New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-11-17
Thrilling Experience of {" Prisoner of the
1T DC. (a,uiIy.

Alfred Ondcrhirk. Of the u -. &. C3yalt,
Col 1. 4. Baker pho VIA captured IN the vicinity cot
Ito Richmond AID Dlnyilic Railroad oa the 18th Of
May has Irdc his csclpo. AID arrived IN this city.
His narruihris exceedingly Iutfrrfinr, nnd IA l"S~
exciting times would aifurd matcria! for columns q
newspaper rOtirr.
An.r lif CAPTURE H. wcs carried 10 Richmond and
afers8ia transferred 10 AudclsuA,ilc Georgia. Here
tie prisoners we're confined IN stockade without a
particle " shelter h0m The ipr,e rays 81. the run or The
ppifing storm. except Whru The prisoners orprN 81
themselves Of necessary articles OF coihuS 10 maAc
III. prison fare here seemed to have been graluacd
by The Rebels with The dcsilsh Iurpua" ~ hlinG OF
prisoners by slow starvation, hastcneI by ne cHls-
sur, TO The weather.
Tho daily ra,ons II Andersonye were ono lalf pint
corn meal spoonful ?aW Tic", two do. moiasses.
when bacon or bee. Was given tl' ric' nnd muasses
were itlleld and tho meat Iatous Wien gwen con.
sisted ct two mouthls 0f bacon on Ave 81 beef and the
latter tWnys pooled. The tiockldf formed square,
and within the stoc;e,e wall. aud twenty i"ct from
them was interior square within which the prisoners
were confined. Tie lines Ct thi Interior square We're
marked only by lu" Of stakes with Slip, ~ boards
nailed ON At TOP omcthng HE telegraph posts aud
vir. uEd this vaguely defined Inc Was designated a..
ere Dcad llae. tine Orders being tllnt any prisoner
sling hurs breadth past the lire should be shot by
lie guards stationed un The Nr,li oi the -focknue
I. as reported thai for every Yankee thus shot The
guard doing Tie deed was granted iurongh OF 20 days
IA piece Of didboisN amott beyond belief but which
r.coisCs confirmation Ia tic lct tlnt humorous in
,,nnc,s prisoner were tao dead when they we've NOS
within i've feet OF Tie dead hne
Ia ihrec in .ianccs wilo Ondorkirk wa there, prison
or, Wild with the insanity ~ hunger aud fever from
exposure ooGrted death and spraue ont past the dead
line 10 receive the welcome bullet thut relieved them
.ruin The horrors of such IA existence.
Tho prisoners were so ra'cnOusly hungry that They
would of0vl under the ration wagons IKE dogs ga quest
Of be crumbs thni might lill to the ground
Oudersirk says that NJ the time ho was ut Anderson
wins were dying ut tl1 rate of 10 10 900 pc
dag. when Shcrrau took Atlanta the Rebels, ~ hlarn
leot he should make a raid upon Andcrsonylc aud re-
lease the largo number Of prisoners there transferred
the prisoners IN AOi haste to various poniaY ANAL
Charleston snd clAeNhcrc.
OndeIira sent 10 Savannah. Here the fare was
somewhat better thnn az Audenonylllc, Int they were
Kept In socklic upon the bnre ground exposed sun
and rain day anu night The scahiy prison fare WAS
made iolersbo by The klnduess Of clt1ns Of
ygnnah esDel ally the indies Who sent IL supplies u
food and clothing until the brutal Gene mi Winder who
seeils to indu g. the hate Of devil towards unor
tunatc non inter eiod, and imViisopsd some OK the
most respectable ladies' Of Savanna in tie gnndhouse
o,er pglt punishment for the.r exercise of this
mere ut Of ChIstian ID iiy 10 tue unfortunate. aIv
IL, prisoners. with the same systematic cruelty IN
der ercnrory refused Tie Vn,r VI citizens Of Sa'an'