The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-08-10

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numbers Of engines aud cars from the
York River Railroad, were drawn
through the streets. Army wagons, filed
With ammunition and ali other appur-
tenances Of grim warfare, were hurried
through as fast as possible The pas
sing and n11assing oftroops was con-
slant, and every costume aud every epe-
cies Of arms might be in the ranks.
CONSERVATION was pictured in every fea-
ture when The news came Of tile army re-
treating. The terrible cahnOnading shook
the very foundation Of the city, and It
was4he general belief among al that The
city would be in The hands Of the Uniou-
lists before long. if-J tt ~
Believing this fact Of the Union iri-
umph, the prisoners were Immediately
hurried off 10 Salisbury, n. G. They
were three days aud two nights on the
journey. On the way they met several
trains loaded with troops, most Of them
carried no arms but Pikes at Raleigh
were large camps of instruction. Arriy-
ing at Salisbury, they were placed in
garrison which contained some sixteen
thousand prisoners. This garrison was
fOrmerlya cotton manufacturing estab-
lishment, consisting Of q large mill, four
log cabins and six Lighthouses. Several
prisoners were there from Tuscaloosa
The quarters reserved for the officers
commanded an excellent view Of the
town. il- -Eg $50 ta.r
The condition Of the hospital at this
locality is described as heartrending IL
the extreme TO think upon--the majority
Of the sick having TO lie on the floor,
without anything under them. The prin-
cipat diseases we're typhoid fever, sCurvy
! and diafrhma. There was no mcdi-
cine or food Of any consequence, and the
poor fellows had 70 endure their agonies
in silence, without any remedy whatever.
1 The first Of our soldiers who died At this
4 station was inferred in the Lutheran
/ burying ground, but the women of Sa-
] lisbury came forward and interfered Ia
This also, az 1t Columbus. and the body
was removed to a lanyard where all sub
sequent inierments were made. ,'4
: With regard to the names of those who
1 died, DIR, McGregor was unable TO furnish
a list. Now, when one looks at the ter
rihle deprayity of the women of the South
in this connection, il must appear actual
| ly horrifying. But ii will not do to harp
on the subject at length, as the mere fact
is impressive enough, without clothing it
in any tlOurishinglanguage A fund was
got up, among the Union officers for hos
pital purposes; but so exhor5itant was
the price demanded for medicines il was
impossible TO purchase them--one ounce
of castor oil costing one dollar, and half
a drachm of quiniHe The Same price,
The officers room also commanded a
good view Of the railroad, and there passed
\ during fortnight over one thousand
troops per day TO Richmond. II was
understood that there wero nine thousand
troops at Charlottesville waiting trans
portation.
One circumstance which DR.. McGregor
desires 10 allude TO particularly, is the
death Of Captain TillinghAst Of the regu-
lar army, who acted as aid 10 General
Mcdowell, and who died the third day
after the battle Of Bull Run, from q bull
let wound in the abdomen Shortly
before his death, he was visited by the
rebel General Evans, who recognized in
him an old classmate. Evans took the
Captains wedding-ring from his finger,
together with other vaIuables which he
had on his person. Taking the blpuse of
the gallant soldier, aud holding it before
his eyes, which were already glazed ia
death, he tSuntingly said that he would
send the article to bis wife, TO show
wherS her husband had been shot-there
appearing a hole in the back part Of the
blouse, the missile Of death passing right
through Captain Tillinghast was buried
under a cherry tree, aud the place marks
where lie the remains Of as brave a sol
der as ever drew sword r.f..
These are the principal features which
have characterized the captivity of DR.
McGregot among the rebels His close
confinement has Of course kept from him
any movement outsideof the prison walls
He left Salisbury, n. O., on the Goth Of
july and arrived here by way Of Fortress
Monroe, -
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