The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-03-14
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think the arrangement for the sutlership was
made with the authorities before Maj. Gee went
to Salisbury. The prisoners of war had permits
sion to buy any thing had-therc was no re-
stricton as to quantity Of articles nor kind, ex-
cept liquors, that sold the prisoners got po- !
tatoes, turnips, tomatoes, and sometimes meatt
sell; but could not get much meat, on account
of the scarcity of it in town. went out several
times for it and got none-as to potatoes and
turnips, could get good many in the Fall sea-
son. when they dig potatoes, that is in the months
of October and November principally. When
was sergeant, did not get plenty OF rations; at
first we were allowed third of pound of bacon
which afterwards was reduced to quarter of
pound, with about pound of four-and some
times, perhaps five or six times, went to the
company to draw and got nothing-I went two
weeks, while the company went to Greensboro,
and left few of us at Salisbury, without getting
any thing but what bought myself When we
did not draw meat, we got some molasses and
little corn meal or some flour, and little salt
time or two, and little rice sometimes. was
an enlisted man in Co. B. Freeman's battalion.
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don't recollect the prices charged for the
articles sold-I cannot swear to the prices-I
reckon got about rs cents to S15O piece for
pies-potatoes about s12 bushel-meat was SO
scarce don't know what it was pound-salt
about dollar and quarter pint, all Confeder-
ate money. Ihave not the least idea of the guam
tity sold.
BY THE COURT.
At the times gotnothing to eat, don't know
whether the others of the company Jared the same
Il did not quarter with my company-drew my
rations about twice week as nearly as could
I was restricted to profit of Is per cent clear
on what I sold-sometimes made less and some
times more than this per cent made less sew
eral times-the ten cents head, per month that
I received, was in Confederate money.
Albert 81. Richardson called and sworn, was
member of Co. K. 39th Mass. Regt., was taken
prisoner 10Th August and carried to Salisbury
about the 9Th or It'll October, 1864. recognize
the prisoner have seen his face, don't know his
name-have seen him at Salisbury I remained
at Salisbury till 22d February, about AZ months
while there we got onehalf LOAF bread, rice soup
and small piece of meat daily when first went
about one-fourth loaf of bread, and meat about
once fol might in small quantities-we got our
rations sometimes in the morning, sometimes at
night, some days none at Advent once ffty-six
hours with nothing but rice soup. We had no
shelter, but the few buildings till the last of DC
tober, when we got few tents-the buildings
were mostly occupied by the sick.
O. After these prisoners had been there some
time, were their minds affected?
TObjected to by the defense and the objection
sustained.l
There were about 5000 prisoners who went to
Salsbury-when we left, about {, 500 could march;
about this number did march, when VIC started,
but great many fell out.
went for water one day-had been without
rations some time-a man with me had money
and tried to buy food from citizen outside, and
the guard told him it was against the orders, and
he did not buy it.
@. State as to what was the prices of articles
sold in the suffers shop in the prison.
A. The amount of things was small-the price
of salt was fifty cents spoonful; eggs, ten dol
lars dozen, flour about dollar gill-all this in
Confederate currency. think the pies were
dollar and quarter each-don't know the prices
ofthese things outside but know they were lower
than inside. When the prisoners went there, some
had U. S. money and some Confederate money, ex-
change when we first went there was 10 to /, and
afterwards 20 to 1, for greenbacks.
All I know of the outbreak on the 25th Nov,
is, some one commenced yelling in the yard,
firing commenced with musketry and artillery,
and was kept up Is or 20 minutes; man or two
was killed. some wounded-I was in the tent
the man saw killed was outside thetent opposite
the artillery. 1 can't say as to the average num-
Der of deaths per day in the prison-several men
died in my tent, who never went to the hospital
at all-there were forty-two men in my tent, at
first, think about twenty of these went to the
hospital, and two remember, died in the tent
think nearly all those who went to the hospital
died none came back to the tent l did not see
q colored soldier killed on the 10th Dec
We were taken from Salisbury to Greensboro
and thence by way of Raleigh and Goldsboro to
Wilmington-at Goldsboro we were Joined by
some other prisoners, about 300 can't tell how
| many prisoners went with us into Wilmington
there were about twenty of my company who
there
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No other witness of my company has testified
in this case-I am positive as to some of the pri-
es to which have testified; ten dollars dozen
for eggs and fifty cents spoonful for salt-some
| few of the prisoners got liquor-I don't know
where they got it, think from the Sutler-Inev'
er knew liquor to be brought in in the water bar
rels-I never knew that the guard and the prison
| ers traded together. The number of prisoners
have given is to the best of my judgement.
| The Court announced that the sessions hereaf
ter will be from 10 a. m. to 2 p. m., and from to
5p. m.
The Court then adjourned toto o'clock to-mor
row morning.
THIRTEENTH DAY.