The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-10-30

there OF all places that the officers suffer
ed most-in sn old cotton warehouse,
with not blanket to lie on-not one.
There we're commissioned officers, intel.
llgeut human beings, forced to use all
their ingenuity in making bone rings
to sell to the citizens to obtain money
with which to buy the food to sustain
life. 1t was there that Col Bliss, of
Michigan, was murdered.
MURDER OF col. BLISS
Col. Bliss was bascly nurdered-let NC
tell you how. He was getting hi, can
teen filled with milk. He had the priv.
llege from the commander Of the post of
filling it Inside Of the guard. He wen,
from the warehouse to the cabin on the
line Of the guard, handed his cantecn to
the lady, who was about filing it, when
the guard called out, You have been
there long enough, get away He said,
wait until | get my cauteen. He reach
ed his hand tor it, the lady passed it to
him, lie turned around aud was going to
lis quarters, when lie was muredvred-
two charges from the shot gun entering
his breast. He fell lead. TIE citizens
OF Montgomery gathered around and
looked at his body as it lay there, and the
only remark made was, THAT old sho,
gun made pretty good bole through the
ID Yankee" [Scnsa'iou
COR BLESS TIE LADIES.
Thank Heaven there are to day two
good, true, loyal Uuron men in Mcnt.
gomery. They reside there, but l dare
not tell their names in Chicago tonight, !;
IN travelling over Illinois, dare not call
thcir names, ior there are traitors here
that will soon let them be known as Tn
ion men in Montgomery A'abama. Cries
OF "t'ue, y true and applause. Those
two men sent me word-"General Prem.
tiss, your sick and wounded soldiers " ho
were wounded at Shiloh, are suffering
and dying in the hospital! here for want
CT attention. | obtained permission,
through Col. Geddvs, Of Iowa, to visi,
these men. We entered the hospital TO-
gethcr. AZ we came to the 1oor, it was
announced to the men that their General
was coming to pay them visit, and oh .
II ever beheid sight upon earth that
made me feel sad, i. was when l entered
that hospital. There lay over one hun
dred of those brave suffering soldiers
some dying with vari us diseases, and
many Of them, although it was two
months aud half since they were wouu-
ded at Shiloh. yet wore upon their backs
the foul and bloody shirts they had
brought from tha, field, never having
been furnished a change. went among
them snd took them by the hand. They
cri ID cried. Col. Geddes cried, and
| could curse the msn that would not cry
(cheer.). j found that hospital swarm
ing with velmln. found my soldiers
lying there on pallets ot hay, between
boards set upon the Ice, with none to
take care Of them save those of their own
number who had partially recovered. |
tnrned upon my heel after conversins
with them and said, boys, | will do
something for you" went to the city,
and then | found two m,n from Chicago
married men. They dare not tell u.e
they were Union men, but | knew they
were. went iuto the hotel. As pass
ed through the hail | looked to the top
OF the stairs, and there were two ladies'
crying. l knew them approached them
and told them the condition Of our SOL
diers, and they generously gave me two
hundred aud fifty dollars to relieve those
unfortunate men. God bless them -
Immense cheers One Of those men
took the cars with me, and we came fifty
miles together. He talked seccsh and
talked Union all the time. but during
the conversation he remarked gently,
''General, how are you Of for funds ?"
IL have not red cent, was my answer.
He slipped into my hand twenty FIVE dol,
RS, which | divided with my fellow
officers. [Eenewed cheers Many of
those men in that hospital died, but let
n,e say in behalf of those ladies, that af
ternoon they visited them. taking with
them scissors, clothing and other things
necessary for the soldiers. They trim.
med their hair, they furnished them with
clean clothing and bedding, washed their
.oiled and wounded limbs and took as
tcpder care Of them as if they had been
their own children To night a large
majority Of those soldiers are living, and,
thank Heaven, are on their way home
LApplause.
AN ATTEMPTED ESCAPE.
Go little further Take Lieut. Ford,
one Of my own officers. lie cndeavorel
to escape, aud what was his treatment? ?
4 pack Of those nferual bloodhounds
was sent after him. He VIA caught and
dragged back with handcuff, upon him
He got those handouts, brought them
home with him, and has them to night.
Let me come nearer home. l, too, was
prosecuted like the rest. I thought it
was my duty to attempt to escape Col.
Gcddes thought it was his duty. Twen.
tytwo others thought likewise. and we
concluded we would escape We were
caught 10 the endeavor. Ten of US were
confined in dungeon sixteen feetsqnare,
with an aperture only six inches wide to
admit the light.
At Atalauta, confined in court house,
We perceived large procession conirg
up the street-two o: three wagons and
a great concourse Of men, women and
children following. When they were
opposite to US We beheld some men rise
in the wagons and raise their caps to US
We counted them. They we're on their
way to the gallows. They were United
States soldiers from the Ststc of Ohi- =,
and were taken out and hung within two
hundred yards Of our prison. The rope
broke with two Of them. They were
compelled to stand and behold the strug
giles Of the other FIVE until they were
dead. Then they were strung up too,
and naid the nenalty for doinc=xhat !,