The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-03-07

| SQUAD together-to have correspondence with
| them in no shape nor manner, and not to allow
Others to do so.-The circumstance that caused
me to leave the prison was that was in the
habit of throwing bread to the prisoners when
opportunity admitted was on guard and was
eating, and threw some bread to the prisoners
1 was relieved in a few minutes and went down
to Camp to lay aside my gun-The Sergeant OF
the guard was standing there-he said ne must
tie me down for,two hours, and buck and gag y
for throwing that bread and disobeying orders. =
| Then he tied me down for two hours.
CROSS EXAMINED.
O. What do you mean by saying that you left
Salisbury?
A. mean that just left there.
O. Did you leave with permission?
A. 1 did not.
@. Did you desert?
A. did-it was ON the 2Sth of November.
| Il had been detailed on guard for twenty -four
| hours-when gave the bread to prisoners had
been on post two hours-I was relieved for three
| hours during which time was bucked.-There
was none of my relief present when the Sergeant
| came to me-My quarters were about two hum
| dred yards from the prison. belonged to Co. b,
4th N c. Battalion-my Captains name was Gid
ney-I am not certain, but 1 heard some OF the
soldiers say that was his name-I don't remember
| the names of the Lieutenants.
| Twas detailed and sent to this company on
| light duty, and did regular guard duty while 1
| was there-I recollect the names OF two OF the
| Sergeants-one was Thompson and the other was
Williams-Williams tied me down and bucked
me.--He belonged to the same Company did
was tied down about twenty feet from my tent,
which was about 200 yards from the prison.
Here the witness was shown the map of the
prison. but could tell nothing about it.
NV camp was on the South side of the prison
did not know where some of the other camps
were-I don't know anything about the cannon
don't know whether they were in battery or
field pieces, but they were pointed towards the
prison.
When threw the bread, l was on post, rather
to the west corner of the prison; am not GER
tain how far from the depot-between twenty
five and one hundred yards.
@. Where was the relief guard when you were
tied down?
A. MY battalion was quartered about two hun
+ bred yards from the prison-my tent was little
nearer The relief to which l belonged was at
the main camp of the battalion; they generally
stayed there-they had no other place to stop at
don't know what other commands were sta
toned at Salisbury at that time; think there
were others, but am not positive. The prison
was planked up should say, at rough guess,
about ten feet high. The witness here drew
what he thought rcsembled the shape Of the
prison, which did not agree with the map.l The
ditch inside was about six or eight feet from the
palings-there were few trees inside the prison
yard-some tents and a brick building. don't
remember any thing else, particularly
I don't know whether my battalion did the
whole guard duty of the prison. think all my
relief belonged to it. This day was on the north
side of the prison near the railroad-the depot
was up west of the railroad. was from twenty
five to one hundred yards from the depot. had
been on duty nearly two hours when threw the
bread. l went on about two o'clock I don't
think either the commissioned officer of the guard
or of the day saw me tied down, nor any other
commissioned officer.
By THE COURT.
@. Were you on good terms with the Sergeant
of the guard?
CROSS EXAMINATION RESUMED.
The Sergeants full name was John 7. Williams,
believe. enlisted in March, 1862. belonged
to Co. E., 18th N. C. Infantry; johnson was my
Colonel; Falls was one of my Captains-Whoey
was another; he was my last Captain-I believe
Stowe was my last Colonel. l think Whoey was
from Rutherford. The 4th N. C. Battalion was
composed of North Carolinians. l don't know
how many companies there were.
REDIRECT.
Invent home after being wounded at Gettysburg
to Lincolnton, N. c., being discharged from Con.
fedcrate army There was an election there one
cvening-some fellows made me mad and
hurrahed for Lincon-I was arrested and put in
Jail acknowledgement morning started for Sal
isbury under arrcst-was detailed there ON light
duty-dont know who detailed me.
CROSS EXAMINED
First time enlisted, was volunteer.
Capt John Hutchins sworn-aged 81 was
taken prisoner in the fall of 1864, on the Weldon
Railroad-I held Captains commission in the
S9th Massachusetts, reached Salisbury on the
4th or 5th of October, am not positive which,
and was confined there till the 10th.
fcers were all out setting down in rear of building
which they occupied-the Lieutenant was among
the rest. TThe witness pointed out the buildings
and the part of the grounds occupied by oficers.]
was sitting in between two buildings-some-
thing in the rear of them-Leut. Davis was near
the stockade-thc officers urined against this
trec-In the act Lieut.. Davis was shot by the
guard-the tree stood from ten to fifteen feet from
the stockade-I was forty or fifty feet from the
tree-the first thing I heard was the gun-then I
saw Lieut. Davis fall went to him among other
oficers-some of them carried him near the third
building-he laid there about half an hour-the
guard that shot him was on the stockade outside
he reloaded his gun and said something that
could not underestimate saw him on the stockade
| some ten or fifteen minutes afterwards-it was
customary for the officers to go to this tree-they
went near the stockade in going to the sink-a
number of officers up this oak tree afteracorns
| the day before-I had been at the stockade below
this point one or two days previoisly-but never
at this place. 1 had never been warned of any
dead line near this place. Lieutenant Davis be-
longed to the 155th New York Infantry As
! to the personal appearance of the man who shot
Davis, should Judge that he was !. young man
| thirteen or fourteen years of age-ae was small
sizcd-had a light complexion, light hair and thin
face. @ ft
could not tell his height, but he was very
young looking si
do not know that any of the prison officials
investigated this m atter-but request was made
by Gen. Hays, fellow prisoner, that the man be
/ punished. don't know whetherit was DONE