, 1864-10-06

: W, dol no: We hsVe yon ut LAST, 70,
= laakee sons Of fb-'s." Soon Ao Was joincs
I lead them, says, "Yanks. coma down.
t want nv hound to taste Yanks btood''
reiused to 60 down if be intended letting
n1s pounds blte me. Re then became psr
. cur Let ii He did not come down. I cami
do"r the honEds watching every movement
lreached the ground only to be torn to
kNcss ~: 95 he bounds. Bleeding.1 Was carried
1Psqa hso sn,r taIm houss near by, and remainsd
taken back to c5haba. remained In prison
% a. Cahsba about two weeks gaining fast my
strength, aid recovering from The wouuds
feceistd from She dogs. ! concluded to start
Iqr shermst's army again. did so OF or
Tp2. a99os ne oth o. Jane, wales being with M.
INT only proceeded twelve miles be.
two times sft.rward. vhen c.pt. Hendef.
eoh. con mthcilg the prison, concluded to
stnd me to AndersonSillc. arrived at An.
qaleonTn'e On 4 or o5 shout the 25,n OF Jaue.
eighteen acfes: without 10Y Shelter, save -
1eW tlaLke,s that eoGe were lucky enonuh
to bring in the gate
Tne first thing that met uy eyes was about
seEeht1: i've hres, and de.d men who were
e,ockade, I failed to ind pisce to st,T
Death Stared me in the face on every hand.
There was without fri:nd in the world.
save my partner, and hardly ground enough
to stald upon-to say nothing about sl.ep.
~hich must naturally come so9ie time. But,
@ ooa ne'ps thtm who help themselves t
sSon found msn belonging to my regimen,
ae ssys, tom, an glad to sec you; but,
Doom is sealed" knew Wsll What h. a1,n-
oed to, but laughed 1t of, telling him that an
s1ehange 1aag,a would coon tske place, and then
tor me, showing me 3 place to stay.
| made several attempts to escape but t.iled
o1d nsfquentY remained there from ths
18th OF June tlu Hoods failure bsfore A.
tanta3 tsh When : the Eebs hustled us towards
from ceptnriEg ua. I will now relate some
Incidents while in the .'Georsia Bull Pen.H
but however, before going fuftner win ssy
to those who don't believe my statement, If
there be anE, that "e1aggeration is beyond
ttons are issued every evening to the prison.
cfs One small piece Of corn bread as larze
probably. as gcod-sIzed "biscuit," and i
ounces ot bacon or bread. This must DO |
5ep HtG dor - houzs' you slse get oae-half pint
and dnt arc boiled with them. / have knoTn
men TO eat al tie ratioEs at one meal, aud
cnsW chips, bonts, and hu to appeaee their
appetlte. The prisoners are perfectly
51aEgea:. barsfooted agd filthy beyond
there, saw no fess sn fhan t!me ~ l 4,t stata
AID (2too) staIye to death. I rill take
my oath to that. Tie men are perfe :tly de
mo1alized, and are Willing to cut each others
threats Mt auy time for ration OF breai.
Jns1 before ny removal I witnessed little
f1eshiog to the Raee men Of the North. ltis
customary, and always the csse when wagon
OF bread has uEloedt d, for the hungry n1is.
oue5s TO dive tor the crumbs that may be left
IL the wagon. About the 18th Of August,
when scene Of this Kind was going on. the
quarttrmasttr bad just cent aome Yauks
sway irom wagon when one Of our BOYS
sa'd, Qnatterhaster. why don't ron rire
US enough to eat, and then We would not BE-
en- c.mpsi e to piek up efumbs.'' The answer
doLt you stay at home aud mind your own
tut1tets, and then you would have enough
70 eat" One OF the boys then asked hin.
Nhs 1op't 5ou e1chanEe us, quartsrmas.
ter:" Your Government wouid'nt accent
5cn: 5!;a - bnt' b5y Cd, ne can get way to ct
Plesse remember that at this timo our men
we're dSing at the rate Of IFS per day. The
PIinespal diseases are scutvy, ganGreas and
1laf1 hts, which sweep through the stockaie
ghtiul5y; The OILY medicine issuea is
White oak bark, no matter how bad or what
kiLd the disease fs. In one tent {b!a1sct |
held up BY poles) eight men ont Of MAE d,ed
Id less thar five monlbe. ,
In fact I do not feel competent to describe
70 }tu the horrors Of the "Auaers.nrilIe .
