The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-05-13
Letter froma Returned Prisoner

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| A friend in the county, handed US a letter a
few days ago from returned Prisoner, now at
Camp Parole, Annapolis, which gives such a plain
yetinteresting accountof his Prison life, that we
make the following extract fromit @
was captured on the 22d day Of June, 1864
at Weldon Railroad, by the Sd Georgia regiment
and taken to Petersburg. AS we were passing
down one of the main streets, a lady displayed a
Union flag from her window. One of the guards
seeing her do this, turned to go back, saying that
he would have the flag or her life. We started to
run when the guard had to come back without
getting the flag or its fair owner. We remained
in Petersburg forty EIGHT hours drawing one ra-
ton of corn bread, not enough for one meal
We were then taken to Richihond by railroad a
distance of % miles, being ON the road over IL
hours. ed II3 SO sEob j 5At 4e3
We were marched through the main part of
the city, exposed to all the insults imaginable, to
the famous Libby Prison, There were so many
prisoners here that we had not room to lie down.
We got about half pint of soup for dinner, and
| four ounces Of corn bread with one ounce of meat
for supper and 'breakfa 31H s'f'HAi4t2t
| ] saw men draw their soup in a shoe, as they
robbed us of our tin cups and everything else that
was of any value to u.s. They even, took our
blankets, the only thing we had to protect us
| from rain and cold We remained here one week
| when we were taken to Lynchburg, l4O miles
distant. We didn' have a bite to eat nor chance
| to get sup of water all the way.
| From Eynchburg we marched to Danville, Is
miles distant. Before starting they gave us II
mouldy I" hard tack, /" for four days rations On
this march over 100 men fei from the heat never
to rise again. If we attempted to help a fallen
comrade the guard tried ito run his bayonet
throughus saying, !" Coon goa Yankee IT, S
time you cere all dead 1t took us five days to
march to Danville when we were again packed
into tobacco warehouse. We got more to eat
here than at any other place in the Confederacy.
After remaining three days we were taken to An
dersonville Georgia, passing through Charlotte
Macon, Columbia and Augusta reaching Ander-
sonville on the 10th of July. On the 18th, six
soldiers were hung for numbering our own men
for their money. 1t is impossible to describe the
hardships we endured in this Prison. 81 ...f,.f
| have seen, in one day 1913 men die from ex-
| posure. and starvation. For one days ration we
received ounces of corn bread, and every other
day ounces of meat Once they kept our RAJ
tions from us for three days, because we wouldn't
tell them where the tunnel was which some of
the men had dug, and made their escape. ~
| We remained here until September, when we
were taken to Millen, Georgia. Here we got J
| pint of corn meal pint of rice and one tea
spoon full of salt for a days ration Here we
stayed two weeks, when Sherman got too near,
| when they took us to Backshur, Florida During
this trip on the same car with me, five men froze
to death. We remained in this place five DAYS
| and then shipped to Florence, So We suffered
more in this prison than in any other. Language
| cannot describe its horrors. sgam bit -
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