The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-11-05
Letter fPoa . Prisoner II

val Of0Co1, VINO o00CealeO ~ lu LAS CAOtAA0S
CONFEDERATE STATES Nifty Prison,
Workhouse. Charleston, :: e.; 100.
MY DEAR FATHER-I pray this letter
NAV reach you. shall state facts, and
send it by q naval officer Tiny late prison
companion.) who now goes home exchan9-
ed: ne promises to put It into your hands.
/ am il WANT and almost starved. You
do not know, neither can you picture what
have gone through. ] am completely des-
titute have not a change Of clothing. ]
no covering for my feet; my boots are worn
out, my coat and pantaloOns are in rags;
they were, burned and torn in the nine
days battle, and nearly destroyed; then
you can imagine what they are now, after
four months daily and nightly wearing
them. s4 na 8A
!. I had to sell my watch, ring, vest, pocket
that might not die from starvation. !
have passed twenty-four to forty-eight
hours with no rations or food Of any kind,
and been compelled to lie down at night:
with another officer and cover ourselves
with one blanket, and when morning came
had not strength to rise for want Of food.
am famished. For Gods sake help me,
ed. Try, your friend s.; hang on to him,
ana get me out of this hell on earth. I
have stood up like brave man in all my
suferings, with all the strength and energy
of my nature, and, with Gods help, win
continue to do so, and hold out, even with
starvation and suffering, if can not be
helped BY my friends ct home. have
ing and blankets, but II do not get any let
tiers, nor have / had word from you, nor
any tidingS, since was taken prisoner,
now nearly four months. A. .bags
i wish you would send me some money
in the shape Of . draft on England to my
order that is the best way. They may
withhold it, and forget my name, but you
not be detected when presented. Again,
do not let day pass without making an
effort to procure my special exchange, and
my word for it, / will only shake hands
with you, and rush to the front and avenge
my own wrongs. had rather die on the
field Of battle and lie unburied, than decay
in this horrid prison by inches, with starva-.
are my own su6Derings here, and ! am in
agony OF mind to get back before the war
closes, to once more take part. / would
tight with the ferocity Of an untamed tiger.
My previous letters have beeen
Of q different character. had to smooth
them over to- get them forwarded. But
this is b plain, .unvarnished tale, and the
hands if he reaches New York. Another,
from fellow-prisoner to his relatives, is
in his possession 90 & EE
My mother had better Be kept ignorant
of my sufferings. II my brother p
hvingf If his blood has been spilled up
on the battlefield shall have another
cause to add,to the wrongs, and my prayer
shall be vengeance upon the heads of the
Southern reools, and let me die avenging
m ~
brother and myself, upon the field Of battle
rather than starve 10 death in prison.
s. General Fosters shells fall thick around
M in the 1son.yard and upon the roof Of
the building. For eight weeks We have
been under fire from the shells Of our own
army and navy, Ansctionately your son.
s CRADLES THAT HAVE RoBBED THEN
sELvEs.-" Robbing the cradle and the
grAver' JET. Davis has to do that. What
shall be said Of people whose cradles rob
themselves for soldiers for its armies, and
Of graves that give up their dead to fight
scene was that in the War Office in Wash
ington on Monday! Children crowding
forward with offerings of rebel standards
snatched rom rebel hands on blOodiest
fields OF battle-fought for and won BY
those whom the law calls ''infants," and
the sisters and the mothers call 1.-THE boys"
A dishonorable peace to be made while
cradle in America rocks such warrior In
fancy as this! Pshaw! Oh, what an
AWAKENING for fools and knaves on this
and on the other side Of the Atlantic, when
these cradles shall stop rocking and the In
fants get out and 60 to the field, for a'puri-
fed Republic and for Democracy in
America. But to the scene in the War De-
partment:
Parks, Sh New York Osvairy, youth not
yet 70 years Of age, and who has not yet
beeA in service two months. The Secretary
expressed the hope that before the war ter.
minated Parks would win Major Gene
rails commjDD1ou. 81 4gEas ssssf. gs fsfs@
1 Sweeney, who captured the Gag, sup
posed to belong to the late Gen. Ramseur's
no q ysSs y yeass o.
capture was very amusing-"Me and
and another one of the boys said he.
saw an ambulance, and ordered il to halt.
Says the driver, the General ordered the
ambulance TO 70 on Says ], what Gene
ral?' Says the driver, Gen. Ramseur.'-'
Says I, that is the very man ! am looking
f9r.' So the other boy and myself took
and the driver and horses.o Gen. Custar
explained that the boy had on . gray jack
ct when he made the capture, and had thus
misled the driver Of Gen. Ramseur's am
bulance. The Secretary said that hewould
like to see the eother boy" who Sweeney
stated was Corporal Fred. Lyons, LIST Yer
mont Cavalry. Secretary Stanton then re.
turned to these soldiers the thanks OF the
Department. and OF the Government for
their gallantry in this great and brilliant
battle, stating that each Of them would be
fornishedewith . medal in common GRAFTON
Of their bravery.
IN LOVE WITH THE PARsON.-The Lon
don Court Journal tells Us the following
pretty story:
"A scene lately took place at the house of
The san ana Lady il the NORTH
love with the tutor, a Presbyterian clergy
man, and SO far forget herself as to make
known 70 MIN her attachment. In honor
bound, and 70 the credit Of the Scotch cier-
~ oe ~ spoken, he reasoned with her. and
tnen. nnulng argument Of no avail. went
to her father and begged for his immedi.
sie d .,,s. n The Colonel was astound-
transpired, he was 80 struck with the
young mans deep sense Of honor that he
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