The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-10-30

there, you were guilty of some offence, and let
in fear of an arrest Please get ont OF our con
pany and don't insult us by your presence again
He left" Laughter and applause
At Talladega orr fare was execiable. W
were confined in one room, had ratiOns OF 81
much corn bread, and l think it was quartz
of pound of musty bacon. That was all tha
composed our ration" Some Of the otflcef
complained Of being sick / became illmy
self | had always been fond Of coffee. and {
sent messenger, lieutenant | think, wis
| was on the guard, 10 one OF the hotels i'll TIM
hospitable place to obtain two gallons of HI
lcoffce i sent by that lieutenant twenty dol
lar bill to pay fer it if necessary, but not ex,
pecting that this generous, hospitable peOpl'
would receive any pay. ssl had told HIM to tel
them it was for sick officers But, gentlemen
| have a copy at my hotel of the receipt broi
| 70 me by him Received of Gen B. NJ. Prem
tlss, ten dollars for two gallons of Rio coffee.
II Roars Of laughter. That was my first intia-
ton into the swindling practices in the South
4 We were soon taken IRON Talladega and
1 sent over to Selma. There were placed
under command Of Col. Kent. There it was we
began to feel the severity of our punishment
not allowed to gaze out of a window or recline
in it, unable TO place our feet on the wall with
nut a butternut soldier placing bayonet
against them and threatening to shoot you
| Oe of Your officers, Col Lynch of this city.
came very near being shot at that prison, be-
caus,. he could not hear the soldiers challenge
him The gun was raised and pointed at him
aud he had to jump before it WAS fired .
But that is as nothing--come with me furth
er to Montgomery, the place where all our lieu
tenants were sent 1t was there OF all places
that the officers suffer ed most--in an old cot
ton warehouse, with not blanket to lie on
not o.,e There were commissioned officers,
| intelligent human beings forced to use all their
ingenuity in making bone rings to sell to the
citizens to Obtain money with which to buy
food to su ,tain life 1t was there that Col. Bliss
OF Michigan was murdered. l am told to-day
| that there are nleIr here mean enough to try TO
| get YOU TO dlsbelieve these accounts. My
| friends. am here tc-night to testify to the
| truth to benefit no man,no set of men.no party.
God knows wish ali party organizations were
Faw ~. uwav [Greab cheers. | would that
every man il Illinois would joiu hand in hand
with his uelghbor in the one great cause Of put
ting down this reb.,uiaog { Renewed cheers
| Col Bliss was baseiy murdered let me tell
you how. He was getting his canteen filled
with milk He had III privilege from the
commander of The POST of filling it inside of
the guard. He went from ;he warehouse to
the caUin On the IKE OF the guard handed his
| canteen 90 the lady, who was about filling it,
when the guard called out, you have been
there long enough, get away!' He said, swat
until / pet nv canteen." He reached his hand
for it, the lady passed it to him. he turned
around and was going to his quarters, when he
was murdered-two charges from the shot gun
entering his breast. He fell dead, The citizens
of Montgomery gathered around and looked at
his body as il lay there, and the only remark
made was, THAT old shot gun made pretty
good hole through the damned Yankee" [Sens-
atIOn.] .saa sss.eas'J $50. .. .rs -
That is the treatment your officers received
from this chivaIy. Yet your tender footed I'm
ion men up here will not believe it, 1t is too
true. 1 am saddened to have to recall it
Thank Heaven there to-day TWO good,
true, loyal Union men III Montgomery They
reside there, but dare not tell their names in
Chicago to night; in travelling over Illinois, |
dare not cali their names, Tor there arc traitors
here that & i'll suon let them be known As Union
men III Montgomery, Alabama. Cries of
''true, "true,' aud applause. Those two
men sent me word-"Generai Prentiss, your
sick and wounded soldiers who were wounded
at Shiloh, are suffering and dying in the hos
pital here for want Of attention" Il obt-ln,d
pei mission, through Col. Geddes. of Iowa, TO
visit these men. We entered the hospital to-
gether. As we came 10 The door, it was an
nounced to the men that their General was
coming TO pay them a visit. and oh! if l ever
sad 1t was when l entered that hospital =
There lay over 100 Of those brave suffering sol
dlers--some dying WITH various diseases, and
MANY Of them, although it was Two months and
a half since they were wounded at Shiloh, yet
W ore upon their backs ii g foul and bloody
shirts they had brought from that field, never
having been furnished change l went
among them and took them By the hand, They
| cried, | cried. Col. Geddes cried, and | could
curse the man who would not cry (Cheers.)
