Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-10-20

"HS gong on, tue QualterMaster nau Just
sent some Yanks away from Wagon,
when one of our boys said. "Quartermas
ter, why don't You give us enough to eat.
and then wo would not be compelled to
pick up crumbs" The answer was.--
"You id Yankee son of a b-h, why
don't you stay at home and mind your
own business. and then you would have
enough to eat" One of the boys then
asked him. "Why don't you exchange US,
quartermaster?" your Government
wouldn't accept you. But. by Cd, we
can get way to Get rii OF you"
Please remember that at this tmo our
men were dying at the rae OF IL per day
The principal diseases are scurvy. gan.
creme and disrrhoea. which sweep through
the siockade fright(ully. The only medi
cine issued is white oak bark. no matter
how bad or what kind the disease is. In
one tent blanket held up by poles eight
men out of nine died in less than five
months.
In fact | DO no. feel competent to les
cribe to you the horrors of tho "Ander-
sonvilie Bull Pen" because il beggars all
description man can think Of Manure ISL
and Is the place where the friendlesS SOL
ders resort to die. In this Island is all
the filth from Camp Prison. l have known
twenty or more prisoners to be in per-
/ fectiy bel pless condition. covered entirely
with lice from hes to foot. lay a, ing
/ Tor death to come to their relief.
! A dead man is worth from three to four
dollars. For this reason. if You nave a
| friend die. you can trade him off Tor wood
which Is scarce article, AMI more pre-
cious than gold. The following is the p, o.
cess aud form of trading dead msn for
wood: lie his toes together with a string.
throw his hat over MS face. procure a
stretcher at the gate. place upon it the
cOSpse. when you will be allowed to GO
out OF the gate to the dead house. Upon
coming back You can pick up some WOO l..
Ihieh is great help to cook with. Some
may ask do not the rebels Issue any W God to
prisoners? Yes. they do. But the ration
of wood is so small yen cannot cook even
a cup of corn coffee with it, no matter
how much YOU may ecnnomise or save it.
The number died within 1--WE months is,
according to the statement Of the men who
/ barry them. eleven thousand five hun lreJ,
(ll,3j0) Mothers at home may look for
+ ,ne lost. ont they cannot lie found The
dead are thrown into a large government
wagon. 80 in load, and taken to the
graveyard. They are lail side by side.
as close as possible. then numbered. y
board or slat is then placed a. the head
which is numbered--they are all numbered
/, 2. 3, &c.
When L left the stocka1e, number H.
500 land some odd NUMBER was the high
est. Immediately after Hood's defeat they
commenced moving us TO Charleston. On
the evening of the eth of September, j
was placed aboard the cars with fourteen
hundred more. bound for Charlesr on. -
Capt. Wing. commanding the prison. said
we were to be exchanged. y great many
of the boys were tickled almost to death.
expecting soon to see the dear ones al
home again. But | smelt rat. and knew
screw was loose, but | dared to say
nothing to the boys about it, as they would
have knocked me down in a minute, as
they thought they were to be exchanged
Before leaving the stockade, | provided
myself with a rebel uniform, resolving to
embrace the first opportunity Of escape,
and take my exchange afterward. SO
when we arrived at Augusta. the long
wished for moment arrived. The cars
waited some ten hours at this place, the
/ prisoners being guarded with the utmost
vigilance by the city guard. We were not
allowed to converse with any of the citi-
zens. whatever. but sometimes soldier
would ask for East Tennessee troops"
SO watching for good opportunity. |
jumped from the cars, and askel our boys
if there were any East Tennessee troops
there. They took me for Johnny reb.
aid answered no. In the mean time, the
guard come along and eyel me closely,
and started for crowd on the sidewalk.
everybody taking me fer Johnny reb.
went mp and down the street, AMI the old
Harry only knows where l went to-
don't.
At last | came across a negro and told
him who was. AMI asked his assistance.
He prepared me good supper, AMI gave
me directions to the Atlanta Railway De-
pot. l got out of town without any diff
Guilty, and walked three miles and male
myself known to another negro. who Sc
creted me in barn all night, and then
received a SPLENDID breakfast and two
white shirts. | remained here some two
days, and in the morning walked some
twenty miles. meeting good many W bite
men. who looked suspiciously at NE.
arrived at station some twenty miles
from Augusta. in the afternoon, and con-
cluded to lay up and reconsider my plans
for the future. | male myself known to
a colOred man who was chopping wood.
who showed me a place to stay, and
brought me plenty of grub during the day,
including the latest rebel papers. When
evening came. two other men came with
my friend Calvin. l told them of M in
tention to go at s o'clock for Atlanta.
having $1,000 of the new issue FURNISHED
by Calvin) to pay my fare. The train
soon started, and of course when the con.
ductor came along was asleep. The game
worked to charm. He seeing me asleep.
thought | had got on at Augusta, and had
paid my fare. l got as far as Union
Point, which is as far as the passenger
train goes. | started off to a stream near
by, and there saw a negro, and told him |