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


women
TEe spenl. sr here related uu inciiCut oi
the daughter nj wealthy merchant in
Winchester, whu had iulIeu in love win Il
lieutenant iu the Eighty seventh Peunsyl'
vaniI regiment. snd had n'nrricl bin. and
after ne hattie had '.shcd pr,miss on tC
enter the fort aud look inr her husband
who fortunately had no; been c.'pturcd
S id the commander, "ls yynr husband it
the federal army? How came he to be
therr?' why" said she, che was there
when ! married him "You" said he
"a high horn southern lndy, marry II fed
cral soldier! Amt you nshrmed Of your.
splt?'' With Iuok Of as much Inilgnn'
Iian in the CpunteuanCe Hs | ever saw in
the couulcnAEce Of any lady in my life, she
answered him: NO, sir, Hun proud OF
him" In q short time an ambulance was
sent to her fathers house, and she was
notified that immediately she must got iulO
it aud start for Richmond.
Sue could not stay. within the rebel lines.
Sba musI be sent North. The lady who
was proud of her federal soldier sat down
fiat in the ambulance, and rode ninety two
miles. to Stauutou. | shall never forget,
after we left Sr,uurou, the remarks of this
lady. At nearly every station that we
CAmc 10 the rebels crowded upon the plat
forms tp see these III Ts'r0us creatures
called Yankees. After We commenced our
march iron NWChn7tgr. yEc reached Stnun
ton. ninety two miles. in four days. The
first LOAF ut bread We bought We paid two
dollars tor. AID We paid the same price ilr
u little bucke;Eul OF milk. y night we
had a stick of woDi or stone for a pillow
When We sent rebel prisoners from MuT
tinsburg, ;wenty.thre miles, we scut them
in wagons; bu; here were lieutenant col
ontls, captains, chaplains and surgeons
marched the whole distance on foot, except
when Oar OF the guards got tired OF riding,
aud would let come one ride his horse a
short distance.
We arrived in Richmond toward night
of a dark, drizziy damp day, and there we
were separated from the ladies who weut
down with US. The ladies were sent 10
Castle Thunder, and we we're sent to Libby
Prison. This Libby Prison stands on the
north bank Of the James river, on the east
side OF the city OF Richmond, and gets its
name from the former owners OF the build
ing, Libby l. Son Ii was formerly used
Tor ii tobuccO house. II is a building Of
$50 feet on the street. HId loo feet back,
and is three stories b'gh. There are nine
rooms, all about VI 4 size. | should sap
pose iu the basement there are an equal
number OF rOoms. There is not sash nor
IA glass in window Of that building, with
the exception Of one room which has been
used Tor hospital. presume oar officers
are there ID. day, while we are here
III this room, are without
.Ither sash OF glass in the windows In
.ha room where ! Fas in. which was one
luudrpd feet long by fifty feet wide, there
were fifty openings for windows, but no |
.ush or g.ass IN any OF them. We were |
conducted iltO The otlice OF that building, |
'ap'nil Turner's room. (By-the-by, let
NJ saw to you that il ever Captain Turner
nIls into til" hands Of any OF the Union
Ulcers who have been confined in that
,risnn. it will he sad day for him He
: a Ia q Win is entirely devoid OF human
y. There is not n good sireNk in him
fofn the ends of his toes clear up to the
,uis OF his hair. He has another man un-
Ter MS control who aCts rs Inspector who !.
: as ucar Il mau as ever he Lord let live
.uy,.llrrc, rud rs they say down in Cas-
lie Tuuud.r, II the devil does not get him,
here Is no use in having devil. When
sc arrived Al this Office, they took us into
mother room, where the process Of search
ug commenced They took our gum blan-
iets ami all our money, provided we did
rot hide l.. Some OF them hid their mOu-
y. and by Keeping it out of sight they
ia tNking ii into prison with
hem. From me they received sol in
,reenLlck- They gave me receipt, and
.lale! 10 US that nil our money should be
.etnrned to us when we LETT the prison.
But 1t so hepreued, ns they said, that they |
got dispatch only au hour before we had
% leave, aud all our mouey was in the |
lauds OF the qunrt"rmas.er, and he WAS at
Z, Z. ,ssL
The good wishes they had tor me and my |
'eiiuw ciIapiains, and much as they pro-
rasscI TO desire the return of the money, it |
would Gp impossible 10 do it. So VIC came |
IT without the money. y voice: a.
lGought hey did rot like greenbacks." +
They are as greedy tor sreenGAcks AS pig
is for green corr. tell you that the
guards Of the prison would .Oli up conteder
ate money nnd Put little stones in il. that
they could throw it, and we would throw
down grccnbacks in UXchuuge. They were
punished severely if caught at it; but with
all their care and everything they could
do TO stop it, we could gel nil the money
,xchauged that We had, aud it we had had
ten times M much we could have got 1t
exchanged As ~ punishment they reduced
some officers 10 tho ranks, aud did all that
was possible to stop the circulation OF
grecnbucks; for whenever rebel gets
greeubucks enough to pay his way out he
is almost sure to desert; and that is one
reason why they wish to keep greenbacks
away from them. When we were searched
we were sent up stairs, and there l heard
one cry, shall never forget, as it ruug in
ears: Fresh fish, fresh fish!" thought
we were tu have fine living it we were to
have fresh fish every day, but as soon as
got up found we were the fresh fish they
were talkiug about. When We entered the
prison we were called MiIroy's thieves, for
they had terrible spite at MilrOy. They
said ii they had only got him they would
have torn him to pieces. Seeing that they
had not got MilrOy, they musl have some
body npon whom to vent their spite.-
when Col. Straight was first brought in
they vented their spite on him. The gov
nrnnr OF AInhnma issued requisition