Bull Pen" because it beggsrs ali dsscrint,"o !
man can thibk OF. Manure Island Is the !
place Wbere the trieudless soldiers resort to ,
5le. In tais Inland ID all the filth tron Gimp ,
Prison. l hare known Of twenty or NOSE !
2t1Eorers to be IN perfectly helpless CO ldt- ,
ion covered entirely With lice from head to 8
.eliet. 0 - ''e't
4 dead man is wortA from three to four !,
,oHa1e. For this reason If you hare 3 tread
ne Jou can trace h:W cR for wood, which Is | q
[he following is the process and for1t OF {
radfng cead man for wood: Tie bis tncs
ogethtr With string, throw his hst over G
!s lace, procure streicher at the gate. i
iaee Y N upon 1t The corpse, when you will be 8
iloWed to 60 ont Of the gate to the dead q
onse Upon coming back you can pick up a,
9me Wood, which is gre.t ae1p to cook
ltn: some may ask do the rebels issua auv | +,
oou to prisoners? Yes, they do. But the o
alton Of wooa IL so small you cannot COOK ] b
o% @ nuca Jon may economizs or sayc, It, IL
Inc number died within five months IA, Ii
ccordiDg to the statement Of tue men who IL
nry them, eleven thousand five hundred, Il
:1,seO}. Mothers at home may look Tor the y
'st, but they cannot be found. The dead Ii
e thrown tnto large Government wagon | a,
" in load, and taktn to the graveyard. II
hey art laid side BY efde, a3 close as posi- ef
!e; thsn numbered. a board or slatis then b,
!aced at the head, which Is numberel-theV /,
e all numbered !, 2, 8, &c. f.
Mhen left the stockaue, number II 500 II
md sume odd number} was the htguest. Ri
after Wooa'a defeat they co.a-
snced moving us to Charleston. On the AZ
a board the cars, with fourteen hundred 7e
ore, bound for Charleston Capt Wing 81
the prison} said 1e rere to be D.
lchsnged. 4 great many Of the boys were of
csled most to death. expecting soon to see ct
le dear ones at home egsin- But smslt Vi
,, about it, as they wouid have knockcd ~ ~
e down III minute, as the7 thought tasr l.,
ere to be exchanged. Before leaving the th
ccksde, provided myself with = rebel raj
1ifcrm, resolving to embrace the fist on Ter
'1tunity OF escape, and take m; exchange C.
terW8Ed. So when We arrived at Augusta. "a
e long wished tor moment arrived. The ri,
is waited scme ten hours At this place, tie n
ifoners being enarced with the utmost g.,
gilance BY the city guard. We We're 1ot Cf
lowed tt converse wish any Of the citizens. n,
hatever, hut sometimes soldier ~ould AK Mf
r 'E6st Tennessee troops," 20 watching III,
/ good opportunity, jumped from the
rs, A1d asked OFF bo,s Ii there were any on
'st Tennessee troops there. They took ne Ii,
r q Johnny reb. and answered NJ. In the nr
eant'me, the guard come along and eyed ttt
e cloI ely, and l started for Gro nd on the %
!ewa]k, everybody taking me for q johnny i'm
b, vent ~ aud down the streets, sud a
e. o4 ~ hA1s on'y hno"a "ne1e vent to- Tot
~. ~ =. Ge
a ~ 49, GtmS acsoss negfo ana told him Nc
epsred me good supper a.d gave me d. Cif
ctions t. the Atlanta R4ilw.s Depot. II sta
t ont Of town without any difficulty, aud to
slked three miles and made myself kno1n II
snothsr negro. Who secreted mc in earn on
night, snd then received epleacId brsut- i'm
It md two white Ehirts. I Remained h.re e9e
ne t"o days, and in tho morning naked rch
lns ~ 'se ,,a e Ioe,,n eeus sc3a many jan
arrived at q station eoaae' twent, milss ~
IN Augusta, in the afternoon, aud con- otJi
1aed to 1sy up aud reconsider my placs Bis
the future. made myself known to a ~ ~
lo1ed man who Was ch3pping WOOL, Who M Me1e
owed ME place to star. and brought ne Il der
spty OF grub during the day, isclnalos tue aut
est rebel papers. When evening came, rcc
o ether men caue with nj friend .es,
lsin. !o1d them Of ny inteation