The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-01-07
From our Prisoners in Dixie.
CoLCxE.A. SovTR CAROLINA,

CoLCXE.A. SOUTH CAROLINA,
Nov. otb, 1865.
heard that We were captured on the l3:h
ul:. at Tilton, and perhaps imagined that
as prisoners Of war we have suffered grea.
many hardships. IN this you woald be
mistaken, as we have been very well treat
ed and are getting along finely. ] have nc
Idea where we will be exchanged. The en-
listed men are at Camp LAYTON, Ga.
None Of the 0e-manviue boys were bur.
IA the Fight. Jacob Kerr was not captured.
am we'll and have been ever s.nce ] wns
captured.
I an Only allowed 70 vito one page, so
you Will have to be satisf. &c with sao..
.ette-. II you should answer this, Won
must be brief and write nothing contra
band. Fa: United States and q coafede-
rate stamp ca the envelop and .eave i: m
sealed. Direc: to aaron PARK, lst Lieut..
Co. o. 18th Iowa V. lntan,ry. Column
ton Head.
! send my love TO mother. Your afiec-
ilonaIe Huspaad, AGHoS PARE.
kS Co-vNK1A, Sosr-E GARer-rA.,
Nov. j4, ls,,4.
MY DEAR eWTFE:-l sxpec. i. will be a
long time before can get homo 20 see you.
and may nave haYdships and priyations
to endure; but feel sure tina. cau stand
il all, and would rather -ay g year IN Prison
Than have our Government submit to any
thing dishonorable TO efec. al exchange,
and, as far as ! know, al the officers here
are OF the same mind in that respect.
The -ebe. treatment Of prisoners is lnhu-
man. The enlisted men are pu: into q
stockade containing some forty acres, sur
rounded by fence fourteen feet high, COM
posed Of pine logs twenty feet long, sit
feet IL the ground, and fourteen oat They
have no shelter from the storms, dews and
srosts. Many Of them have no blankets.
and are ScaEtsly cloiheG-some are almost
naked. Their rations consis. OF corn meal,
molasses, very little rice and meat.
This stockade is near q little place called
Millen, Ga, and is called Camp ..awton.
am afraid we will never sea near all Of
our brave boys that were PET n here the
first Of this month.
Our camp is about two and talf miles
west of Columbia. There is no $50 kade
around lls. We are all huddled together il
an old field, and have no shelter ey cepting
what we can make ourselves out Of pine
boughs and such things as we can pick Up
around camp. Sometimes wo can GET a
special guard to 60 OCT to the woods with
us for poles and brush. We have 20 carry
all our wood about q quarter OF o mile, IN
der guard.
lassee once in q while some rice, but no
meat. There has TO: been pound ofMeat
issued to prisoner at this camp, anG ]
don't suppose ever will be.
There are suffers, bat no money to buy
from them. Butter is $l2 pound, three
small apples 81, I've small turnips e SO,
four small radishes 81, sweet potatoes sd
bushel, s. Confederate money for 81 in
greenbacks. suppose ] can consider nv
self lucky; / managed 70 save abou. sire
in green backs, and II should get sick
can buy something &c eat. Tho rebs don't
furnish any thing to cook in or cat ont Of I
gave 80 for knife and forh few daysaco.
and and az soon 20 the eu:ler pete them On
l must buy tn cup and plate, for which !
| will have &c pay Sl2
| seat . letter by mail 70 yoa few ,avs
! ago, and had 70 tel lies L get /, throurh
l told yoa that NO had mol suffered cnv
aud had been we'll used. II shai told ",
that we were marched % 10 as miles jay
and bad nothing to est but parched corr
| ana sugar cane stalks, ne letter Womb
have been bnrned by tie rebel proves.
marshal. thought It better 10 tell ,alse-
noce No. . -. you know shst 10 were still
alive and well, than 70 send you no news.
This letter expect to send through 81
| Lieut.. Tower, OF our regiment, who ox-
poets to be exchanged On ~ ae.1s,eecent
list- He hos wooden leg aud vim garry
sono istters in Is until he ge.s into our
l1eD, aA6 Wen send & BY nail,