St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-08-21

dIsa "a Sc bin vish tEsss 5ssf sol a
tho hack and left him for dead. 30 hap
yylpened to b neaaf III 1l1'doctn's house, and tho
doctors wife h.d her darkies b1.ug hin
into the house, Wien she and the doctor
took khe best care f him, Before this I
,alsays, hatsdato slazsdead persons, but I
liked to see the rebels lying around With
bali holes through their hearts Il Iook-
ed hard fott + IA ne 70 stand ii dgbt eoi.c.mp
and ses -tha:rsbehs gains, II II n5aa&
nally hearing them Gre and not g. 70 hetp
them. Capt, Apdrevs hfgeed oftAe Col.
to lot him take our company and 80 70 Do
TEND our camp, hut be would net lst hiR,
but st On his horse and ~. tie camp
burn, ho looked = though ks III perfect.
y atupiaed, and t belieses 10 .Isass 81 he
had been s~ith7a. number Of Secesh tho
night before drinking and I should not b
surprised if they ,had ;dlugged him. He
va. told. by IN intelligent doctor and .
Union, the day before that he would BE-
attacked sometime the next day, hat IN.
stead Of making .prepara.iions for sdefsnce
he vas drunk all night. / tell YOU there
were a great many br&vs sDen shed. tenn
when they knew they were prisoners. I
swore blue streak at FIRST: 4 did not
care for myself but thoughtsnp.y,i:: SUI
! was disgraeed BY such !. oeo~ardts.sanea-
us'' .s"@A Il. 1871 3or at.s5 s.osIs.t
F sCo), Lester lar y~n1del .eresA ;5p,op.
:ery tse.tsr taa'] Il, 9 yta & . 1ssdi~t,-
He moved his camp over two. nlss lfpe
the depot where the Government stores
were kept. Instead IF staying Sssrit aud
guarding public property, III re 'o3ugshtso
have done, he Kept hi. naen i nazdinq 20.
taspe' isatche, and rAen : 9osp. 1r 1.seesa.
After our surrender it was four o'clock ?.
NJ, before they got ready to start With N.
They told US that they should not take IN
far. but would parole US and: let .. 70
home. We: were marched twelve! miles
and then camped for the nigh, and veto
glad enough to lie aexs (aotsto 'leep, .m
l don't tbink--judying from myself
that many slept much that night j. We
thought the next morning they ~ould .pt-
role us, but insteadLtheya marched " some
IS miles to the edge Of the Cun,berl@ut
mountains I must say, that they trea,ed
US 6rst.rate were pat op =. forced
march, but never heard them J. .. cross
word to any Of the men, and / sav ss,c,n1
Of them get of theiss horses aud let oar
boys ride: They gave ! vi. ar they could
get to est, which was one small biteuit, 81
a small pieee Of corr bread, and sometimes
W, got . small piece Of raw bacon. Some
that had money could get more occasional
y. For my part, / lived en,blackbcr';e.r
and green apples. We xe'es parolcd on
Tuesday, in the : afternootb; aad started
back just before da.s. We stopped a.
McMinnvillc to get some.hios; t. eat. AZ
teiiswai,ingthree hoan esch orderly drew
his share, and when It was divided .zousd
each man got; piece Of corn bread .bou.
two inches square jor his supper. Then
We started .. and went Eve miles further
and stopped for the nigh<. The "ne1t
morning got up It four to'cloek and went
l6 miles before breakfast: l happened TO-
have 20 cents in change nd VAS lucky to
find a place where I could get something
to eat, aud good rest: I then started
for Murfteesbqeo, arrived thes, At eiahs
O'Clock P, ~, which made me IS miles.
Very few got through that hight. u SIxa4
lucky for once, fer just Is I got iato town
there was mau came out Of his house
and invited me to stop With hin, i long
Is I remained IN the place. had = nice
supper and god Nd to Sleep On, tho only
time since I left home. Mr.. Hancock
WIS ths geotleman's pane ~ y ise hv-
yer BY profession. - 49,
81: disited % ses CAPT. Andrews start
down South. He hid tho moA friends Of
m, man n: thA, RS1iraent vhehh llRrus.