Daily Nashville union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-05-14

for the priyateers, states: 81 considoIed il
bad treatment TO be selected as a hostage
for priyateer, when l was SO lame that
could not walk, and while my wounds
were still open and unhealed At that
time Gen. Ninder came 60 see me. Tie
had been an officer in NY regiment; / had
known HIM for twenty odd years II
was on the 9th of.November thathe came
to see me. lie saw that my wounds were
still unhealed; hc saw my condition; but
that very day he received an order TO Sc
lect hostages for the privaieers; and, not
Withstanding he knew my condition, the
Dext day, Sunday, the 10th Of No
vember, ! was selected as one Of the hos
tages' ~ heard he continues, "of a
great many of our prisoners who had
been bsyonettcd and shot saw three
of them-twO that had been bayoncttcd
and ore of them shot.
One was named hewis Francis Of The
New York Fourteenth. lie had received
fourteen bayonet wounds-one through
his privates-and he had one wound very
much like mine, on the knee, in couse-
quence of which his leg was amputated
after twelve weeks had passed and |
would state here, that in regard to his
case, when il was determined to amputate
his leg, | heard DIR. Peachy, the rebel sur
geon, remark to one of his young assist
ants, 81 won't be greedy; you may do it,"
and the young men did it. | saw num-
Der in my room, many Of whom had been
badly amputated. The flaps over the
stump were drawn too tight, and some of
the bones prOtruded. A man by the name
of Prescott (the same referred to in the
testimony of surgeon fIomiston, was am
putated twice, and was then, / think,
moved to Richmond before the taps were
healed--Prescott died under this treat
ment l heard rebel doctor on the
steps below my room say, that he wished
he could take out the bears of the d--d
Yankees as easily as he could take off
their legs Some of the Southern gentle
men treated me very handsomely Wade
Hampton, who was opposed TO my bate
ry, came to see me and behaved like a
generous enemy
1t appears as part of the history of
this rebellion, that General Ricketts, was
visited by his wife, who, having first
heard that he was killed in battle, after
wards that he was alive but wounded,
travelled under great difficulties TO Ma
nassas to see her husband. He says
"She had almost TO fight her way through,
! but succeeded finally in reaching me on
the fourth day after the battle. There
was eight persons III the lewis House at
Manassas, in the room where | lay, and
my wife, for two weeks, slept in that
room on the floor by my side, without n
bed. When we got to Richmond there
were six Of us in a room, among them
Col. Wilcox, who remained with us until
ne was taken TO Charleston. There we
were all in one room. There was no door
to it. lt was as much as it would be
here il you should take off the doors oil
this committee room and then lill the
passage with wounded soldiers. In the
hot summer months the stencil from theiI
wounds, and from the utensils they used
was fearful. There was no privacy a.
all, because there being no door the room
could not be closed.
We were there as a common show
Col. Wilcox and myself were objects o
interest, and were gazed upon as if WI
| were couple VI nhfdBts' uS pcOpL
would come in there and say all sorts o
things to us and about us, until | wa
Obliged to tell them that was prisOne
and had nothing 10 say, On our way t.
Richmond, when we reached Gordons
willie, many women crowded around th
cars, and asked my wife if she cooked
if she washed how she got there Fin
ally, Mrs Ricketts, appealed to the Office
in charge, and told him that it was no
the intention that we should be subject
ed to this treatment, and il it was con
tinued she would make Unknown 60 tn
authorities. Gen. johnson took my wife
/ carriage and horses at Manassas, KEEP
them and has them yet for aught / know
= When got to Richmond IspOke to seve.
raj gentlemen about this, and so did Mrs
Ricketts,. They said, of course, the car
riage and horses should be returned, bu
they never were. "There is one debt,
saws this gallant soldier that ! desir,
/ very much 10 pay, and nothing troubles
me so much now as the fact that my
wounds prevent me from entering upol
active service at once