The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1863-12-04
Armg Correspondence.
LIBBY Prison, RICHMOND, VA,l
Nov. lst, lS63.l

| MY Dru W,rr.-I am po,nr TO trv TO eet
good, long. contyaJaad letter through 10 YOU h,
the next boat which we are expeeting ever,
dav. received the box, Won sent me- yery un
exnectcdlv. n few davs after il was sbipped and
nh If Won onlv tnow how doliobted was Va,
would fssl norti,l,v rsw,rJed ,t le,st for vop
lohor in furnishing m,. with tbe necessories /;
contained. Nv health is quite GOOD. now, ant
while tle oontents of the box last Mess No. 32--
Can't Riygs Adrt Blnir I,t Colver md sclf-
will live pretty we'll. CAPT. Riggs received ,
small box, containing some butter, &c., and tn,
Others are cxpecting similar favors. | received
the package which had contained the coin you
sent me. with the information that the mon.
ey had been handed over to the rebel @. NJ, at
this place / am sorry YOU did not send it in
the box, for then | would have received it.
Gold is valuable here. There is no knowing
what amount of Confed. trash / might have
bought with those twelve dollars,-we get 81, 80
for one in orceubacks. Every thing is exorbit-
slO per h., Tea Is to $40, Bnttcr A to 6S per
h., Eggs 2 to $3 per doz., other things in pro,
norton and NIL growing scarce and higher.
Famine ia staring this part of the Confederacy
in the face. and the people as well as the papers,
acknowledpe it, They clamor for the removal
Of tbe prisoners from their midst and insist that
ifonv one is to storye il should be the "Yankecs"
IF wc are forced to remain here, we must de
nom, unor our friends at home. to a considera.
iIo o,.,dn. e,r r,,sistcuce. All boxes and mack.
a,,,. nn, aoI;ro,o,, to nc 80 far. Int one naner
?. Cav a, 10 -, .,,rmond the confscotion
a,,,on nj, .,.n1;n, of ,l,e nice tbncs
son+ 10 Cha yanLoo nrisonor. co,, a,o,e. knows
a. will ho ta toto Of Tho noor 10 soldiers.
of whom are confined here. The pal
per, alluded to above, suggests that they ought
to be sent to some point in the interior, where
tbe weather and want of food will thin them out
to the laws of nature. What do YOU
think of that in this cipilized are We are re.
,eiyinp now about n half ration of bread or,
eat.-but such meat-a spoon full. or so. of
rice, and the smallest amount of salt, imagina.
ble We expeet this amount to be reduced be.
fore long
About 1000 of us are confined to seven rooms,
in which we cook, wash, eat, sleep, and do eve
rything else, not being permitted to go outside
the door for any purpose, The building is full
Of uermin, and portion of each day is devoted
to "skirmishing," as we call it, but which vul.
gar people would probably term "hunting lice.
We're an interesting looking set Of pets when
this part of the daily labor is being performed
The light colored underclothes you sent me
would have been better adapted to this business
f they had been darker, This hint you might
convey to any of your friends who may think
If sending clothing into this department
Most Of oup time ia spent in reading when
natter can be had p,aving cards. checkers.
hess FIGHTING our battles Ger and talking a.
,out tbo loved ones ot bome--that ia when NOT
,poaced in cooking or washing clothes II ia