, 1863-11-12
PRISON LIFE IN RICHMOND.
journal Of a Soldier Taken Pris-
oner at Chickamauga.
THEIR TREATMENT In REBEL
HANDS,
NARRATIVE OF DAILY EVENTS
In LIBBY PRISON.
From Our Special Correspondent


you will do soldier the kindness to give the
following notes space in your columns.
oner, and are strictly correct. ! desire the
public to know how the boys that were wound.
ed and captured In the battle Of Chickanauga
were treated by the chiVslry.!
sTEwARDs' HosPITA1, Sept. 20r 1s83.-At9 8
a. N. this morning was wounded and cap.
tu1ed By the rebels. was hurried to the
rear as fast as possible with quite number
Of our wounded. We were taken to Stew
ard's Hospital. which Is Situated some three
miles from the battle field. We were put out
upon the ground, with no shelter whatever,
and great many Of; us had 10 blankets:
this place. DR.. Hamilton (rehs1 came round
and examined our wounds; some Of tho worst
cases 4 ere washed and partially dressed. To.
ward evening, al that were able were march
ed off. Capt. McWilliams and Lieut.. Cole,
believe our troops were falling. back. The
rebels are jub1ant. They say they have cap
tured half Of Ro6ecrana' army,
SEPT. ALTO daV the rebels have been 80
jubllant on what they term the yankee
1out," th2t they have taken no notice Of us
their blood, suffering beyond description.
SEPT. e2.-To-day, We had man die. Dr..
Story [rebeD has been put in charge Of al the
Yankee wounded. He appears to be gen
tleman, but as yet there has been nothing
done for the. wounded, who are. suffering IN
sarT. 2s-To day the Doctor dressed most
OF the wounds. Many Of the men have shat.
tered limbs, and are suffering beyond descrip-,
ton: he Ms hare had nothing to eat since ne
SEPT. M:-Two of our men died
today: They: had shattered! limbs
and the worms had rot into their wounds -
had they had proper attention they probably
could have been EaVed. '''- .
sHrT. @.3Ths rebels soy they have driven
Of East Tennessee The doctors arc having
spree over It. No attention has been paid
rebel wounded here that have to be attended
to first. One man died to-day: 80
SEPT. 26-To day We drew the first rations
We have bad since we came here. A ration
consists Of half pint Of corn meal and two
ounces Of beef, nifcrab!e pittance for o
hungry man. No doctor has been near to-
day. Some Of the men are suffering intensely.
The rebels don't seem to care how many Of
us die. Heavy firing IN the direction Of Chat
sEPT. 27.-We lost one man by death to-
day. Two Of the boys have had limbs ampu-
tated; both will probably die. The boys are
suffering \ great deal from their wounds;
modification has taken place In many In.
wounds, Many are very sick; no medicine
SEPT. 2s.-We lost. two By death to lday;
arteries burst; surgeon absent; b1ed to death.
We have Ind nothing to eat today. believe
they mean To starTe us to death. It Is q pitt
fa1 e,ght to see the hsggard countenances Of
the men. To-day, they have sent 200 rebel
wounded to the hospitals.
SEPT. o9.-Dr. Hamilton told us, this morn
ing, that arrangements had been made to send
rs all through our lines. I We drew rations
SEPT. so:-To-aay the boy s s;le are trading their
pocket knives and everything they can Tor 1a-
lions. There is scarcely five dollars among
u.s.. The miserable thieves robbed us Of eye-
1ything NE had. To-day has been q dsy Of
rained al Day, and " haze no shelter.
OcT. lit rained all night, last night. We
look like a Get Of drowned rats. Some Of the
boys ate ,yery sick; many must die with such
treatment, The sergeant Of the guard pro-
cured q tent for eight Of us. DR.. Story does
al he can N tor ns: We drew our plttance Of
OcT. 2.-We expect to leave here to- day. I
| sincerely hope We will I long TO be in Gods
country once more, and behold the good old
aaE again. The lice aud filth here aFe intole-
:. OcT. 3.-No signs OF leaving Jet. DR.. sso-
| ~ ls doing bis best to make Us comfortable,
| but ne have no bandages to dress our wounds
with. Two deaths to day.
