Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1879-05-17

ed a fiatterlng reception every time
he came in, and no orator ever se-
cured more attentive audience than
would gather around him to listen
to what he had to say. He was be-
yond doubt the best known and
most popular person in the prison,
and l know all the survivors of his
old admirers share my great interest in
him, and my curiosity as to whether
he yet lives and whether his subse-
quent career has justified the sanguine
hopes we all had as to his future.
rope that if he sees this, or any one
who knows anything about him, he
will communicate with me. There
are thousands who will be glad to
hear from him.
l have to repor. a most remarka-
BILE coincidence, The preceding mat
ter was written in the early part of the
week, and has been in type for several
days Yesterday-Friday-the fol-
lowing letter was received
To the Editor of The Blade Last
evening l saw copy of your paper,
in which was chapter or two of a pris-
on life of soldier during the la,e war.
L was forcibly struck with the cor
RICHNESS of what he wrote and the
names of several of my old comrades
which he quoted Hill, Timber jim
etc, etc. [ was drummer boy Of
Go. |, 10th West Virginia Infantry,
and was IS years Of age II day or two
alter arriving at Andersonville, which
was in the last Of February, 1864
Nineteen of my comrades were there
with me, and, poor fellows they are
there yet. I have no doubt that
would have remained there, too, had
L not been more Fortunate.
do not know who your soldier
correspondent is, but assume II
tit from tlo followinq 4
... will remember b2vi S sen me in
AndersonyilIe: was the little boy
that for three or four months oficiat-
ed as orderly for Capt. Wirz. [ wore
red cap and every day could be
seen riding Wirzs gray mare, Ell
tber at headquarters, or about the
stockade. | was acting in this ca
pacity when the Six Raiders-"Mos-
by" (proper name Collins Delaney,
Curtis, and-I forget the other names,
We're executed. [ believe that | was
the first that conveyed the inteli-
gence to them that Confederate Gen
eral Winder had approved their l.
tence. AS soon as Wirz received
the dispatch to that effect | ran
down to the stocks and told them.
| visited Hill Of Wauseon, Fulton
Co., o., since the war and found him
hale and hearty. | have not heard
from him for a number Of years until
reading your correspondence letter
last evening. 1t is the only letter Of
the series that | have seen, but after
reading that one | feel called upon
to certify that have no doubts of
the tt uthfulness of your correspond
ent's story. The world will never
know or believe the horrors of An
dersonville and other prisons in the
South. No living human being, in
my Judgment, will ever be able to
properly paint the horrors of those
Internal dens.
I formed the acquaintance of sew
eral Ohio soldiers whilst in prison.
Among these were O. D. Streeter, of
Cleveland, who went to Anderson
vile, about the same time that [
did, and escaped, and was the only
man that l ever knew that escaped
and reached our lines. After an
absence OF several months he was
retaken in one Of Sherman's battles
before Atlanta, and brought back. I
also knew John L. Richards, of Fos-
toria, Seneca Co., O., or EagIesville,
Wood Co. Also man by the name
Of Beverley, who was partner of
Charley Huckleby, of Tennessee.
would like to hear from all of these
parties. They all know me.
Mr.. Editor, will close by wishing
ali my comrades who shared in the
sutferings and dangers Of Confederate
prisons, a long and useful If
mrs truly
-,AAaoM :. POWELL.
Eckhart Mines, AlIesany Co., Nd,
March "a.
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