The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-01-15

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Now lnyile 10 these facts the auen'
ton Of such as profess not 20 believe the
reports 81 The cruel treatment our priso.
ners Toeotie from rebels. II any should
doubt my statement ! refer them to
those oloaT party who were 60 fortunate
as to inaks their escape. viz: John VOL.
lam, sSd Ohio Reg. John 4. Porter. 2lSt
Ohio RegjC Capt David Fry. Of the cd
East Tenn. Reg. and NJ. G. Hawkins,
S3l 0hiosRsg. Of Portsmouth Ohio.
In this sduageUn. IS feet square AMI al.
mostiudis sFibAbly filthy, infested with
licO inuumsEabIo. they kept our party, q9
in numbe for about two weeks, when.
to cur grsAk joy, Gen. Mitchell stirred
them up, think at Lookout Mountain,
and they. eaing We would DO recapIur.
cd, ran ussO Madison, Ca. kept us in o
more tolOIhbls place. Their flight hav.
ing subsilbd. ilisy removed US to Chat
tanooga. This time they pst us in o
room aboge the dungeon, where Il was
light enough to read and work. Que Of
the boys. when wo we're searched aecro.
ted q pocket knife. We saved the bones
from our neat rOtiOns, and with said
knife, succeeded in making keys 10 un.
lock our snEs, after which We dispensed
with them asa general thing, wearing
them only on particular occasions--in
tho prcaanco Of the guard as q matter OF
respect, So We out generated them 10
the hand debg affair. At this place, Mr..
Andrews iSs tried by q court mariSl,
the dCciAise Of which was never male
known. il Q short time IL OF the purty
were tHkeh to Knoxville, Tenn, where
Court Martial was in session. trying
the boys. After seven were tiled, the
Court MSs.ial was suddenly interrupted
by tho approach Of the Federal army
They The moved the boys 10 Atlanta
Ga. Th tea left OF Chattanooga resol.
we'd 10 q 30 their escApoi accordingly
Nj. Andg with, the noble pocket knife
suocesdsHin few days in making an
opehlnssi the ceiling sufTi ienlto allow
our eyre Replacing the plank, we
waited "a ! dark and ,rainy night. On
1 the 2lst May, Andrews was sentenced
to be hun 10 be executed on the 7Ih Of
June. ~ the night Of tho 3lst Of May
he was pf 10 the dungeon on the next
day he VI permitted to be in our room,
and weY olved TO make our escape that
night drews was again put in the
dung ens nd.if he determined Ior us to
mako od Dcapo that night, he would
give Us lgral by asking US to sing
carrie whom We were 10 cut
1.-THE do0. ooss asnsiletzhim out. Of
the ddngeon.f About dark, we received
the sisnnltO sing.
We did so; and cutting the door loose
soon rescued our brave leader. He and
one Of the buys then passed through the
opening in the ceiling and commenced
working hole through the brick gable
end OF The Jail, they succeeded about
day.break. We made a rope Of our
blankets, attOchingit to rafter. An.
drews passed down safely and uniisco.
vered, another one also passe down;
but at that juncturc, the guard made the
discovery and gave an immediate alarm.
The boys both escaped. Andrews was
caught on the third day, and John Woll-
am on tho eigth or tenth day. The re
naming number deemed it prudent no,
TO attempt to make an escape after the
discovery, as the guard was some thirty
strong.
This attempt proved rather q reverse
to us. We all again were put in the
dungeon; Mr.. Andrews was brought
back and imprisoned with us. We re-
mnined here until the 7,h day OF June,
when we were removed to Atlanta, Ga.,
arriving there in the evening OF the
anne day, where our brave leader, Mr..
Andrews, was executed about enc and
half hours after we arrived. The re-
mainder Of US, eight in number, were
lodged in jail; on the l4th, those were
left at Knoxville were brought here and
logged with US.
On tho 18th Of June they executed
the seven who were tried a, Knoxville,
to.wit: George D. Wilson, P. G. Shad'
arack, Marion Ross, William Campbell
Cd Ohio Regiment; John NJ. Scott, 2ist
Ohio Regiment; Samuel Slavens, Samuel
Robertson, 33l Ohio Regiment,
I T'ids7~ss the most heart teLaeTing
scene lever witnessed. At 2 O'Clock
P. NJ, about 200 rebel cavalry collOc.
ted around tho Jail. Tue officers then
came into the jail, calling the names Of
The seven who had been tried, putting
them in L separate room, and had two
Southern preachers to read their sen.
teneO and pray with them. This being
done, they were ordered TO put on their
clothing. While this was boing done,
contemplate wretch. Think Provost
Marshal, stood with watch in hand hur.