, 1880-10-02
su1i1on Of Andesoa,ll1e, Libby, Dt1ls Lie,
Castle Thunder, cbar'tston, cahaba, Als1,
auarla, and other Southern
rrlspn.rtu.
Veterans Who Pro pose 10 Vote as They Sho'
They Have Opinions Regarding
The Cause Leo and Jackson
Fought For.
Well Rally Round the Flag, Boys,
We'll Rally 0nco Again, Shouting
the Battle-Ory Of Freedom!"


iNpiANAroLis' 1he, sept as.-ht
cred nt thc Wlgwam wv men. " was no
Ordinary meetlns, tol lheso - NV AIo GlahaeF
heroes t,hh LIE wv W''olh 1e'ihSson nus IN"
Molta'izea. lhey aIe souvenirs VI the ac'
pcil1on' Survivors OF sonthcrn pf'soh-pells'
Inc names OF tho more notorious o. tnese
prisons. Ahaersons1lle, L!ooS' ne'lc Isle
eastlo 1Huhuei' 4fiacot' AicAa''aFa'' rloE-
cnce, TUSCALOOSA V''"tlesio'' Sahap't "eIe
olsplayea Aoous t1ie o"'l'linE, p'lhEIls ~
mlha tne scenes o. tael, snnerihgs' tnougn
tneso Ieialhae,s were haru'y necessary as
comrade ea"ea upoh cohlaae "lu '"s ''sla
OF lhe past rose oe'ofo 'neu''
Inc nseetan& WIS ca'lea 70 oraer W oen.A'
y. oifclgnt, VINO il1foaucsa ING iioh. 1oh''
Caveh' VINO, us mayor, aeltveiea the aoafesS
~eieomlng tlle veterans 10 lhc Guy.
=, AZ tc conclusion Q! she alayafs naaress'
the oaho stIack up Nnl.y lo11'n aile mug,
voss' "''1c!l nel WIN pnaSs VI ."ss'S' niA'
ue1 tle se'Gf"l's sung, j"''''E ~ tle c,u-
rus, wnlle haiaAe1cs''e's "Asco aha 'he
gIcMtcst ohtnus'as'n pseval'ea,
ihe lion. o",'"e' MeAee' Oh hehlucKy'
n,'sol'et ol l''opst ta'u "''o "hs ~ ~ e'"t hot-
nnle piaee aiming 1lae !oneest o1 tao many
VINO weso eonl'hfa .!ese. .ne,i fespohaea'
TIE hon. SAMUEL M'KEE's Address.
at tho dawn of tiay, eleven officers md thirty.
onc cn1is,p,l mon had their non,ps called mi
I ta v''..lI w % nrsor 1 '' IT. t.S ,nemn eea " Wv
IN tnc L'ooy I.,son,. a. hlc,..hona' va,
t 10 de T United I sates J 1law u oddy ID se sue Hu
sentence rentls. and how strnt unfv To o1,r
nronln INV. Ero" 1,;chrnni g. ~ ti'a
p.opie li,Wi ctou4 0Acnhlohu' 'a's ~ tAe
United States4'
Out of this number nineteen ,Tere ah'e to
walk from tho prison TO the tr,ce.boat, about
100 yards below the prison, ami twenty.threo
went Gown IN wagons, or were carried on
stretchors. Worn, mud wasted. and starved,
thci1 eyes frightened Mt tho toughtof going
1notna n,a ,~hor, II ,rua rnr,,ooind nu.,
.oa's'' AL" ""eio ~ WIS 1eepes'ca I'LL"
loVed.
As tho small nebcl boat went down tia
lanes i;{var thc nnor sick hovs snot,e wnrrIa
~ "hoor nmd trioJ al ~ rn1,, oao,, n.,,ar o t,,,
VI cnee.' "'u uisu ~ taas easn o'nes, out
we came In sight Of our own gallant steamer,
those tired spirits lind crossed tho riynr. at,,l
only their cold dead bodies went over Into
omr roo,t akin and lnfnrn tl,ot shin h.,,
lahaen a. hnnapohs next morning 1our
more had jolncd them I'll another world; and
Of the forty-two whose na'nes were called ut
daylight on tho Inst day of that April, thirty.
first day OF May which followed when we
went ashore W1,crp liberty wAs our own,
This svas thn Iast lot ef uMion prisoncrs r.
very few tinys utter this ourAl'tny went up the
james Kiyrr tirnnt ndvnce,i illio tjlu Wilder.
mess,. Richmond became alarmed, alll ail
Rcmanl aiitl Bels isle, wiinrc s SS ,lt.ilnr @ tic
winter which lad closed, our pnor lloys laI
starved, md frozen, AMI tliel;, to endure still
greater hartlshiIs, slltrtrlngs. nnJ misery nt
f,,h.
In the South. Thu wurl,l does mt k1ioN, It
cannot conceive, aMt our people will not bI:-
lleve tlnil even nt the llorfors, the slekenlng
NeheS s g. lo M". expef.nGes, M thS lgnt iGr
nt e 81 tS to f"i. au Eas o
my co'ninGes, neeu not recount nor recall
@ Ine.n. a. 20 nnG & ~ our memories st We CT,
meyeI ,i,G}rsrt thenn 70 o'r cniiara'i antl
an! TO them u VIZ nlwaya be y ts,Illllltler OF
what W. suffered atI wi't1t w tntll'reH.
,,a,l niS VII, honW'ever, w., totlas ttat az Who
ieari sarsso f T iro s 10 eii is M !af
that .-.......
T1t1l.rY THOUSAND BRAVE MEN
guyc up their lives and dIsi fin lunthesouo
tnycal his coutry an her tine. % md f ul,tnrr, .y
dcath ratfer thni, sec iilnt cfIt,,trv djs.neI,-
beretI or It's tiaE d!slonorc,i, tint .wi!rt, r.;
lease was offered the,n ir,Mn tl,eir horrid
their njtrLn1c IL oi,r bni,nsr mn" mi nur c",,',.
try. they scUrrci Tia t,tfcr. md iirniy f"c..I
t!sath-s.ycry nlnil Of the,n-ruthor tau bring
incinlcral ,,Y DIR whoIs neonl.. MI wii m fnvr w.
and yenerntS the uv,sortes Uf tilo brave men
MOI. hec,,.s snei1 man M1 werc var r"a11v t',x y
liz lint tMs i,enl,i,lin md ilhrrtv snnI91 mt ~,
perish from uarth, fAnnauss.l '''
THO great Mnpe Of oircnuntry, when they
recall tl'is fact; VIII the nora md more tIr','y
Inn mn Inn ~