, 1862-10-22

RJ8nI 4Q teAfHY, 70 Inc iffutl, In ,ba4oak Agi
e. s. @ rs esa tssT: ss
{qrest c6fers, / i E9q!d M 1 tlat :a,fH l6ap E6e
his nefghfpr fn the one great calsa pf' putting
down this REBELLION Removed fheets.l Z: i
;itSa ;yta hSE t III BIZ Sg;4sts h|1 ses'as o asa
commander Of the toRt of olli1g i inside Of |
the guard. Z Be Ne1t' tfomn tue Warehouse to
the cabin oh rho line of It'd guard, handed ITS
'tantetn TO tho lady lEho Hks .6phf 1lil6g It,
When TIE gnata celled oht 0H6a ;3 }f4ye A. 6esn
turned around md 1ss koipR tp hiS Quarters,
ilstsEs sststteS Asl Ms iii dssd:r
lThs Att3Snf 6t Aontgohey gathered around.
2SaSg 5i III tssi 81 .S5 ss
RsSs F,ss.. biettS sssdi ef through IT, damned
:: Tint is=;the7; t1eati$ent xoRt;: otnfen: ret. .
'cei5ed from this thiyetr ": Yet yonr tender.
footed Union men up here viii hot beltaS8 1t,
Il + too .ruo: ] am saddened 70 hare to rs' :
! THINK HeaYenl therease today TWO good,
true loyal Union men Ia Montg0lnety. They
reside there, but dar6 not their names In
Chicago tonight In travelling, over illinois,
dare not call their names fof there are trait
ors hero that viii aoon let them be known as
of':stras,N Ih % II airSo,H and applsnse:i: Those
Two men sent me word-'' Geneal rrentfss,
your sick and wounded soldiers who wero
wounded at 8hiloh, are suffering and dying
In the hospital hefe for want Of attention..
Iohtsihed peImission, through COL aeddes, of
love- 2 yIsit th.se men. We entered ,Sa dda tSs
IL Mab announced to tho men that their Geae-
ral !. 1Has IL, coming to - pay shem
q visit, :. and oh! II I eYez behe1d
tight i upon earth thst made me
feel eao, 1t was when entered that hospital.
There Lay. over one hundred Of those brave
suffering soldiers some dying with various
Two months and half elqee they were woun.
ded at Shiloh, yot Moro UPON their backs tho
foul and bloody shirts they had brought from
That field, never having been furnished
change: 1Nent among them and took them
R6s hsnd i iT9ey s5lsdstfd d, Col 2sa 3st
would not cry {ciears). I found that hospl'
til swaTminE with germiu. i touad my SOL
diers lying there on pallets Of hay, between
boal Dc eet upon the edge, With mona to take
care of them save those Of their own number
who bed partially ssSovsrs "a, tsn, turned na apoan
"boys,I viii do something for you.p vent to
the, ,eity, and then found Two men from Chloa.
go--m4frteil d men. They dare not tsll nie they
were Union mon, but knew they :reto. /.
went ihto tho hotel. a. l passed thlong9'
tho 1sa = looked 70 tne Top OF 1ae hiatts, ana
thelo Nefe WE !aates 81 &e,9iag. ,hn hnow ; t1eta
ePpIoafesa them eng too tnem ahe conaluon
tAo hundred aud tiity dollars to.relleya those
unfortunate men. God bless them (lu.
meme cheers, One OF those men TOOK the
,cAR Hlth me, .and VIC ,eano bity mlt4a 20
'gether, Lie TAXED seceah aud talked pnlon
all t9 tl@e. ~! d92{1og ting conversation ion m he
fcr funds 7" : have NOT q red cent" vas
ny ansWer' He slipped Into my hand twenty
flVo dollars, > which divided With
my fellow. Officers. (ReneWed cheers.] Many
btihcse men In that hosp!tal dig, but let me
they visited them, taking With them scissors,
c1othirg 7and other things necessary for the
soldiers. They Trimmed their. hair, they
lp1Aiahsd them With clean clothing and bed.