found that hospital swarming with vermin
l found my soldiers lying there on pallets of
| hay, between bo .rds set upon the edge, with
none 70 take care of them save those of their
own lumber who had partially recovered.
| lurned upoa my heel after cOnveTsing with hem
and said, boys will do something for you. -
| [ went 10 ihe CITY, and then found two men
from Chicago maIsied men They dare not
| rel lie they were Union men, but knew they
were. | went into the hotel, ASH passed thro'
tic nail looked to the top OF the stars, and
There were two ladies crying knew Them ;
aud approached them and told them the c0ndi-
ton Of our soldiers, and They generously gave
me S25U to relieve those unfortunate meGa.--
God bless them! Immense cheers) One Of
| those meI, took the cars with me, aud we came
| fifty niles tJgeIher. He talked secession and
[ talked Union all the time, out during the con-
versation he remarked gently, General, how
are you off tor fundsl' II have not a red
cent" was my reply. He slipped into my
hand $25, which divided with my fellow Off
| GERS Renewed cheers. Many of those men
! liz that hospital died. but let me say in behaii
OF those ladies, that afternoon they visited them
| tahI!g vita ,uem scissors, clothing and ~ her
,nlu-s necessary TO, the soldiers. They trim
| nru ineis has hey furnished them with clean
clothing aa,l bedsltug, washed then solied and
| woulde0 ituibs aud cook dis tender care Of them
| as if til had beeu ,hei: own children, To-
night, ! a sc majority % i!tess soldiers liv
/ lug, aud fhank ii ca eg are their way home
| Applause. t ..-
/ e. ,tltlc further "ith me in the prison his
tory Uo t. VAC Il aud there you Will lind H.
200 ., 90 pflyA.- -"iGIe;-,I3 confined in one
great Cos, i, anlaug hem ileut"nants and othe
officers.
may i.e permit I'd 10 mention Lieut. Cot
!, ton OF Michigan, and the Rev. Mr. Dean, |
) lieutenant of one Of the Ohio regiments. Those
: officers concluded it was their duty 10 escape
a They made the endeavor were caught ant
brought back, chained together by a ogchail
arouud their ,uecks, padocked a. that. The
were marched through the streets, driven t.
! PRISON and kept there tor several weeks in tina
1 cOndilou. Tcnde.-footed Union men, what d.
a you think of that? Can you still apolog re TO
them and say, compromise with these people?
n |
men don't want to compromise. You desire t
give these people what they despise. The
il say defantly, they won't come back and 20
e can't make them come back say We can
: Let us do II. [Gregt cheers.
n Go little further. Take Lieut.. F0rd, Oh
OF my own officers. He endeavOred to escape
q and what was his treatmeut9 A pack of thos
y Internal bloodhounds was sent after him.
e was caught and dragged back with handcnf
' upon him lie got those handouts, brougt
i them home with him, and has Them tonigh
= Let me come neareL home. |, too, was perst
o cuted like the rest | thought it was my cut
!, to attempt to escape. Col Geddes thought
l. was his duty. twenty-five others thought like
n wise, and ne concluded we would escape. W
RS were caught in the endeavor Ten OF US wei
confined in dungeon sixteen feet square, vii
IS an apartment only SIX inches wide to admit II
RS light. We thought We could bring away SON
e token of hose bitter days. We procured f
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