The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-10
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NJ Editor | w.ll s.re y9a fcs
notes respecting the tgcsgmeu; oi The
J 60o officers -cnt from f,a Delaware. 10
be put under tfe ii oar uau guns IN
7 pretended retaliation.
We were packed III tie hull Of an I'd
>t.a lcr where tho steam from the en-
+ CINE kept thc St4cua,el air - hot that
II >eelei Impos- Die tor any living be
Eu- sdogt Of ,dIamauicr 70 endure
, II. Gu guard was = cemrsnY Of Ohio
militia. commanded by Capt Frenti-s
l'hc officers AZ Fort Delaware turned
.ker 10 him what httle money We had
! l. would uot Let u~ have more than -
ctnts, or 81, at a time ari charged us
IA enormous per cent. for Keeping il.
About the second day Al sea We were
ltormci that the -aprly Of water was
exhausted Whether .ruc or not. IL
amounted 10 the same with rs. They
hen drew water from the boiler for us
which could be drank after il got cool.
II man had any vessel to keen i: in.
We were landed on Morris Island
Sept eth, and turned in the stockade,
where We were guarded by = regiment
/ Of negroes their colonel being white
man, ilalowell by name. After getting
their guard arranged they opened fire
/ upon our forts and batteries from the
/ broadside of battery wagons in our
rear, the shot passing over Us SO near
that the conclusion OF the shot through
The air could be plainly felt. Occasion
ally shell would explode as soon as IL
eft the gun and the fragments would
come hOwilug down upon Us. Shells
rom our own guns exploded above us,
and all around us, but provldcntlaly
Sc all escaped harm. Our ratlons were
brought in and distributed by negro
sergeants, and at first consisted of a
piece OF bacon about two inches long,
one inch wide, and one half inch thick,
brought IN IN boxes that the negroes
had been carrying sand IN The meat
had just as much sand upon 1t as could
stick to 1t. With this we would get
two mouldy crackers that Gad once
been tull Of bugs ana worms but they
had left them stuck with holes and
webb. About once a day we would get
4 little soup, just about a. poor AZ
\ ankee knows how to make it-thcy
would occasionally stir ii up, which
would enable them to distribute the
worms little more equally Some of
the prisoners hoping to be benefited by
a change asked Col. Halowell to give
us corn bread, which he said he would
do. A man living upon the ratiops
that we had been, would think that
there was no risk IN making a change.
But IN this we were mistaken. The
meal was sour. and dom know how
Sometimes ii had been warmed through,
a, IL, a; Il
or mush. was full Of little white worms
about three eights of an inch long. |
heard OF some trying to count the num-
Der In a half pint, but did not, it was
walow them or perish. The people Of
Charleston sent Us by truce boat about
ten bushels Of cooked sweet potatoes.
Instead Of the Yankee officers inspect
ing them and sending them in the same
day, they kept them about three days,
until they were fully spoiled, ana then
sent them in and dumped them out
upon the sand. went and scratched
into them hoping to find mouthinl,
but they were thoroughly spoiled. The
water given Us was brought to us III
barrels that had been used for ceal tar.
FORT PULASKI, GA.
We were landed and imprisoned in
the fort Oct cath. TIE fort i Of brick
upon low baggy islandl, with a brick
Il DOR just above the water. This water
we were forced to use for drinking and
cooking. We got it by dropping
bucket through a hole in solid block
Of stone in the floor. We were packed
u men to a casemats. We were fur
nished TWO cook stoves to cook our ra-
tiona With, and about half enough wood
to caok them. We have no provision
We have to stand sit, OF lie III the cold,
damp. atmosphere, and tough 1t out tho
best We can. Our clothes are nearly all
worn 1t. Some Of u. have been able
to get somc the Yankee ; old uniforms
and shoes that they have thrown away.
| was too weak to get about much to
see how others were situated, but /
heard that several men had not blan-
ket to their name, aud slept upon
plank all the winter without any ire.
Rations for the first few weeks they Is
sued to II. about 5 Oh. Of very poor
beef and three crackers per day Gen.
Foster then ordered that We be issued
corn meal aud pickle for forty days.
The suffering then began III good earn
est The best Of the meal Wa soured
aud not fit to be fed to hog. A great
deal Of it was perfectly black, perfectly
rotten The worms had left 1t IN get
ting it out Of the barrel, and broke up
in Jumps a. big a. man hat. | new
er was fond OF pickles, and 50 Tar a. my
knowledge exteuicd there was but few
who attempted To- eat it alter the hrst
few days To be sure to staTVe US to
death the sutler shop was closed, and
we could not get anything from hun
We thought We had suffered at Point
/ J0kout. folt Delaware, and Morris
| land but it was nothing to compare
with the suffering nov. It is lnpossl-
bic for the human tongue to express
that terrible disease scuryy--
which hal before made it. appearance,
now rapidly developed itself. In a lev
davs men might be seen with bright
Yellow spot upon their body or leg.
(oaciudcd Hert Wseit-)
The friends Of Mai Chaz. VI. Sted-