen. 10 Ahsen's Landing, and
when II last we came in Sight OF Uni
'cd Statcs steamer, and hche!.! tie old
F'ars aY,l stripes waving, on hearts
9"aped for JOY at Ills first sign os the
land az liberty. (Trenrntlons applar>eI
We marched on board that steamer,
and for the first time in SIX ana half
months, ne had private soldiers to pre-.
SCENTS arms % us
I really felt as if we're seventeen feet
high. uf my own accord, ! cried for
JOY could no. help it, I felt so good
We came to Fortress Monroe, and
ihsre ! was told BY Gen. Dix that
had been exchanged for over two
months, ana General Crittenden also,
bot my fellow officers were not ex
changed. | founl that Gen. Pittigrew,
for whom 7 had been exchanged, had
been slightly wounded, and had gone
'i,me, and the managers of the South
rrn Confedcracy were determined to
keep me ont Of service until Pettirrew
get VOL. The truth is, that story which
vas IN the North about the way in
which vas captured had never gone
eanth. They gave me credit down there
for being gallant officer, which my
trends at home did not do for q nie0th
o. two And now word about the
discrimination Of these people. Some of
YOU talk about ending this war without.
.erere fighting. You are mistaken.
Ynnanas, fight, and fight hard. We
nave not man too meny now in the
he'd We'haye not enough strange as
= may appear 70 you for they have toe
many friends up here. Immense ap.
rianse. and cries, That's true, y /
VII provo thatto yon by the record TO-
night. These people have hlssed into
NY ear, tirno and again." We wish this
- become war Of determination. y
iley hare policy in that. What it il,
! cannot tel, unless it is, they think by
n'aking i.a'war Of determination, some
fafeign power may enterfere in their be.
hall. Furthermore, they told me-" Sir.
'Te have more friends in illinois than
vnn have Union mon In the South.
They publish that to their people. List
] may be misunderstood let ne tell Won
Republicans, / Am no Republican. Dem,
tr.rat, | am no Democrat. 7 am a soldier