Fdabk5 Wished thslf koiled p9d wounded limbs
ans took 20 tender eafe OF them a as AM T they nag
majority of those aoldters are iiYfng,1 ana,
thank Heaven arc on tae1r Ha9 holne' lap
pla9sel
90 little farther with me 10 Tue pr1son nis,
tony. Go to Macon and there 5ou, wi'l ind
1900 OF 500 psisate Bolaiers, al con-
aned II one great crowd, +::.shong
Imay be permitted to mention Lieut.: Cot
,jieptenant Of ono Of tho Ohio regiments.
Those officers concluded II was theis duty to
escape. They made The endssaYor, Tere eapght.
cbain around their nccks, padlocked at that
They were marched through the streets,
driven to prjson and; kept there for aeverM
weeks in that condition. 1ender.footed Union
men, what do sou think of thAtf Can: you
stu apologize for, them and aay,' =" condpro;
mise with these peoplefn [ApPlaase] Let
hG tell you, the Southern mop don't want to
compromise. You desire to give these POO.
Pie what they dapise. They say deiiaatly,
them t come baek. j say vs can. Lot Us
do 1t. {Great chteta.l
Go little further. IAKe Lleut fora, ono
Of my own officers. lie endoavored to escape,
and what .,Was bis treatmentE "A PACK OF
those Internal bloodhounds fwas sent atter
him. He mas caught and dnhgged back with
bandcufls upon him. He got those 1aqd-
euns, brought them home Win hi@, aao ma
a% fao t9ast viz IL Ike sS1 the 1 boayt
aeades thought y vsa hia duty. Twenty:twee
| ge you'd escape. We. Tsre caught
Ia the = endeavor: Ten OF us were
.,,s oqagsoa9 n1v s;a ,oches
wide 10 admit tha light, We thought ne
could bring sway soma token II those bitter
days, We procured a flo and filed off tho
chaln-the 1elon's ehsin-that hung to the
aoor, dividing tho links among tho diiarons
officers. Hero Is mine. me audle1e9 gfeet.
the leneral With great applause: shall oar,
shall hav4 1t fastened to my saddle, and every
time I enter an engagement WIN tne enemy
will look again at me ring Whlcn nolgeu t9
flo from the chain o. our dn9gson, g ana ~ ss y
any man In our land who will not lend I hand
and hart in putting down this rebellion
f(}feat cheering l"'>,i T., :,
/ 90 NTH me to Madison prison. Colone
Gtddes says we iared worse than ang otaer lel
there = no aeseneo ns1dra@ a1on eng t'ee1 5ne
Of ns v IRE placed Ii one roon.: Fortuuatel!
tor us hat that man, Captain Gregg, who ait
~ ne here, aud whom respect add lore
had been stnt TO Washington. He draW TO
US two month"; psY, .sendlng portion to Oh
thS tia'',iSS ISShsv @ es.dly liz Would mol taIe ii
psroi,f bat returned to 1eapttvlty t.
tnfIer with u.s., God bless: Captai,
Gregg. Applause, and cries Of .tLet'
Sc ttm.let us see him. [Captai!
i Gregg beipR led forward By Gen. Premise, wa
xsh .,.rsng stG,m q 1t shes xs15 not ahae ner
ted 10 have anything but Tho ratlons that ker
fteued to this common soldiers, and but thAl
rations at thst. The :timo had allotted t
speak to you Is nearly expired. lCnes o1 e
IN II sspo on.n and applause1 If I Rhoul
ta1k to You until to-mofrow night could lio
tell ,ol the half Of the long story Of that In
pritonment. At Madison prison. ne weTeplsee
nnder The charge Of one ". 1. Oslhouni tn
moat tontemptlblo wretch that NON sets foo
apon upon Southern soil One Of my purposes i