The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-06-04

AN ESCAPED UNION SOLDIERS EXPERIENCE IN DIXIE
HIS TALK WITH BeAUREGARD-How UNION PEI
soNEas ARE TREATED IN TUSCALOOSA, ETC.
In the New Albany Qndiana) Ledger we and the mar
ratve Of Sergeant Gardner who belonged to an Indiana
regiment, taken prisoner at the battle Of Shiloh and
made his escape from rebel prison in Tuscaloosa
Sergeant Gardner and member Of his company named
Burt took position behind at the battle OF shiloh
whence they fred with good effect. number Oh shots
at the color bearers OF rebel regiment some sixty 70
ono hundred yards in front Of them, and killing SIX OF
eight men who attempted TO hold up the nag Finaiiy
the flagstaff the ground, and the rebels
took TO the cover of the bushes near by. From this
cover thoy succeeded in woundng and disabling Burt
who dropped his gun. In his haste to load, Sergeant
Gardner got ball fast In his gun noar tho nuzze,
rendering IL useless, and setting il up against the tree,
he picked up Burts gun and fred it until ball from the
the enemy struck it near the second band shaterng
the wood and SO denting the barrel as to rendor II u
serviceable Bv this time the rebels had advanced TO
within twenty tive yards Of the tree behind which he
standing, and seeing hope OF escape Sergeant
Gardner threw down his gum drew his navy revolver,
and fred its six shots into the rebel ranks when he was
surrounded and seized prisoner. The same ball that
disabled the last gun glanced OH into his arm, incting
severe wound
After his capture Mr.. Gardner was Immediately moved
of to Corinth where no remained till nine O'Clock the
next evening" and taken to General Beauregard who
asked what he there for Hc answered, ITO uphold
the Union" General Bsauregard said: "God damn the
Union there You have come down here TO night
gentlemen. You are aset OF damned Yankee roopers'
murderers and thieves You here to rob and muir
der the women and children. ! have notion 70 nang
you" Gardner answered, "They have tried 70 shoot
me )" and pointed to his wounded arm, and Bcauregard
answered. sIt is pity It was your damned head"
An artillery officer here nterpcsed, begging the Genera
not to abuse him, as he was prisoner when the Genora
answered. He has better sense than TO come 10 our
soil aud fight Why did he not stay at home! he dia
not want mo there" Gardner said to him. General, II
power lam prisoner Of war II you were taken pii'
by you would not be treated in this man
ner" lie replied that he never would be taken prisoner
From Corinth Sergeant Gardner taken to Mobile.
While at Corinth he and conversed with Perry Caycc
formerly of this city but Lieutenant Colonel of the
Twentyfr Alabama rebel regiment Clyce, on account
of the sickness Of the Colonel commanded the regiment
during the fight at Shiloh, and expressed the utmost
hatred Of tho "damnod Yankee and Hooscr aboonsts
as he termed them.
At Mobile Sergeant Gardner confined in q cotton
shed, where nc visited by Andy Cobb formerly CT
this city but merber OF the Alabama Coast Guard
rebel regiment recruited for coast defence. Andy ex
pressed his surprise that the river men from about New
Albany should volunteer to fight with the aboitonsts
against the South he regards the Southeners Us the
best friends Of our river and that it was their inter
est to aid her in her struggle for independence.
TREATMENT PRISONERS AT TUSCALOOSA.
Daily rations OF corn bread, and one day meat and
beans and the next day meat and rice, with water to
drink the fare OF the federal prisoners at Tuscaloosa
The water was takon from we'll in tho centre OF the
yard seventy feet Deep and about thirty feet from the
drcd prisoners On the 18th Of April one of the prison
shot for looking out Of tho window. This was
the third man shot for tho same thing The printed
rules signed by ]. II. Wnden, who was commander Of
the prison. said if prisoners looked out Of the windows
that they we're to be warned TO withdraw and if they
fused they to be shot, These rules were not gen
orally posted up, and this prisoner who was shot had
just come in They snapped cap at me once, and sew
era times had guns pointed At me. Sergeant Wirts,
Louisiana creole had charge Of the prisoners and was
/ very abusive to them, calling them damned Yankee -
and said II the Yankees canfe there he would burn oil
the prisoners in the building Tho soldier who shot the
prisoner at the window is FAMED James Geesey, and
lives in Tuscaloosa county. There are three hundred
Confederate troops at Tuscaloosa.
/ TIE ESCAPE PURSUIT.
Samuel A. Love, Gardner and others escaped
Tuscaloosa by digging through the wall of the JAIL on
the night OF May 5. They travelled in the woods from
Tuesday night, eleven O'clock until Thursday after
wards without seeing any one, when they found thoy
| were fifteen miles west northwest from Tuscaloosa,
and eight miles from New lexington the nearest town
They out Of provisions and had only fifty cents
in money in the company They had snapped for rebel
clothes before they left tho prison bought some corn
Bread slept every night in the woods Friday received
information that they were pursued The report got
ahead Of them They told by woman to look on,
for the Yankees and give the alarm to tho planters
| who would huat them with dogs and niggers. They
| represented themselves ViTginans, recently dis
charged from the twelve months service, and said
| thoy were going TO Jasper to reenst to go te
Corinth They travelled by day in tho woods and by
night in the roads and encountered picket on bridge
at branch OF the Tombgbee river; won't around and
| waded the stream eight miles above arrived Nortf
through the woods; had pocket compass with them
keptaway from towns cano the Tennessee river
mile above Decatur in Morgan county, at Cedar Plains
met with Mr.. -, 1--WE suppress the name for obvious
reasons staunch Union man. to whom thoy mad
| themselves known. From him they obtained valuable
information, and were put on the right road. Mr. -
told them that among the mountains there were grea
many Union men, When thirteen miles from Decatur
| on creek met man by the name Of Horn, who wa
bind in his left eye. lie gave them information and rs
citizens clothes and pilot them through the Yankees I
their camp.