Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-01-11
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weeks since. standinx one day With my
Captain at the Lamar House egTner, he
pointed oat TO me NAB walking lIarriedly
along Che street. lie was as ragged ~
some modern Lazarus, The lining Of bis
pants was nearly all there HE bat was NOT
all hat part Of the rim was gone, and the
crown was ventiIaled By holes the size Of q
walnut; his coat was . bsggarly apology for
a covering, and wo uld have made an excel
lent sign for a rag gAsherer, and the man
had either been neglectfai Of his linen, or
had been where soap and water were at too
high premium for his limited MEANS
Yoa might have taken him for rebel pris-
oner in the last stage Of physical dcstitusion,
had not that look Of keen intelligence; that
flashing Of conscious merit in bis dark eye;
that open, expansive brow, and that Arm
yet rapid tread and soldisriy bearing, told
you that beneath that shower Of rags-for
they seemed to have falien on him during
some storm Of old clothcs-was not mur-
dcrer and cat throat, bat naa, honest and
fearless. No guerrilla thersi sasa
Quog was in . quandaFy. He followed
that bundle Of raga, made iH EeqaAint-
anee. for he felt as If those rags sngloscd
man, and that man had history, and that
history the Printer might like 10 learn. So
Quog invited that bundle Of rags around to
the Office. IL did not come, bus instead
thereof came the wesrer, now siad in new
suit Of Uncle Sans Blue, for that large
hearted man, Surgeon G., had interested
himself in this ragged man and bis COM
panions, and they were exulsing in new
suits instead of soratchtsy in old ones
That bundle of rags had contained Che
person of Lieutenant E. Gordon, s1st In
diana Volunteer Infantry His companion
was Lieutenant O. Powell, 42d Illinois Vol.
unieer Infantry. And they sat down and
told Qnog their story. They were among
those taken prisoners by the rebels at the
bloody fight of Chickamauga, September
2eth, 1868. For four weeks they laid there
wounded, and then were shipped in stock.
cars to Atlanta, and three days after 70
Richmond, Va. Here they lay in the hos
pital for the wounded FIVE months Their
diet was not choice as to quality, nor did
hequantity make them gluttohous Tn
sifted corn meal, without salt, with nov and
then a chunk OF rotten meat, safieed to
keep life alive with some. At the end Of
the fve months, they were sent to the
quarters Of the well, where the process Of
starving is based on purely scientific prin-
Ciples. Here the system Of dieting would
have done credit 30 homeopathie physi-
clan. They lived almost on shade, and na-
turally became almost shadows. Once In
a while there came Sanitary stores from
the North. They devoured them with
tears in their eyes, and thanks to God on
their lips between the delicious noathfals.
When an officer was shot dowHby rebel
guard @r daring to peep through the iron
bars at Gods sunlight, it grieved their
hearts, but it rested their legs, for it gave
them little more room TO stretch in,
On May Tth, 1864, they left Richmond,
and arrived at Macon, Georgia, on tho 18th.
Here So officers remained until July 2ath,
open stockades until permission
was given theSn 10 buiId sheds, SIX cannon
staring at them griHaly by way Of reminder
A Captain approached toe near the pre-
scribed line-not TO it-bat the guard
thought it was nothing but Yankee Abo-
Iitionist nobody would make q fuss if he
merely got rusty load oat Of his gun, and
fiye minutes Sfter the body Of the Captain
was tossed Into ditch % sleep the sleep
that knows no waking 1t was only desc
latioh carried 70 another Northern home
but ammunition is too scarce among the
rebels 70 be thrown away and when they
burn powders Il must kilff
On July 27th, our prisoners were hurried
OF to Savannah, Georgia, end into stock.
ade surrounding the old United States Ma.
ripe Hospital. Here let us give even sscA
devils their dao--the rebels supplied our
officers with wholesome food, corn meal---
they parchsd the bran 10 make coffee with
--hresh beef, molasses, T'iee, &c, though what
the s&en was, the Lieutenant could no, re-
collect The First Georgia Regulars acted
as their guard With the exceptions Of Col,
onel Wayne, demon inearnats, the officers
and soldiers OF the First treated eur pris-
ouers hanlansly. Lee this be borne in mind
when tho day of iinai reckoning zones
The Regulars only want time and opPorta.
nifty % as 10 the defense Of the union.--I
While IN savanpshs = lady fsom The North,
who was ON viais % soEas Southern Aionds,
and whs bad been dstsinsA by sAe riss ofI
the sxaf, Wa epsa d her oppression OF
sympathy ior our prisoners, waited upon