The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-10-28
Atlanta Corresponding
CAMP l5Tu Iowa IrFr.,
East Potni, Near Atlanta. Ca,
Septe,nber 29th. 1grd

zzd OF July last, belonging to nv com
pany, eleven Of those named have re.
turned. sefgt. verrip-, Corporal Thomas
and bis brother. and serg. Bush, are still
prisoners at Charleston, S. @, Private
Wooiovous, wounde1 ia The arm, was lef,
In rebel hospital aud was rauidIy re.
covering, but had great difficulty in keen.
ing the surgeons from au putating his
arm. The names of the returned men
are Corpoals Keck, Colcnbrander; pri.
Yates Cramer, Zones, Niermeyer, Kirby.
Eleriek, Isaiah White, L. RoweR, VIII.
RoWell and Brisbin. Keek and Kirby
are sick in the regimen.al hospital, the
former convalescent, the latter DANGER.
ously i'll. and the surgeon says be cannot
recover
Pfiyates Albert Homewood and GEORGE
Haner, at first reported missing. were
both killed, the first by shot through
the head, the second by a shot 10 the
shoulder which passed through bis body.
and came out in the region of The heart.
Sergeant Bush, whom | reported, from
information received Of returned prisoners
10 the regimen, not belonging to my CON-
pauy, as well, fad from ihe slatements
OF the men of my company who were
with him in the "Bal Pen" or stockade
at Andersonviile. was without shoes and
had been for some time; be and nv Lieu
tenaut. kirkpatrick. we're treated well
when at Cahawba. Ala, where they re-
msined all winter, but Bush vas removed
to Andersonyille. where he took the
scurvJ, which was undermining bis
health; be was already stiff in cne knee.
and had 90 shelter till nv men, with
whom be now is, arrived there. He had
received no letters from boue. My Lieu.
tenant was sent to Charleston. Lieut..
Muir, jnst returned, was with bin. and
reports bin veil, bu, badly of fer clo.h
ing. Msj. Geu. S.onemsn, Capt. Pope.
l3;h lowe, Capt Barr. litl Iowa, Cspts.
?. Miller and Lucas, and Adj,. Herbert.
10th lows, Colouel ]. B Dorr, eth Iowa
cavalry, exchanged. returned to-day.
The Colonel Of the 7th Indiana Cav
ally (namc 10. remembered, a very in
teili5en. gentleman whom saw today,
camo in on parole to get exchanged. 10
was chief OF Stonemah's .sG on the raid
and tod me the darkness oi the nights
alone, which stored them from trav
cling after dark, prevented them from
capturing Macon. Few troops are now
between here anu Macon. He saw a
speech o, Jed. Davis made at Mscoa or
Augusta, ia which he admitted thIe, :
fouvths of the rebel army we're Row 40
sent without leave and that Their return
TO the ranks tor duty would be consider
ed az strong appeal 70 txecu.isc clemer
cy. He censored Geu. Johpstof,. bv i'm.
pilcation, saying he bad given then
tyhtiny General instead OF one who would
always retreat. 1t was made up OF ifs,
lame attempts TO explain defeats, was
universally criticised and BY some was not
belieYsd to be genuine. JEFF" is with
Hood. The Colonel said no conception
could be formed Of the misery and utter
destitulion Of our prisoners in the hands
Of the enemy-they were dying Of more
rapidly than an army could be recraited
many we're becoming iosane and went
about raving and gessiculating At every
one they met, talking about being ex
changed. They we're loathsone from filth,
vernin and diseases-the scurvy was ma.
king fearful ravages amoag them. Those
Who ATTEMPTED to escape were hunted down
BY blood hounds or nigger d gs, by which
they were torn until many died. Some
OF our men we're induced to join the rebel
amy and become .eamsters, nurses in
hospitas, &c, considering exchange hope
less. He saw nigger Sergeant q priso-
ner, who told him no black soldiers had
died and that they we've at work for the
rebels and we'll outside.
Lit. Col. Add. H. Saunders, 10th Iowa,
aud teveral Of his officers are not yet ex.
changed. They are 10 Charleston yet
under FIRE, bat nobody hurt. Our men
captured on the Q2d July we're taken
through Atlanta that day and their name $
reported to the Provost Marshal, when
| they were marched to East Point the
same night. In passing through the
city, whenever shell fell from cur bat
teries in the streets they checred and
sang "RsllY round the flag Rebel OF.
iieers told them to s'dry up they we're
prisoners Of war, aud were answered
''they would always cheer Yankee
she'll" A squad Of rebel cavalry were
passing through the streets with the flas
Of the Sd Iowa infantry. captured after
the Color Sergeant fen literally pierced
through and through with bullets. Some
Of. that Regiment among the prisoners
s6w their old flag in the hands Of the en-
emy. They made rash for it, wrested
It from its captors, and amid torrents OF
threats and curses from the guards tore it
into thousand shreds.
Everybody in Dixie are anxious to get
| Greenbscks; at Macon when the citi-
zens supplied our men with provisions,
milk and vegetables. they were taken
openly.
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