Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-08-12


were brought 10 by hundreds during The first
days Of the fight, and also Tor three or four DAYS
after. Though they were taken to Richmond
as fast as suitable conyeyAnces could be got.
sill the rebel Doctor in charge was heard to
say that there were Thousand Of their wound
ed hero AZ one tune. and that all the houses
near were crowded. Besides the house and
good number OF tents being full, the ground was
literally covered with them all around the prem
ises. They allalmitted their loss to be foarluly
large. Their common expression to us Wa
" Your men Just moved Us down like .ras, but
we dro0e you. Some would add, But reck-
on you lost as many as We In such a crowd
OF tne enemy who had been made desperate By
their sufftrngs and ,he mcn necessary to take
care Of iuem, W expected some rough treat
meat but. wl,b a very lew exceptions, we
heard no insultng or threatening remarks, nor
dld tbey offer tJ take anything from us, except
our arms, but woud bay almost any hing We
bad, at our OWL prices, and pas 10 Confederate
scrip. One Of rlgm vas almost angry becluse
} would not ~ him b,ye watch, which vas
not worth more than tu dollars. for twenty
tiyc dollars 10 C.Hades.tt treAsur, notes hut
! had faith tia. I should get ouJ ot rebellion
before ! should need ihat amount ut their mon
81, ana declined ine Confederate authorities
took Us 11od ear. u Ms s-oi ,heifown men, bat
p.'dca only h1.l r4uss or any Of us. and no
slgag, ttl, cpH'r or slll az that Bat 10 p.
wagaerui how Prtid.H.A IA ata eur wants
our uI-Rue when 10 upr0 0Gn G1cs could eat
sN hard iociS 20 d meal now had but TWO,
and ng ppeute cr47ai uu uolt-unlgs~ 10 was
let..t When tuey tid ..ot their woundel
mostly away, wc were taken also (July l7lh)
aul carried t0 Richmond II Dmuibusses brou sht
from co. city The uihc.r who bad charge Of
tho uaiu wasa yery kind aud geuticmanly per
son, pointed Oh everything Of interest on the
wh1 showed US the good springs OF water, ana
allowed as % stop lnd lill uur clutgen>. and gaye
g. al the uIylc, he could think ol to insure
god usage in prison. lie said be vas advised
20 bring Is guard bu, De- did not wan, any We
.-et one woman, however, who was Of a differ
tut temperament As she passed u.s. IN gay
buggy, sae sung out to the officer ia 4 shrill, au
lhurltatWo jout Who have you got there I"
Answer Yankees Where q YOU yet
EN- Back here in camp Are they
prs1nersg' Yes What did W want to
take EN- prisoners for you had no business to
you ought To have shot EN- all b lug near
the officer ! exclaimed, i" What woman :"
lie aug ghed. and said, - Oh she has lost her
husband, suppose but she wili only have The
tun pt getting mother
On arriving At Richmond We were confined in
Palmer 4 Allison's tobacco factory. near the
uyer Our baggage and persons were thor
oughiy searched before be door and cur KNAPP
sacks taken away, hut nothing else Of any con-
sequence. lacy lo3kc'i more particularly Tor
smAl arms, buI 'y tlr advJoe oi our conductor.
all such tnat the men hld ablut Jhem bad b.en
gwen uu before W. relcurd t.ecilg (My beau
ului .litls sIx-shooter got slipped, by accident,
lato tae coat pocket OF Union-0ying Negro,
who presume will Keep it)
Whie at Richmond oar lodgings We're NOT
over ni'e or desuuhIc, bat still 'blnk the Sc.
ce>h rulers did about as we'll hy a, a. they had
,1e moan, tp d. with uur rooms were dark
li~mal .ol c1aud aH oy.t with tobacco. TIE
room ,uat | occupied, WIKI s.m4 10 Others.
ha. > ar > cords oi tobacco stem, piled In one
corner. OGg iooi consisted ol oue Quar.tr D. a
,onI 0l bread, lgood,1 with cap OF thio ,oup
% ration tnd two ra,,uUs day. Those WHO
bad money could seul 1ut ny He guard, vino
were Very accomodi,ug, ANA hUy anything ther-
Wa lu the market, at rather aigh figure q. hs
snrc-hut,ur ) 800 pea pound, cheese -, ,u-
gar 10 ste mOla>ses 90 per gallon, a..
But We saw some sympathzIng faces even
here. Gao wouau told Us in confidence, that
there were many rich people q, Richmond who
would psoylde everything We needed II i! was
stte Tor them To do 1t She ,.id that she he
SELF had plenty OF means. and would gladly nj
dertAke 10 support 500 mon prisoners at her
own expense. II she dared To- There were many
bits ut hot biscuit and butter, hot coffee, pies
Se. smuggIed in 1T the windows We only
stald IN Richmond eight days. We were taken
out Friday morning, July ., and marched to
the depot that ~, MI thai were able to walk
the rest were carried in ambuhncrs We got
loaded, and left the secesh capital at O'Clock,
\. NJ. We had good passenger cars till We got
10 Petersburgh, when we Were transferred to
train oI freight and cattle cas-. without seats
and in these, all jammed up in heap, we trun-
died on to City Point winch we reached at
O'Clock p. NJ. We had not been a long time in
prisou to bc sure, hut it would he difficult to
descrlb, our sensations as We drew near the
landing, and saw hree large, beautiful white
steamers waiting 10 receive US, with the glor-
uus star. pangled banner hutteriug IN the hreez,,
and the decks covered with friends, among whom
Were a number Of ladies, waving as welcome
with caps aud hanikeschiels
am not demonstration nan. hut I own |
found my hat IN my mud, my heart In my
throat, and tears ON my checks, before well
knew where | was, | am sure the oli aas ney.
er looked so we'll before. We were soon trans.
lerred to tho Federal steamers Commodore.
State of Maine ana kennebec, the only iormili.
ty required OF us on going aboard being to give
our names, with the Company and Regiment to
which each belonged, Federal and Confederate
officer, sitting side by side, and each taking u
copy. When on board each man was furnished
with clean underclothes and clean bed also
a good cup of hot coffee We dropped down
the river mile or two that night and the nOxt