Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-03-27
THE REPUBLICAN.
TALE.OF A PRISONER.
TREATMENT or FEDERAL SOLDIERS
By THE REBELS.

teIest has been manifested in regard to the
treatment of Federal prisoners in Rich
mond. in this county as well as almost ev-
cry other place in the loyal portion of the
Union. have concluded. at the solieita-
tion of many friends. TO give you the fol-
lowing statement of matters and things
that came under my notice willis held IN
'.lurapea vile" in the Capitol of the
southern Confoieracy-the home of the
+. F. V's--ths hot-bed of Secession and
treachery.
-. ArTER oun CAPTURE.
In jour last weeks issue gave state
ucnt Of the skirmish between my party of
seven. and the rebels. up to the time of our
surrender. After we had yielded. we were
taken to Martinsburgh. arriving there just
as the shades of evening were thickening
about the city. and after some considerable
delay, the captain who had us in charge.
found hotel where they were willing to
give us something to eat. for the JEFF Davis
currency.
on EXHIBITION.
During all the time thst the Captain was
hunting q plscs to procure refreshments.
We were exposed to the gaze of large
crowd who had gathered around to see the
Did Yankees" and as we sat there
npon the horses which had brought us thus
far ON our Journey. we attracted as much
attention rs any animal show that ever tfa-
veled, taking into consideration the fact
that our advent among the citizens of the
place had not been previously announced
We were relieved from the gaze Of the
multitude. which by this time had swelled
to several hundred. by the return. Of the
Captain. who again took rs in chsrge. and
conducted rs to hotel, where. supper was
IN preparation.
STRONG GUARD NECESSARY.
We were strongly guarded, and indeed
it was necessary--not so much TO keep us
from breaking ont as to keep tho yelling
mob outside from rushing In.
vrRerSra HOSPITALITY
After supper was over (hy tho way Il
consisted Of tough beef and burnt-brcal
coffee. we were escorted ~ the parlor-
The landlord fa.etiously and repeatedly re-
marking to me that he would show us
some Of "our Virginia hospitality" There
were large number of Secesh officers pre-
sent. and two or three young ladies'. The
landlord told me- that one OF them was his
sister and intimssel that if would re-
quest it she would give US some music on
piano which stood in the room. L OF
course asked her to- do so. bet she declined,
saying that she did not wish to hurt the
feelings of myself and fellow prisoners. by
singing songs that could not help but be
repugnant to Us. aiding in an undertone
that owing to the presence of so many of
Jeff's officers, she would be compelled to
sing Southern songs. however told her
that it wonld not hurt my feelings in the
least, and after some further reluctance she
sat down to the piano and sang:
"Yankee doodle came to town
On little pony"
As myself and party had bat few minutes
before came into tha place on horseback.
leave It to the reader whether or not It was
hard to see the point.
RUNNING THE GArSrLKT.
About eight o'clock we were told to get
ready TO proceed TO Winchester. distance
about % miles. The crowd outside the
hotel had become so large that it was dan
eerous for us to GO out in the usual way
so the Csptaio formed line from the back
yard ont into the street. and having pro-
eured . wagon for the men to ride H. CIV
ing me horse-we were all got ready In
the saru-yard. and then when everything
was ready. the Captain gave the word. and
we went ont of the town like a streak
followed BY the taunts and jeers of the
.unlsitude. could not help thinking oil
,sthc hospitality" the landlord spoke Of
ARRIVAL AT WINCHESTER.
We arrived at Winchester about o.
clock that night. and were turned into the
ruarl-house. along with eight or ten ne.
arocs. and about twenty-five or thirty citi
ssns who had been arrested for their sup
posed Union proclivities. then. Tor tho
first timo since our capture, had si'yA
touch Of the "blues." and think the boys
were similarly affected. We had nothing
but the bare floor to sleep on with 70 blank
cts or any thing for a covering
BODY GUARDS
verv soon discovered that niggers and
Union men were not the only occupants o
tho Guard- Honse-in fact the discovery
was very feelingly impressed upon me.
-~..Oft in the Silly night
Ere slnmber's chain had b1und me.
car felt the cursed bite
OF something crawling round me-.
BREAKFAST.
- About 10 o'clock the next day an office
came in and ordered Us to form line for roll
call--ue did so--nigsers. Union IN n. an
Tuck Saui's solliers--sll feN in. and stoo'
ill we were counted. The officers the'
sssola ms ID remain there till he distributes
our rations. which consisted OF small
niece of fresh beef and half loaf OF brea'
70 each: when he came to me. however
no said "sein' IS you are Captain yo
may have . whole lorf. now thar"
thanked him kindly and took Il all How
20 cook our beef wss the next question. a
tAess were neither pots. kettles nor stes
pons" to be ionnd; but one OF the Unio
men came to our relief and informed us tia
1--WE would wait until he cooked hi
breakfast we might have his Tin pan. A
there was not another article Of the kin
therc--scs va;tedv
AT HEADQUARTERS.
After We had got our breakfast wnic
was about one o'clock, We were informe
that our presence was wanted at the ofhc
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