OcT. 4.-,To-day isgefy cold. We hare no
irg from cold Our rations have run out, and
taxing all things into consideration, It would
be hard to embItter our condition.
0CT. .5.-HeaVy cannonadlng has been going
On In the tronh al day. The rebels ssy they
are ahelling chattansoga. We leaned to.
We would have to take = trip to Richmond.
The trip will doubtless kill quite number Of
us. We got our mush to-day. Intense suf-
ft1ing from cold nights.
OcT. Give expected to leave here to day
lances hare not come All wa have to eat is
mush, with little or no salt in 1t. Many are
suffering from dlarrhea-
ocT; ITO day re drew ratlons Of aourr.
Capt. Foster, 42d Illinois, is baking bread.
fourteen By dea' since ua came here;
| OcT: Sat a. NJ, this morplng, we were
slowed in humber wagons and hauled to Rim
gold, a distance Of eight miles. over the
roughest road ever travelled. Many Of the
men were sos lex that they could, not raise
+ 0cT. 9.-IG: alghs they put one hundred
and eighty Of us Into boz cass aad brought Us
to Dalton, where Nc stopped for the night
We had to sleep IN the cars, and they gave q.
no supper. The night was very cold Il
among the sick and wounded. .This morning
ne Left for Dalton without breakta,t and ar
rived at Atlanta, Go ct q. N. We Wer,
then taken to a military prison, whera II,
now lie upon the ground with no shelter ant
10 fres. Our wounds hare not been dresse:
for three days; the stencil Is awful. 81 =
OcT. 10.-We are under the charge Of on
own Doctors here, but the rebels won't fur
n1sh bandages to dress the wounds. I nevel
suffered 80 from hunger In au my Life. The1
have been promising ns Eationa an. day, mi
morning The bo.sare selling their riggs ani
every thing they have tor something to eat,
OC1. live are little more comfortable
to-day, the surgeons haEe amputated severa
limbs and dressed all tho wounds. One MAJ
our men was shot BY the guard for going tor
near the fence. One Of our officers is here
carrying around SO pound ball and chain
several Of the men are handcuffed.
OCT. 12,-Two man died last night. = The
nent Of our Surgeons: We Get little bate,
rattons, but not half enough. Later. A!
the wounded that we're able, were taken ou'
Of prison and put In tents, things are mucl
more comfortable here.
Oct. 13-Thfs' morning the Names Of al
those who are able to travel, we're taken
We start to Richmond tomorrow. We dreH
five days' rations to-nigh-ten crackers and
half pound Of pork to the man.
~ OcT. A.-At .. N. we fellfn and marchet
U0WQ IA lue QGpOts .u18LanCe OF 0NE 0le
many Of us had to, 90 aon cEutches. Thert
we're over tHo hundred Of us, aud we wert
put into FIVE box cars, Only those Who eI'
:, | perienced It know how we suffered on the
train. For eight days We were jammed up II
these cars. ,One Of cur number died, AMI
i We had to leave teYera1 at hospitale on tn
read. Our five dnys ratlons 1astei
only two, and those who had no money hat
to share with the rest. Bread WAS dollars
loaf and pies sold rs high ns two dollars. Th,
18th, 10th, 18th, 18th, 10th, and Goth wer'
| epcnt on the cars.
OcT. 2l.-Ar1lved ut Richmond and ver
put In Libby. Although nc found this
miserable hole, it was much better than ii,
filthy, lousy cars. When TIC got to Llbb,
ne were ~ nearly starved as men ret to be
and navigate. We drew our rations here AMI
got all our wounds dressed, although no sur
gcon was there.
Ger. s2.-To day they havc stopped ou
Ea1ions for pnntsh1nent. Four men escapet
from Castle Thunder last night. We get gr4l
from cur officers Who are confined above, bu
We have to be very aly, Us they allow no com
mnnicatious to be held between us and them
OcT. e3-They still keep our rations from
us. Tho wounded are doing pretty well, bu
VIC are all 80 dirty and filthy 1t Is Wonle
VIC don't catch aome contagious disease; ",
can get no soap to wash with.
Ocr. 9.-This morning all the wounded
Wern taken to the Alabama Hospital, and al
those that were not wounded were sent Il
Bell 1sle to remain there until exchanged o.