The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-11-11

mans were employed; was afterwards
engaged as superintendent of water
cure establishment hi Northampton,
Massachusetts. That was in 1886 and
1851. had then an offer made me by
u gentleman living some twenty miles
from HOpkinsyille, Kentucky-one DIR.
Weber. 1 stayed with him some two
months, till was convinced he was
humbug; he could not pay me my
wages. While here had got acquaint-
ed with some ladies and gentlemen who
had been there to get treated, and there
| married my present wife, Elizabeth
Savills, in 1854, at Cadiz, Kentucky. ]
stayed there some. six months; it did
mot suit me, the place was too small. /
went to live in Louisville, and went in
with DR. Caspari, and stayed with him
through the summer of 1855. i was SUI
perintendent of his water cure estab-
lishment, situated on Second street, be-
tween Walnut and Chestnut. Then ]
got acquainted with Mrs. l.. II. Mar
shall, of Natchez, Mississippi. After
the season was over somewhat, / went
there. Mr. Marshall made an engage
ment with me to take charge of one OF
his plantations, and I continued in this
situation till the war commenced. i
first went there by myself; he gave me
three hundred dollars per annum, and
had horse whenever / wanted one;
was at no expense whatever. took
my family there in 1857. / went from
there to Milliken's Bend. The planta-
ton on which Mr.. Marshall lived was
about three miles from Milliken's Bend.
lie ENTERS THE REBEL ARMY. :.
When l enlisted went in as a pri-
vate. The name of the company to
which belonged was the Madison in
fantry Captain Waddell commanded
it when it went out. stayed with that
company till August, 1861. Then we
had guard duty to do at the military
prison in Richmond; it was not Libby
nor Belle Isle, but Towards factory.
One day the officer of the guard, Lieu
tenant Todd, brother-in-law to Abra-
ham Lincoln, was relieved by General
Winder for depositing two dead bodies
right by Winder's house. After the l,rig-
| onels were brought in from the first
| Bull Run we had no list Of them, 80 |
| went to making out one. Genearl Win
der came along and asked me what was
at. told him, and he says. that is
| Just what we want" Two days after
that got an order from the War Depart
ment ordering me OH detached service.
trial. was then i'm command of the pris-
| on at Andersonville. l stayed till De-
| cenber, 1861. was then ordered to
| prepare three hundred and twenty pris-
| oners for Tuscaloosa, Ala. | had no
| rank then; was only sergeant. | wrote
to Richmond two or thee times to send
an officer, and finally General Forney,
of Mobile, sent an order for the prison
to be broken up it was in May 1862.
had orders to deliver the prisoners tc
the Governor of Alabama at Montgom
cry. l was then odrered to Richmond
HE IS PROMOTED. "a
| I had talk with General Winder
and told him had served about as lOnt
as could AS private; SO afterwards
was sent out at the battle OF Fair Oak
to act as Acting Adjutant General AM
Aid-de-C Camp to General Joe Johnston
1t was at this battle / was wounded by
piece of shell. Then the General mad,
me Assistant Provost Marshal of Man
chester. This did not suit me, and
asked to be relieved, but he would moi
relieve me, | went up to the War De.
partmentone day and met Colonel Guild,
Commissioner of Exchange, and Ould
asked me, "Where are all these prison
ers we have had in the South? | am
short six thousand. Il want yOu to GO
all over the South and hunt up all the
| prisoners, as we are going to make .
general exchange" This was In 1862
I first went to Petersburg. and tried tt
find out about these five tia, usand thai
were exchanged at GOldsboro, al q fOunC
out that our officers We're dMnh and
neglected to take receipts OF the Fede," "a
| officers went from here to Macon, Ga,
and found some men had had in charge
at Tuscaloosa and had them sent to
Richmond for exchange; Went from
| there to Louisiana, thence to Richmond.
All this time i was member of VIM
ders staff, but had been detailed Ola this
other duty at Colonel Guilds request. 1
came back andrepOrted, and he assigned
me to duty as chief of the secret poles.
and this was worse than to be provost
marshal of Manchester. / soon asked
to be relieved, but he would not
relieve me, so / went and got a
"sck leave.u / went on that
thirty days leave to Tuscaloosa, and
had it extended for thirty days
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 pris-
oners were treated, as they did not have
enough to eat / sked the General to
send me TO the Mississippi De-
partment; but my application was UNI
successful, and got another sick fur
lough. When | came back to Rich
mond was again made Chief of Police
In the Provost Marshal's office. staid
there two days. One day met an off,
Ger, who told me they were looking for
somebody to carry arms to the Trans
Mississippi Department. offered to
carry them, and soon received orders
from both the Secretary of War and the
Secretary of the Navy. / went to
Charleston and got some fixed ammuui.
ton and guns that had just arrived from
England. went as far as Meridian. and
had some trouble getting through Penn
berton's department; went to Port Hud-
son, and could not cross on account of
the gunboats Hartford and Albatross.
/ then got furlough to go to Europe on
account of my health. had furlough
for four months, but was so DELAYED that
my furlough only lacked three weeks of
being out when l landed at Liverpool,
ORDERED TO ANDERsoNvILLE.
After returning from Europe | was
ordered to Augusta to superintend the
transportation of prisoners to Anderson
vile; | was ordered in March to Ander-
sonville by General Winder to relieve
his son, w. s. Winder. Went there and
fnuul Goparal paruopa i'm command.