Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-01-07
BLOOMSBURY, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PENN'A, SATURDAY, JAN

SV' othoio Wclc DrouSlttu hlteTWarOS, -
In all there were about Gfty arrested men
ct the Church.
Col. Stewart and Capt. Mccain were in
the pulpit and had the names called over. |
They conversed with Adam Luts, and 9TH
ers, (who were not arrested men) but so
as NOT to be heard by us. Several of the
arrested men were then discharged.
We we're ordered 10 march out and form,
in order to be taken off. | went up to
Col. Stewart who had come down on the
floor Of the Church, and asked him where
he was going to send US And he said we
would have 10 90 to Bloomsbury as Gen.
Cadwallader was there. All were then
marched on foot to Bloomsbury, 6 miles,
except few who procured private con-
veyances for themselves. We met Gen.
Cadwallater on the road about Orange.
vile who said nothing to US. Captain
McCann had charge of US, with s.many
soldiers as prisoners marching beside US.
We were marched through Bloomsburg
with only Slight halt in the street, to
the depot Of the Lackawanna g. Blooms
burg Rail Road and put in the station
/ house until the evening train came along.
It was reported among us that the Cap
tain said we were to be taken to Harris.
burg We were put in the cars and went
to Harrisburg where We were transferred
without delay to another train aud taken
on 10 Philadelphia. We arrived at Phil
adephia at eight or nine o'clock in the
morning, Seps 2pd, Sept, lst and were
taken 10 Barracks, 9th & Bu.touwnod.-
! There at noon we obtained something to
eat. Tin-cups Of soup and some bread
aud meat, which was the Grst food fur
nish, US from the time we had been al
rested. At tie Benton Church eome eat.
ablcs we're sent to us from the house Of
John }. S,i,es, by his direction, he being
one of thp arrested men, which vas all We
had had. l and my sons were ;a%oD from
home before breakfast.
The afternoon OF same day Sept end,
: Tlst I've were taken on TO Fort MrfTlin
aud put In Bomb-p proof No. 3. G Ding
through lous dark arohed passage or
=, gnngway of about 80 feet in length from
the iros-gralcd deer. ('ay 81 feet high in
. the centre and five or six feet wide) We
pass through heavy double parked and
, rive,ed dor into the mb.prooi. Thi:
, bomb.proof IS partly below the level of The
river is archvd overhead and has thicl
walls Of stone and brick. By stepping i
| and others made its width to he 10 fe,
. aud it, length 54 feet. This was the spac
allotted to tho prisoners, "A in ruuber
One Of the original prisoners had beei
discharged when we arrived at the Fort oil
the ground that he had been arrested b.
~ mistake.
,r Air and light were impefcctly admitte
=. on one side aud at one end of the bomb
- proof through openings in the wall, pei
- hans dozen iu number The main one
- may have been 4 inches wide BY foot
height on the outside, widening towar(
, the interior. The floor was Of hard cart
IS or gravel and firm. On The sides scan
- ling were laid on the g,ouud lensth-wls
-, of the roem aud across these boards wei
N placed. Again al The ends of the board
next the wall, short pieces of scanlIlng
y, blocks were placed at intervals end-wi
:, to the walls, across which boards were lai'
~ forming a narrow platform next the wall
u, a few inches high. This constituted
W substitute for pillows, the lower and wild
~ platform of boards answering the purpo
), of a bed. A single soldier blanket "
/, furnished to each man, but no bedding
-. straw.
= The room was very damp, and at
w. ~ times the water came through the ar
Io overhead from the earth upon it, droPpi
"a down in the part farthest from the fire.
~ There was also sweating of the side wal
,or To check the dampness it was necessa
to keep up fire constantly in the gra'e
one end Of the room, but this was not $
Gcisnt, although attended to night and "a
The fire was useful also,to some extent,
We. aiding the ventilation, and from the chi
bia ness Of the room was required Ior co
out Portable warmth even in September.
d Our prison fare was as follows -
each n loaf of bakers bread for the 81
st. One slice OF boiled pork or bsef and
ay. Of coffee in the morning one tin OF be
- or pea soup at dinner, and tin OF col
IN. A. night. On three or four occasions
ar. drew potatoes boiled 10 the skin 'n't
) in Of soup at dinner, Several times the m
his was no good, and five or six times tn
men was none furnished