The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1863-12-16

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who wa tikon prisoner at the battle of Chlcama
uga II was written at different timoa, the dates
iniiclta, aud WIS secretly Hgut from Richmond
The lady who received It has given us permission
to make suJh extracts az Ne ghcosC--lui as It
gives many interesting incidents IN the captivity Of
pur gallant Wool County officers and mcu, as we'll
a. .3crr vjews "a other subjects wo give tho gene
raj portions Of the letter almost entire. We know
that II will he reIi with interest. The name Of
,he wii'or Sc vihhcll, lest it might, rcrchancc, be
learned d, Richmond, and he deprived Of Soma o
hu rra,gnl "iuyuri.s." 80 punishment fer tina
-iol,t9n 'l prison rules
trssY PM5o9. RrcugoHu, VA
October II, lass.
DllnUut ! 1rotc Jou linz from this place
a5 soon after ouf inlircuruon as ! rord procure
plp.- tn that n, rhdus wrote all the rules Of the
prsUu would allow but u was not at all od'tsiJc.
t,ry to mo, md WI quite certain 1t tbs time II
would CONE entirely short of gratifying your In
gp,iuvcnp,a. | l'ritr you ay,iu. hoping 20 b" able
to send It 10y private hands, aud not hl'" acen by
trbrl oyoI
| nill ru' aiv arylh,nE ~ TN. of our fight at
Chckpmlugli | leave that Tor th. future. Our
clpu~,tr commenced the evening of sept. 80, ~
Nnc o'clock the next morning they halted u6 at a
brook, lct va rest three or four hours, md then
mirchod uy forward, arriving at luuuGll Iill about
10 O'Clock in ,hc evening
No ratiua were ..irrn W., though thoea who had
~ biNrri,hs bad been rs hours without food,
spout one day in bttNr, aud marched ~ miles. We
wore uui in tho depot building, aud not haiHg fun
n,shci rdtions, aud finding corn meal and salt, we
made n''iS't m our cups, and those WHO had no
spoon OF bDie, ate IL with their fingers. The nest
m1rpiuE, 4 halt pint Of corn moAl and small piece
ur meat WAS issued to each Of w.. WGwcrc sent to
Atnnt, tho next day. (thc 2Sl), hut no moro
m,il or meat was given rs for two days rations.
AZ Atlanta wc stiid tWO nights, and drew what was
cal. , six dly6' ration.. Here wr learned that a
rebel ration was twelve ounces of bread aud six
ounces of meat
We left Atlanta the 18th, for Richmond. Moth
ing ren,rkablc occurred on the way. some were
out Of raous the second day, aud had either to fast
OF forage, ~ fortune lowued ON or favored them.
We arrived in Richmond on the evening Of the
3Ah vt September. Our money was taken from MS,
with the assurance that its value, according to the
regular rates Of exchange, would he pnii to us as
W. needed aud any unGXpcndtd hltncc would be
paid on our release FROM prison. Th' regular rate
of exchange is tp Z, but on the street 81 L. $.
currency will buy $40 Confederate. We were put
into a room GOO of u.s. l20 by thirty eight feet.
There Heru couple of tables, fourteen toct long,
which constituted all Of our furniture. Nothing TO
ait pr lie on save the 0plr. Two stoves were placed
in tho room, and on these We did our cooking
which, by the way, is very simple and easily done.
Ten or twelve ounces Ot broad, four ounces of
meat, and two thirds nr gill Of beans or rice, Is
served to us daily MS our ration. This is just about
Nllt enough, nut We nave Tue lllNleno b oNN lhRi
provided we have money. | deposited SlO all |
lad) on entering prison. have made written ap-
plicaon three times for uionoy, but have not yet
been noticed by them. Up to this time have lived
on the charity of Captain ----, who brought somo
money with him. some OF the prices are a6 fol
Iowa Tin cup :2 spoon. knife, fork, tin plate, s.
each; pointocs, $50 per bhl. apples, $40 per hb.
onions, so cents apiece tea $50 pound; cotton
sockR, 81 pair towel, 50; aour, 80 cents a
quart &c
81, .,F h,l 4
prison room, and are not no crowded. About 900 Of
| hcCrs arc confined here. They are cheerful, but
! ara troasuriug rp wrath against their captorS.
! Twn Colonel Sandcrson and Colonel Ti)dcn, Of the
Potomac Army, represented that the prisoners here
had enough to eat aud that Of good quality, and
thereby brought upon themselves the scurn and
contempt of all their prison mates. They are now
separated from us, and have, am told, room by
themselves. ] said the officers were cheerful ;
should perhaps have said they were rather defiant
! and iubhdrt.
! After our capture, wo passed through but few
towns without singing the people u patriotic song
anil i lne yeutured u express rebel sentiments, h'
| fuuni hundreds nf Yankees ready to set him right
Southern papers Calrd rs insulcnt and insulting
We have but ltto chance 10 lind ont public S,nti-
mou, CitiGuns are not allowed to converse with
us. We were greeted on Our way here, at several
points as We passed along, with the waving Of
hndkorchiots, aud frSqu lnuy saw unm S.akIb
manifestations of Union feeling.
IL was not possible u pass through the country
and not notice The want Of male clnhahifar,s. From
Atlanta TO Pctorsburgh, but fuw, except old men
and bows, were tO be seen; so that could hardly
conceive how they cnud hinder Siuglc regiment
from trLvcrsing the wholc distance when once
Within tho lines, Surely the Southern COncdc-
Tdcy is but shell -itS srcugh all on the outside.
Tho crops ON the railroad are decidedly poor.
Corn will not, according TO the Judgment Of life
long farmers who wcic among uS, average tive
bushels to the acre. Whether this is univ crsal |
am unable to say, but along the railroad corn Is
vtFy poor,
The enlisted men are kept separate from us, aud
,hcro is no means or communicating with them.
They must be suffering. Their blankets were
taken from thcm at Atlanta, by order OF Bragg, and
It they are not better fed than the officers, (Which
cannot be oNpcctcdh they get only about half aS
much As thcy are Rccustom'd to; and 1t this sea
son oi cold frosty nights, mcn half fed, and without
| cyerconts or blankets must SulCr severely.
Colonel Straight and the officers nt his command
aru here, where they have been for Eve months
They represent that their treatment WAS formerly
worse than at present. Colonel Straight, before
our arrival addressed the rebel Secretary at War;
tulhug him that tho worst vt criminals were
never treated 40 badly az prisoners of war are
horc fed on uuwholesomo and scanty food A
| statement ot a1Alrs was forwarded privately tl
! Washington, and since that tlmc, sinking mva
! has not hueu furnished.
! This morning about 80 moro officers, mostly doc
/ tors, were added To our lumber. Our brigade sur
geOn is With thcui, but am not able to lcaru any.
/ thing Ct our regimen, or brigade. | sec, bN
quotations from Northern papers, that WC get Crud
! tur lighting ohstuNttlN, This i sumr consolation
! for being confined uriu>tly in q Southern prison
! Our rcgimcnt did fight hr,salN For seven hour,
! they faced the enemy aut fought h,p, withUu, the
! huc waygrlug. Major MCMahln tolls me they
! hrod 10 hounds 60 the man, We were assaulted b,
three hrgudcs ia turn, and rCpulscd two nr then
! VITA very heavy loss, and the third would haN,
! met hearty reception hut for want oC ammunition
Il they would have suffered us u march oG aner
! our Amuluul ION WAS all gOuo, ant we could do ne