Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1863-01-14

Thar pssyions sreasmeas jassihed sHeh aa i
apinioa. 1mads MP my Ripd shaa il u
Asd IL Fs. Lafayssss, waald die nstu-
ri dsAth, unless, iadesd. Lincoln ordered
ma TO be tried by drnmsha&d court mar |
tasi and shot, which Felt he had just ~
much right TO do ~ he had TO imprison
gns in tina mannss hs had dana Under
suah treatment. and by this time. you may
well imagine that | bad got s.bis asada
GA rae and tliis, helped 20 save my life,
for tbs truth Is, had got too mad to die,
aad no ythanks 20 Lincoln, but under q
kind Prosidazsesy bsgsa 10 gss bssssx
from that time on. g a.s
/ You may vol ilnAgine that after .sush
tgaakmsnt, when aay son wss permitted TO
visiE me, be found me msmsciassd and
eaFeworn.n The oniy wondsr il THAI he
f0nud rae alivsa
/ If anything could add TO the erasisy in
fiessd Upon lns daring these loag days
and nights Of my sickness and suffering,
twas the vsfusal OF the eammandant TO
aIlow me the use Of Bible. Day after
, day begged the Sargent 70 procare sne
for nae. His constant reply was !: sesne
commanding olkoeE says you shanSt have
. ene.n begged him 10 rsmind the con-
naading olsaeg that we lived In . Christian,
and not hs&thaa Land, thas 4 was Al
. American citizen, and mes eondamnee
{ fslon. Still the answer was, "Ihs com
= handing oEksaE says you shanss have enc
r and you need not aak sny more ~ and l
gas not until Afssv sixtsan days Of saci
heathsnish treatment, that Col. Burke, O
. 1t Hamiltoa, upon the importantly Of "a.
i son, sent AZ order 70 tAe conmaaaant o
: Rs. Lsfayss1s, 70 lst me have Bibla.
q Ii was upon the sixsseath day Of m
X lonely Imprisonment, that my som apo
d an order Of the Secretary Of War; va
+ permitted to sss me-, notin my lonsly osiI
10 bat in tbs 0ommandant's room and psas
b suce. IL was with much difa0alsy tina
d even 1t thai tims, i wss able TO walk aral
=, lmg call TO the coamandaaps room. hi
was the first time daring my iIaprison
= mant, that had bean able 90 obeaia q
1t intsryisw With the sommandans. In D
n weekly Inspection at the psisoaegs,
y had carefully aEeidsd my dangson. IN
+ kindly message OF inquiry - % my van
o, and condition had aseK reached ms fro
% him. / seized upon this opporzsnity
n Let him knew thai VISA humaa hsaas
nd and as sach satitlsa 10 hamaae tRsst@s
On that such thing ~ refusing pslso'
On CT Bibla was uHsknown In any evils
cs community. His answer waas shaa
was not permitted, aadsr his eRasrs,
Of !es nae have one bzas8 ia. s@ ii
a. had great Reason 10 bs thankfal "a
ns my sons visit gave nae aa oppuxsanisy
~ sea the eommaadaat, for feoa skas siEa
y although kept in solitary confinement
10, eondikioa was made mere comfortable
4 better mattress was pat apon ay Be
ms occasionally raw oalen Or . s0zs&s
ice was added 70 my dinnsE, and swies,
to- hsvs, sons picked bsess we're sent 70 !
from the cook Teom. @
IA, Ny son was compelled 10 Easit Wasin
"a, ingsSa City and obtain "a the Sssa
The sary Of War ma order to shaS eifscs befs
he could zee ne. AS soon - hs b
ct learned how lad been treated, he
18th turned Immediately 10 WasAiassoa, q
my with tbs assissaass OF q TeTy kind .raez
I'd, procured an order from Secretary Sss
bar ton for uay release fran solitary eonhz
ins msnE, and that skoald have nil the pr
nit elegss accorded 70 the ather prisoners,
aed And thus after lwaasy-swo days Of 9
era lesthsoaa and worse than heashsni
on treatment. my dungeon door was anlo'
oil I'd, and I was permitted 20 hsid inc
on course With my fellow prisoners.
ed, Such, my friends, 10 plain staseaa'
d of the manner Of my arrest, and
ing treatment ! Esnived during the twsn
aid two days of my solitary oonGnsmsus
. Ii it affords any qualification 10 Ehoss
be pablicans who eansed my arrest thay |
ght welcome to it, Their time viii 60
aea some day. " he end ss aoa yst."