The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-03-21


coat-I can't tell what kind of coat it was exact
Iy-he generally had on broad brimmed hat, ev
ery time I saw him, of either gray or brown col
or he did not have on his sabre the other Two
| times-I am not certain ever saw him have Il
on-I don't know that spoke to Babbitt and
Harris at the time the man was put in the dead
cart: was not acquainted with Babbitt at the
| time but was well acquainted with Harris-Bab-
bitt and Harris were standing on the right OF the
cart-they were not far from Maj. Gee and near
their tent Witness drew diagram Of the rea-
tive position of the parties present, the wagon,
tent and dead-house.
Il did not see Lieut.. Davis fall, but saw him
before he was removed. I saw him not more than
half a minute after he had fallen
WITNESS pointed out on the map the place
where the guard Stood where the body OF Lieut.,
Davis lay, and where he stood when he heard the
firing. l went up to the guard line, to within
about 20 wards of where Lieut.. Davis lay; it might
have been more or less-I don't know what off,
Ger went up to the guard after the shooting-he
| looked like an oficer--he had saber on-the
guard was not taken off his post while stood
there-I saw him on his post about ten minutes
afer he shot-the officer went away and left the
sentinel still on post.
went from Belle Isle prison to Salisbury
there were nearly 5000 sent from Belle Isle to Sal
isbury-there were about GO squads of hundred
to the squad-I had been in prison about seven
weeks before went to Salisbury-there must
have been about 5000 that had been in for that
length of time, as l belonged to the 4Sth squad
The hole 1 occupied in the prison was as COM
Portable as the tent, as long as it didn't rain
when it rained the holes were DAMP and there
was danger of their caying, many of them did
cave in. do not know Maj. Mor6tt-l never
saw him at the prison to know him.
| No particular person pointed Maj. Gee out to
me-there was lot of prisoners there talking
| about it, will swear that the man heard talk
at the dead cart was Maj. Gee, and not some other
| Major What makes me certain is, l saw him
| with my own eyes.
When the rebel officers were recruiting Maj.
| Gee was right there with them, sometimes talk
ing with them-he was standing with them when
they were recruiting and heard him say, it was
fifty dollars and double rations to those recruit
| ed suppose they were officers OF the garrison
| because Maj Gee was with them and they had on
| sabres-one was called Lieutenant and he had on
a sabre-they did not say what kind of money we
| were to get-Maj. Gee made this offer himself
| don't know how many Joined the rebels at Sails
bury, about 400 or 500, guess-some came back
| into prison after they had enlisted. reside in
| Albisn, Orleans County, N. Y.
| The three days we went without food we got
nothing to eat-the squad got nothing to eat those
| three days. not thing-there were about so in
| the squads, think, about that number 1t occur
| red very often during the winter, in December,
January and think in February, that what wood
| one man could carry was what was allowed
| squad-this was often; they Chose who went out
for wood said the wood was scarce-I don't know
OF men going out to get wood when, there was
none. was never out there myself.
| Adjourned to 8 o'clock p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Il. B. Orsland called and sworn-was prison
| er at Salisbury-ca captured 18th October, at Cedar
Rum in the Shenandoah Valley-taken to Sails
bury about the last of October-I belonged to the
| 151st n. 7. Volunteers. l recognize the prison
| cr-saw him few times in Salisbury-he was
called Maj. Gee-I remained at Salisbury till the
cd day of February, 1S65-whie there the sup
ply of ratons was small, so was the fuel. At
first, we got half pint or pint of com meal per
day, and about a tea-cup full Of rice soup-meat
| about once in two weeks, some squads got it of
| tener, think-the meat was a small peice, and
bad-got about spoonful of vinegar once-got
| sometimes corn bread, and sometimes wheat
bread, about half a loaf-sometimes got nothing
for two or three days-the supply of wood was
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| men, for one day, for the squad of one hundred
mine was the eighth Division, 18th squad. About
iIiree quarters of cord Of wood was allowed to
| 1000 men per day; some could carry more, some
less, as the men were stronger weaker. The
| prisoners all suffered more or less from cold
some froze their toes off, froze one of my heels
| I saw number hobbling round, can't state the
number-some were taken to the hospital, and
saw them no more
l heard Gee at one time, as he came to the back
OF the large brick building and two men with him,
say, ''when you see gathering, fire in among
! them and make them scatter there were good
many men shot back Of that large brick building
a! the bakery-I should judge about dozen
some were not killed but were taken to the hos
pitals-I never heard any warning given before
firing-I saw one man shot while he had his shirt
off, sitting near tree by the hospital was about
two or three rods off when the guard shot him.
l was nearer to the guard than the man WHO was
slot, and heard no warning given.
WITNESS pointed out the place on the map
where this man was shot] This man was not shot
at the time Maj. Gee gave the order have spok
en- of, but few days after it. go
b |
Men were enlisted there for the Confederate
army, and notices were stuck up on trees, EVAN
ted, 400 foreigners to enlist in the Confederate
service; they shall receive $50 and double ratoni
as soon as enlisted. Signed by order of Maj. GEE
commanding post" as nigh as can repeat thu
words-One of these notices was on q tree nea
the suffers tent and another on tree near thu
framed hospital, and one or two more in thu
1 square somewheres--ny quarters were right bacl
of the brick building in little shelter tent-In,
tent was the third one from the bake house
marched from Salisbury to Greensboro and thel
on cars to Wilmington-don't know how man,
went to Wilmington-the we were put in house
we did not meet any other. prisoners on tn
wayne got into our lines at East Ferry on til
4th day of March--don't recolect the day we go
to Wilmington-dOu't know whether all the pr
soners at Wilmington came from Salisbury or moi
We went on the cars from Goldsboro' to Whining
toni think that 1 was in the last squad tina
went into Wilmington, but cannot say how mnn
/ prisoners were there when got there. We LEI
Wilmington on steamer-there were about 30
on that boat--they came from Salisbury-otlel
had left on a boat before, aud others came after
ward.
CROSS EXAMINED. 70
The man took for Maj Gee was dressed witt
:. cape on that came down to about here; Trneas