The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1863-01-16

J lr0u stTetcLer, with very thin nuSk mat
trass upon il-so thin indeed, that you
could feel every iron slat IN it the moment
you lag down upon it. The brick floor
with all its dampness, would have been
far more comfoi liable than this iron and
husk bed, had il not been for tue rats and
the vermln that infested the room. had
also in my room a broken table and q
chair; chunk Of government bread,
with an old s'inking rusty tin of Lincoln
coffee, with slice Of boiled salt pork, was
my fare. Ny only drink other than their
nasty coffee, was rain water. was fur
nished with no towel, neither could any
entreaty procure one for me. Neither
could induce my jaiors to let me have a
candle during my long tedious sick nights.
No entreaty could procure for me the re
turn Of the medicine Which had been Ia
ken from me when I was searched. Again
and again | begged for the little DIT OF
opium to relieve my suffering, which had
been taken out Of my pocket with my
other medicine, hut all in vain. After
/ ten days OF such treatment and such sutf
ering, late one night the sergeant of the
guard brought Inc some medicine whith,
| he Informed me, the surgeon at Fort
! Hamilton had sent me. This surgeon
knew nothing about MY case, having never
seen me or been informed by ne Of my
condition. With no light IN my cell,
with no one to give me even drink Of
rain water, you can well imagine that l
would not lake the medicine | DID not
know but that my jaiors designed to
poison me. Their previous treatment JUS
tilted such an opinion. | maze up my
mind that il 1 died in Fort Lafayette,
would die natural death, unless indeed
Lincoln ordered me to be tried by drum
head court-martial and shot. which felt
he had as much right to do as he had to
arrest and imprison ne in the manner ne
had done. Under such treatment, and by
this ttne, you may we'll imagine that
had gotta 'jig 0sad' on me 4; and this, |
think, helped to save my life, for the truth
is, had got to be too mad to die, and 10
thanks to Luco!u, but under a kind prov~
idenco | began TO get better from that
time on. If any thing could add to the
cruelty Inflicted upon me during these
ions Gays ana nights OF my sickness and
SuHe,ih9' II was Inc fei"s"i OF uAe com
,h"huah' 10 "I!o" lie 'he use oi d Dlpie'
Day after day begged the sergeant TO
procure one for me. His constant answer
was, :" the commanding officer SAYS YOU
shan't have one" begged him to remind
the commanding officer that we lived in a
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refusing d t''Soier h'!!e was NNE"o"n
III any cI''L,|7" community MS answer
was .il"' nc was not e'"'I'Sed; tude.
hI' o1@e''' - .cI ,ne .aNe one uai
9teat reason ~ oe ta''AE'~t iIal my son :
visit gave me an opportunity to see Tie
! colhtl"huan', 'oF rom '"5st time, although
T kept III SoA'@Fy confinement, my condition
was maze more coAioftab,e. n better
I 'aallF"SS was pa, upon my "ea' occasion
any d IA" ONO" oI 'o'"aloe was a4ded 10
my "lnnef' az" '"Ice ce!ie'e, some
Plchieu Dse'S were sent h'e rom 'he COOK
,oo", T@ Wy sou was Goii'ls!'ed % EiS''
: : "'n''7o w ~ anu o''''n to" tHe
/ oecfe'a't u ~ "i o'oeF 70 tHaI eHect,
oe!oie ne cou'r see ne. AS soon as he
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