The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1865-11-24

tu0 war OcpdIeu0ps o'uo'A"S A'0 "a oS0
:ached service. Capt. Gibbs. who was
here on my trial, was then in command
of the prison a; Andersenviie. stayed till
Dec 1861. ] was then ordered TO pre-
pare three hundred and twenty prisoners
for Tuscaloosa, Ala. l had no rank
then; was only ssrguent. | wrote to
Richnood two or three times to send az
officer, and finally Gen. Fcrney, of Mo-
bile, sent an order fer the prison to be
broken up, it was May, 1862. bad or
ders to deliver the prisoners 20 the Gov.
Of Ala. at Montgomery. was then or
dered to Richmond.
He Is PROMOTED.
Ihad talk with General Winder, and
told him had served about as long As
could as private; so afterwards | was
sent GU. at the battle of Fair Oaks to act
as acting adju.ant general aud aid de-
camp 10 General Joe Johnson. 1t was at
This battle vas wounded by piece Of
she'll Then the general made me as'is-
tan: provost marshal cf Manchester, This
did not suit NE, and asked to be relieved,
but he would not relieve me. | went up
to the war department one day and met
Colonel Ould, commissioner of exchange,
aud Uuld asked me, A." Where are all these
prisoners we have had in the south! |
am short six thousand. want you to 60
all over the south ard hunt up all the
prisoners, as We are going to make gem
eral exchange" This was in 1862. |
first went to Petersburg and tried to find
out about these five thousand that were
exchanged at Goldsbo'o', and found out
tha, our officers we're drunk and neglected
to take receipts of the federal officers !;
went from here to Macon, Ga, and found
some men hal had in charge at Iusca-
loosa and had them sent to Richmond for
exchange; went from there to Louisiana,
thence to Richmond. All this time | was
a member of Winder's staff, but had been
detailed OF this other duty at CO.. Ou'd's
request. came back and reported, and
he assigned ne to duty as chief of the
secret police, and this was worse than to
be provost marshal of Manchester. soon
asked to be relieved, but he would not le-
Iieve me, SO went and got a " sick leave"
| went On that thirty days leave to Tus-
csloosa, and had it extended for thirty
more, but was ordered in few days to
come Immediately to Richmond. They
had at this time started Libby Prison and
Belle Isle. This was early in 1868
did not like the way in which prisoners
were treated, as they did not have enough
to eat | asked the general to send me to
the Trans, Mississippi department but
my application was unsuccessful, and |
got another sick furlough. When cams
back to Richmond l was again made chief
OF police in the provost msrshal's Office
| stad there two days. One day met an
officer, "ho told me they were looking for
somebody to carry arms to the Trans Mis-
sislppi department. offered to carry
them, and soon received orders from both
the secretary of war and the secretary Of
the navy. went 20 Charleston and got
some fixed ammunition and guns that had
just arrived from England. | went as
far as Meridian, and had some trouble
getting through Pemperton's department,
went to Por: Hudson, and could not cross
on account Of the gunboats Hartford and
Aibatross. l then got furlough to 60
to Europe on account Of my health. |
had furlough for four months, but vas
so delayed that my furlough only lacked
three weeks Of being GU. when landed at
Liverpool.
ORDERED TO ANDERsoNvILLE.
After returning f1om Europe l was or
dered TO Augusta to superintend the trans
portatlon of prisoners TO Audersonville ]
was ordered in March to Andersonvjle By
General Winder to relieve his son, w S.
Winder Went there and found General
Persons in command. Major Gr:swod
was sent to relieve me. After being or
dered to Richmond | remained there till
the ,onfederacy burs,ed in 1865.
QuesIion-Did you ever have chill,
dren.
ADswer-one living and one dead
The one living is girl, Ten yeara old.
During all this time | managed to accu
muls,e some property, bu, 1t has all slipp-
ed away now. When | went to Europe
it W as my full Intention not to return, and
| only did so on account of my family.
tiled 10 get some one to 60 to Memphis
for them, but could not. AS far as | am
concerned they may say what they please
There were son be articles in the New York
Herald some time ago trying to bring in
my family too. Now, the writer of that
article don't call gentleman. Ny wife
was here to my knowledge, and tried day
a'tsr day to get pass 10 come 10 see me
AM hna.y she did get one; but the officer
who was detailed tc come with her was
taken sick, and TINS she WAS prevented
What wan: lefutsd is the story of me
and any vile living unhappily together
And another tale, by some other CORES
pendent, that | was in the railway busi. !
ness in Europe as weigher is untrue; for
when left Zurich there was cot one rail |
road IN the country. There was another
report that had been in the house of
correction in Zurich for forgery. This,
40 doubt, starts from distant relation of
nine, who failed ia business and WAS up
'or false bankruptcy. have no near re
ativea in this country that know of. NV
'el'glous faith | gained from my expeIl |
'nce IN life; | was not educated to il. |
Ny wife is living in Caiiz. Kentucky. | /
nope may be able to make arran cement ia
or her future welfare; We, could not do
I yesterday on account of my arm, but /
iops to Tomorrow. | must mako some |
arrangement for my child, As far as my
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