, 1876-01-25
ANDERSONV|LLE,
Tho "Reminiscences Of u Chicago
Prisoner.
What He Thinks of That Eden Of tho
Sunny South.
Tho Scenes Of Misery tint TIC Witnessed
-.Lack OF Food md Water.


4no Au'oon.J aeoa.o IA ZIG HOUSE OF hopre-
"sNea' ,' - ~ nag aau ~ o'he1 ohoct' Las ro-
1es ~ eon'eoo1s.o plason s'Fool'
s,os' ..'a VIZ eosoloss n.e 'eeannE s'o'r atpo'
s'. s.n.o' ~ na.v'aoaso' .1 r!osaneo' Ano o1ael
a"as,o' :. nova a.a'y 70 eala tna1 no ono VINO
"no u"tot'"na3o ononga 70 haFe personal efpe-
1lcnco recognizes tho r0aDate picture OF tAoir
condition drawn by Messrn. Hill and Coz In
lond. tho efrorts nj thc.o ror,lon,, h.1n
.ro,,s,1 =, ,nafon.+,o T., H. .r..a.s -. MI,
a. ~ 1Io etooa'' VI not'h'
orr ooIosesa "hlea VIII INA o1psosston In tho Gu
suing campaign, aud will certainly rcault in
Democratic dleastor,
A Tn1nurx renortor va.tnrt1nv had n conva+,..
Tim with
In. CALVIN pUnANb,
OF tho firm of DurAnd & Co.. whoicaa1o RrocorB
Wabash avenue, relative to his knowledge of
that modern nsr.df,,, Ands,sonv,,n H. M.
pe4s4sot o.'o'oa. ". ''4o' nts' ou.
laaa was HoMoor ot tAo CnlcaGo Dokfd OF
1Tado battory, and was captured near Atlanta
July, 1864. aud with several other prisoners MAS
tagon to Andersonv,Jte far ssfo,kccn,no ua
sPsn1 n'oo 'noneae "l.h'n i'o oohBnial pfeciaoto,
anu may consequently bo coYHldorrd an An.
thority on tho treatment Union soldiers received
thero When spoken 10 In regard thereto 'Dtr.
a.sna - asesfeu ~, .nas ~ nosuaso was mneqaase
teooaFo3 Ill Auea ot tAa nof1old DO "1Iue6bed
during his imprisonment. Thofe ucre 900
men In turanco when he landed at Apdcrson.
villa all ~ whom .,ro IN . frio,,tfn, ot,t, ~
a;.t s.a ,,,,o".s =. 49,. 's..a s' a.s'1 ~. ~
1..' ~. "aa u.ses7'' ~ was 'no custom OF the
'e''t 10 strip eaoa prisoner OF eVErJth1ng he
poasesaod whom thkon,-goluR 10 far In mauy
iostauoos ss to deprive him Of his blanket and
much Of his clothing. While beug conveyed to
tho stookaue prisouefs woro
rAunTKD w1rn rnx pnosprc7 nEronr rrrr.
Iaobcl soldietp wero perfectly veil aware Of what
MAS ia storo Tor tbsm. AndotsonyiIio bong ro.
gardcd tu tho Confederate army ~ al Infornal
legion In which Northornore we're to oxpiate Tia
e shx 5t1 Ss e1 su u9sa ssae ss s4s 5ssst
Andcraonyille have been recon.ty described by
AIr. Hill. The only thing to compaiu about ID ID
thns particular Was their uon.exletenoo. Mr..
Durand states that tLo stockuds was srectad
around tilamal swamp, from which oyoey yes-
tiee Of troo and abrib had beon cleareJ. Thn
mou bad to hloep on tho ground unlerucath
tepts moso full ., holcs thsn wao consistent
with auy dogroo OF comfort,
~ ron yATzn,
tle 10000 unfortuasteB had to dopcnd unon
"hc soo afA asa aun n1fpEa Wa bs 9a ana
poIlated viii tbs dlth Of tho nobni ru.Td No
soa,, vas served out, and ,,oor foiIowb wsrn cny
Grad with verm,D, owing to lack of scoua,ntauco
stter = sotourn Of fow wchks s nss a,orc i,Ia
that Of sayages than Of civilized beings Hans
seemed 10 abandon most who woro iucsrcerated
at A,,dcraonY!,Ie. Tho ebioct tnlaory atamnod
on tho prisoners struck tloep into tue neTe
comerp. tnnuY OF whom would load sil dnsira IN
lie and speedily g,,couub to tho elcten,nr dis
Gases w!1ioh proyaiio1.
Tus FOOD
WAS abominnble. All that wns a1fovat1 r,cr ajon,
fset md s foet aauare, baked with hani or,,st,
oouplc OF spoonfua Of sorohmm molnaSosS a
miserable ptoce Of bacon. or i bs!f. t1int Of rej
peas. Tbaso artiolsn wnra transtnrta,3 in ia
6ame vapops whioI, conyoyeil tl.n denI nrisnonrn
to flo coraotcry. Do rayonona. .wero aoi1,a nf the
priuoucru tnat thev would crawl Altar thn
nsaonn to piok M tho crumba vhinh
felt No fuel was suuplieu for cn]innTc
purposes They ha4l to toly upon what stioka
thog could Hnd II tho stoekndo w;.,, w',,oh ~
boil thoir poas. bcaroely eyor wero thcv ho;1ed
90 ~ to be djgostjb}o, More than onos. m