Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-11-06

" oho VI 'ho hotciS III tniS piace 10 oDtal
: two gallons of RIO coffee / sent by tba
lieutenant $50 bank bin to pay for it
necessary, but not expecting that this gen
, erous, hospi,aIle people would receive an,
pay, as had told him to tell them it wa
for sick officers. But. gentlemen. / have
copy at my hotel of the receipt brought /,
me by him: Received of Gen. D. NJ
Prentiss, SO for tHo gallons Of, Rio cvf
fee." [Roars Of laughler.1 That was m,
:; first iniation into the swindling practice
! in the South. 80. ., =.
j We were soon taken from Talladega an,
sent over to Selma. There we were pla
ced under command Of Col. Kent. Their
it was we began to feel the severity of on
punishment. not allowed to gaze ont of
!, window or recline in it, unable to place on
feet on the wall without a, butternut sol
dier placing bayonet against them ant
threatening tc shoot you. One of your of
icers. Col. Lynch of this city came verJ
near being slot at that prison. because b,
i could not hear the soldier challenge him
! The gnn was raised and pointed at hin
and he had to jump before it was fred,
i But that is as nothing-comc with me
further to Montgomery, the place where al
our ilentenants were sent. 1t was there o
all places that the officers suffered most
IN an old cotton warehouse, with not
blanket TO, lie on-not one There were
commissioned officers, intelligent human
beings, forced to use all their ingenuity in
making bone rings to sell to the citizens tc
obtain money with which to buy the food
to sustain life 1t was there that Colonel
Bliss of Michigan was murdered. / am
told to-day that there are men here mean
enough to try to get you to disbelieve these
accounts. My friends, i am here to-nigh,
to testify to the truth. TO benefit no man.
no set of nsen. no party. God knows
wish all party organizations were swept
away. Great cheers, / would tha,
every man who lives in Illinois would Join
hand in hand with his ncighbor in the one
great, cause Of putting doxn this rebellion,
Renewed cheers. -, s...s -, se -
Col. Bliss was basely murdered-let me
tell you how. He was getting his cantecn
filled with milk. lie had the privilege
from the commander of the post of filling
it inside of the guarl. He went from tho
warehouse 10 the cabin on the line of the
guard, handed bis cantccn to the lady, who
was about filling it, when the guard called
out. You have been there long enough,
get away!'' lie sad, wait until get my
cantecn. Hc reached his hand :or it. the
lady passed it to him. lie tnrned around
aud was going TO his. quarters, when. lie
was mnIde.ed-two charges from the shot
gun entering his breast lie. fell dead
The citizens Of Montgomery gathered a.
round and look cd at his body as it lay
there, and the only remark made was,
That old slot gun maic a pretty good
hole through the damned Yankee. TScn.
sation. = fuisd = sa0aa -.
That is The treatment 'your officers re-
ceived from this chivalry. Yet your ten
'leffooted Union men up here will not be-
ieve It. IL is too tree. am saddened to
savc to recall it, g - a ~
Thank Heaven! there are to-day two
good true loyal men in Montgomery =
they reside there. but I'dare not tell their
names in Chicago tonight; in travelling
over Illinois, i dare not call their names.
for there aretraitors here that will soon let
them be known as Uaion men in Mont
gomery. Alabama 1Cres of "true. -
true" and arplausc Those two men
sent me word-"General. Prentiss, Your
sick and wounded soldiers who were
wounded at Shiloh, are suffering anil ,ly-
ing in the hospital for want Of attention."
obtained permission. through Col. Ged-
des. of Iowa, TO visit these men. WcAen-
tered the hospital together. As we came
to the door. it was announced to the men
that their General was coming to paw them
visit. and oh! il ever beheld sight up-
on earth that made me feel sad, it was
when / enterelthat hospital There lay
over one hundred Of those brave suffering
soldiers--some dying with va,ions diseas-
cs. and many Of them, although it VAS
two months and. half since they were
wounded at Shiloh, yet wore upon their
books the foul and bloody shirts they had
brought from that field, never having been
furnished change. went among them
and took them blythe hand. They cried
cried. COL Geddes cried, and ] could
curse the man that would not cry cheers }.
| found that hospital swarming with ver-
min. / found my soldiers lying there on
pallets ofhay, between boards set upon the
edge, with none 10 take care of them save
those Of their own number who hal parti-
ally recovered. i turned upon my heel af-
ter conversing with them and sail, "boys,
| will do something for YOU" wentsto
the city, and then found two men from
Chicago--marrieJ men. They dare not
tell me they were Union men. but i knew
they were. l went into the hotel. As
passed through the hall looked to the top
Of the stairs. and there were two ladies cry
ing. Iknew them; approached then, and
told them the condition OF our soldiers. md
they generously gave Inc two hundred AMI
fifty dollars to relieve those unfn tunate
men, God bless them! Immense cheers
One of those men took the cars with me,
and we came fifty miles .together. He
talked secesh- and talked Union all the
time. but during the conversation he re-
marked gently. General, how are you of
| for funds?" IL have not q red cent" was
my answer. He slipped into my hand
twenty five dollars, which Idiyided with
my fellow. officers. Renewed cheers. T.
Many Of those men in that hospital, died.
but let me say in behalf of those ladies.
that aftern ,oa they visited them. taking
with them scissors clothing and other
things necessary fer the sold;ers. They