The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-05-19
Prison Life in the south-Capt. Alban'.
Narrative.

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Prison Life in the esouth-Capt, Alban'.
Narrative.
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK.
The weather had tlrned cold du.
ring the night, and when we awoke
in the morning, we were so chilled
that we could scarcely stand. On
rising we held n consultation. We
were then fairly in the mountains--a
country inhabited almost exclusively
by non Shareholders, from whom we
would he compelled to get our sup
plies, and it being now the time of
year October 9th, when we must
reasonably look for unpleasant wealth
er. we decided to pass for rebel sol
diers and travel openly Pursuant to
this plan, we stopped at the first
house we came to and tried to get
some breakfast md were told that
they had nothing; that they were
compelled to await the return of the
husband, who was then gone 10 mill,
ere they could get anything for them
selves They informed us, however,
that two miles ahead, there was a
widow who kept travellers, We found
the widow very willing to feed us, aud
while she was getting up our break
fast of fi'd mutton, corn bread.
sweet potatoes and rye coffee, she
entertained us with the narrative Of
her troubles since the commence
n sx1, al -, - L., IL.
had died four years before, leaving
her four sons, two of whom, being of
sufficient age, volunteered at the be-
ginning of the war. One was killed
on the field of Antietam, and the 9TH
er died of wounds received at Chan.
cellorville. The third son was an in
val having had disease of the lungs
fr IN childhood Even this did not
suffice to save him from the clutches
of the government officials. He was
conscripted as soon as he be anne Of
sufficient age, and being unable to
Withstand the hardshirs of he camp,
he gradually sank beneatl the load
and died in n few months. another
victim of Jef's 70 L., and another
witness against the institutors of the
rebellion in the day of judgment
Having breakfasted, we hurried on
in order to Ovcrtake some teams that
la passed while we were eating, fer
the purpose OF crossing the Chattuga
River on their wagons. Weovertook
them in good tune, and were carried
across on the horses, the wagons he
ing So full that we could not get in
them. Having safely reached the op.
posite bank, we halted for some time
20 rest, and also to gather some
grapes that were in abundance on the
river bank Lieut. Cooper rested
while | gathered my hat full of
grapes, and while we sat upon the
grass eating them, two rebel officers,
q Captain and Lieutenant, came gal.
looping along and accostcd ~ in the
following manner: "Wclh boys,
whore are you goingi 7" ''Iomc on
furlough." "Whcre is your home = {
"ln Towns county, Georgia Be.
fore they hal time to ask another
question / profercd them a share Of
our grapes. They accepted them
very thankfully and alled: "Wcll.
boys, | suppose You are coming mp
the road On being answered in
the affirmative, he said--.'we will see
YOU again, rs You pass ~ anlIple or
We were not very anxious 10 extend
the acquaintan of our newly made ,
friends. and chose To hide ourst lives
till evening ere attempted the passage
Il pile OF brush in the edge of clear
inG. where we remained from 10
o'clork, A. NJ, till eight in the even
ing, when we resumed ourj mney.--
The road wound along Il no Intain
stream, Frequently crossing it. The
bridges hal al been flooded away at
the time of No his floo |, and hal not
since been reb tilt, o tia we were
compelled to wade all the streams eX.
cept where some of the mcu al9e RS,
little more cnterprising than their
neighlors, had ercce foot-log.--
The night was exceedingly dark, and
all combined, made it very difficult
for us TO pursue our journey. About
midnight Cooper became unable to
travel any farther in consequence of
rheumatism, and we were compelled
to halt for the night. We crawled
into an old fodder house, where we
remained till daybreak the next
morning, We had no provisions
with US, and it was two o'clock ere
we were able 70 procure any. That
night we stopped with a man by the
name of King, who had some very
fine brandy, with which he was very
liberal Two half pint g g.asses of it
made Cooper very patriotic, and by
eight o'clock his tongue was running
like q race horse, in favor Of the I'M
ion. became alarmed for the fate
of the Confederacy, and took the OPP
posite side, und | think for about
half an hour we had one OF the stiff
fest quarrels that was ever maintain
ed for that length of tim. King
joined in with Cooper, and was
compelled to haul down my colors,
completely vanquished After pay
ing for our supper, breakfast and