Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-11-10

LIlC anu DEdlI ul hN
, Castle Thunder Castle lightning.
and Libby PrIsOm-IIOrrIbIe Scenrs
on Belle Island.
The following are extracts from nn ad'
, dress delivered Mt Piqua, Ohio, by Rev
, James Harvey, chaplain Of the One Huu-
dred aud Tenth Ohio Volunteer lninntry
who was taken prisoner by the rebels a,
Winchester during the Pennsylvania cam
psign. The narrative begins at Wiuches-
ter, while the rebels yet held possession OF
that place;
After spending three days in connection
with our own hospitals in gathering up
the wounded, | found IN the dead room Of
Que Ot our hospitals five men who were
lying in state of decomposition. The
nurses told me they could not be taken
out, as the steuch was such thar the room
could uoI he entered. Immediately went
to au old German who had furnished US
with coffins when our forces had posses ion
of Winchester, and engaged collins from
him, which carried on my shoulders to
the hospital Those whose business il was
to attend TO this matter of burial refused
| to do il, and | had to use my authority aud
! say that the thing must be done, and that
il should be done. got "a detail OF our
own men from the Proves, Marshal, aud
we DUG graves and buried those mvn.
worked ut Winchester from Monday morn
ing until Saturday atieruoon-aul this
vas the first had seen OF the ProSo=;
Marshal. " hen bad called upon him .Or n
detail Il men To dig those graves nuI bury
these men. He ordered me to report 10
him to morrow and then the next day.
On Saturday when reported 10 him he
said there was d charge pItftrTcd against
me. He thea read the charge. Tue man
who preferred the charge WAS III 1n aijpin-
ing room. and had an interview with
him He said that | he'd sent his negro
girl to Ohio I told him had nothing 10
do with sending his negro girl away. At
ter having some conversation with him, he
told me that it would engage to return
that negro girl TO him II wou,i be al! right
| / told him il would tie IS mus,I an imfC5
sibility tor me to return ;he negro girl as
to 60 to Ohio and gather up any other tree
| girl and bring her down and give her to
| him. had nothing to do with the mat
| ter, and did not know where the girl "ts,
aud could not make any such promise
He thea informed me ,bhr il | diA no. re
turn his girl he would hold me responsible.
/ told him that he might do So, buI had
nothing to do with his girl, nui 1t wnt out
of my power 10 return be-.
The pTOSOSt tluEsnht lueu Silu III ~ VI
parole was revoked, npd ne orirG"d me
under arrest, and under charge Of hayO-
nets was taken before General Early, and
was informed rbat, BY the laws ot some OF
the Southern States, the Otisuse for winch
was charged was punishable wl.h death
that men were hung for such otienses, and
ought to be. After leaving General Ear
ly, under charge of bayoneis. | gathered
up two blankets and rolled them up, for
| had nothing else, my clothing haNiug all
been captured. | also took the only bible
| that was there. ! asked permission of the
provos,-nnrshalt 10 look among the baggage
for my ynii-e, but this permission was re-
fused me. gathered up my Two blankets
and supposed that ! was To 90 into some
place of confinement in Winchester nut
| instead of that soon discovered iba. there
was already in line of march ont of the
town some five or six hundred in NumboT,
and with them Was started on my march
| toward chu0ud. The prOvosi-m4rshal
told m" that my destiny WAS to be deiis
cred over to tue civi! authorities to be
tried for the otI-rse.
| knew -yha, the laws of Virginia were
in regard to this matter, ani knew NJ the
same time, that there was no truth or hon
esty, DO justice or humanity in ,hr bosom
OF the rebels. knew that there was moth
.I10H IOF IDS 10 t3prtA lIpui 'ENlh Vl'tEA AA
the way of justice OF humanity. My ohly
hone, then, was in the strong arm of our
| Government. As had seen thousands up
on thousands OF contederates going up into
Penn-yIvauIa, | did not know what the
result might be. was considerably gloomy
and d0wucnst in my mind. Some OF our
soldiers and officers were mnrched out on
the road, where they lay down upon the
bare ground and spent the Eight IN n
drcnching rain without hardly any blank
cts or protection. Many were left in the
dust and heat for three days before they
were taken out, and without Blankets or
provisions, or anything to make them com
Portable. When they lay down at night
they lay down in the dust, and when they
rose in the morning they were IN the dust
aud among this number were twelve or
fifteen respectable women whose husbands
were serviag in the army.
They were not camp followers, but re-
specIabIe women, und they were crowded
into that fort with these three TO :oui
thousand men. Such objects Of pity
never saw before. There they lay ia the
dust of crowded fort, with nothing tc
! protect them, nothing to eat, and nothing
to drink (tor the water gave ont in the
cisternsl, and they were nearly iamished
for water. I WAS at the entrance OF tht
, fort before my arrest when the husband!
of these women we're marched out. They
started out with them, but were driver
back at the point of the bayonei into thr
fort, and though they wept and entreNtet
to be permitted to accompany their hus
bands they were kept there and sent Il
Richmond In the same gang in which
. was sent saw these women on the marCl
: for Richmond lying on the bare grOunt