The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1864-07-08
A HISTORY OF PRISON LlFEIN LIBBY |
Captain John w. Chamberlin

COMPANY A, 123d REGIMENT, o. " I.
Feb. 18th. Brig. Gen. Scammon, " h,
who was captured on the Kanawha, ar
rived arrived to-day and took up his guar
ters in Libby. He WAS treated with un
usual consideration, they gave him smal
) room, formerly ueed for "sick call'' fur
nished him with bunk and bedding from
Hospital and gave him a large box of san
itary stores. This is a striking contras
with the treatment accorded to Gen. Dow
18th. Truce Boat at City Point By
Northern papers, we! learn hatCols ,Steiyhl
Hobart and some 60 others have arrived
safe within our lines. The Rebs have
commenced sending our enlisted men to
Americus, Georgia, they ale sent in
numbers from four to six hundred. Spon,
Ger neaton, who the rebs claimed to be a
spy, was hung to day inside Of the castle
Thunder enclosure.
A great many of the officers are coming
down to confed rations owing TO the non
delivery OF the private boxes
2O,h. Quite cold. The Noble James"
was frozen over in places. Had dry fine
wood to burn to-day, the first time we
have anything but green wood, in long
time.
Have had meat issued to us only twice
in ten days.
22l. Boat load Of private boxes arriv-
ed from the North. About P. NJ, some
90 deserters { from the Union army, )who
with a number OF others are confined in
Il building opposite castle thunder, made
their escape but were all Immediately re-
captured.
-, 93I. Regular issue Of boxes commen-
cea to. day.
9th. About Il P. Nj, we were all
aroused from our slumber and ordered
into the east room for Roll call, as the Of
Iicials SUSPECTED some one Of escaping, but
in reality none had gone.
25h. The Catholic Bishop of Charles
on, preached in Libby to-day. Mail ar.
iyed and was distributed. Three Roll
'alls to-day.
26lh. Major Turner issued an order,
giving us 90 minutes after the tap of the
lrum, to pass into the East room for
oil call, if not there in that time, all so
,lendiny would be kept in ranks under
guard in the Dining Room, not less than
hours. They also have it arranged in
ucb a manner now, that they cam lower
hem every evening and raise them morn
ng, with block and Tackle.
LGtouche (Adjutaht of the Prison,
md some citizens wero accidentally left {
Up this evening. They were immediate
y surroiinded and pressed with invitations
'to Join this or that mess" elf they had
my greenbacks or If they had sent home
or boz " Finally a ladder was Brought .
nd they were released, {
eth. The officers were all driven
|own into the dining room and kept there
i'll p. NJ. during which TIME the Rebs
ansacked all our boxes above, and re |
moved all the 4 es, knifesaws, hatchets, S
vhiskey and in fact everything they
bought would make us drunk, or aid US |
n escaping. They issued some boxes in a
lighIy mutialed condition, every can S
eing punched, all the bread cheese, but
er, and cake either broken or cut in I
mall pieces, packages of coffee, tea and n
sugar, torn open, and all promis ,uously a
brown into blanket, was the manner J.
4 which they were examined. The OILY i
xcuse they gave for this was that they !
-ere searching for 'Greenbacks, whiskey' t
nd contraband letters"
2Glh. Considerable amusement was f
reated in our room in the evening by r
''stem spumping "arra7 CEMENT as it was
allied. One man wohld bend over,while v
mother would hold hat over his eyes, t
nd the third would spank Linn with his a
pen hand, when he would be allowed tt
, look around and if he could discover a
ho had done it, why they would have TO o
zchange positions. This was kept up lie
1 evening amid uproarious laughter, un b
! the hands Of a good many were very q
uch swollen.
2Jth. Received box with eetables, L
C.. packed in it, from home. This even Of