The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1882-11-02
The Young Orderly of Monster WirZ
at AnderSOnVille.
TURNER'S BLOOD HOUNDS.
The First COlored Prisoners
and How They Fared.
continued from last areek.1


and the whole confederate camp would be
aroused. Drums would roll and the men turn
out under arms. Then it would usually be dis
covered that some guards vivid Imagination had
gotten the better of him, and that everything
was quiet within the stoclade The guard
would be made the subject of bitter impreca-
tons by the soldiers whose rest had been thus
necdIcssly disturbed, and the prisoners would
chucllle over his discontinue.
had by this time become we'll acquainted in
the rebel camp, and especially with Mr.. Turner,
who had charge of the pack of bloOdhOunds
that were kept by the contcderates to run down
escaped prisoners. An old grey-headed man
was Turner's assistant. They used to Justify
the cruel practice on the ground that it was
quite as honorable as suhiccting confederate
prisoners to what they called the indignity of
being placed under the surveillance of q -
negro guard Turner told me that during his
imprisonment within the Union lines he had
been guarded by negro soldiers, and the fact
seemed TO have irritated him greatly. He re-
ceived rs compensation for hunting down the
poor fellows who managed to scale the stOckade,
or tunnel beneath it, thirty dollars per head.
He was paid of course, in confederate money,
which was at such discount that he really re-
ceived only about three dollars in our currency
for each man captured
.. A SHAM BATTLE.
During my soiourn in the confederate camp,
under the protection of my friend Jones, of the
Twenty-sixth Alabama, the rebels arranged to
give a sham battle as a compliment to the
ladies Of Americas, a town of considerable i'm
portance, about eleven miles distant from
AndcrsOnville. Posters were struck off and
distributed through the surrounding country,
giving a description of the spectacle, and on
the day appointed large number of ladies
and gentlemen arrived by train to witness the
demonstration. The spot selected for the ma
nGuvres of the regiment was the village green,
Immediately below the depot. There the rebel
troops were drawn up in line of battle, and, at
the word, the attack was begun. Charges were
made, and retreats and advances followed each
other in quick succession. OF course, only blank
cartridges were used, but the effect was never
thelcsS very impressive Men fell before the
fire Of their opponents as if dead or pretended
to be severely wounded or in the agonies of
death, and the spectators who had never wit
messed a real engagement, became intensely
excited. During the progress of the battle one
of the confederate captains suddenly ordered
his men to cease firing, and as soon as he could
make himself heard above the din and confu-
sion, said: "Be more careful! Some of you
have discharged your ramrods at US, and if you
are not more prudent you may kill somebody
yeti" 4 few moments afterwards l was di-
rcctcd to go forward and bring up the gun of
soldier who had fallen during one of the
charges, and was, in accordance with the gen
eral understanding lying on the field as if
dead. Just as l was about to pick it up
charge was sounded, and both lines closed in
upon me- As they did so one of the confeder-
atcs, who, ! had reason to believe, bore no good
viii towards me, levellcd his gun in my face
and shouted: damn you! you are q Yanllee"
and suiting action to words, fired directly
at me. The cartridge, of course was blank
and beyond the backing Of my face with the
grains Of gunpowder 1 suffered no hurt. Nat
urally, however, I was very indignant, and at
the first opportunity informed my friend Jones
of the occurrence. He was quite as angry as l
was, but we both knew that we should only
make matters worse by preferring any COM
plant against my enemy. You may be sure
that during the remainder of the day very
carefully avoided this sham field of battle.
A RED LETTER DAY.
In acknowledgment of the pIcasure-if pleas
IRE it was-which the confederates had afforded
them, the ladies Of Americas shortly afterwards
rendered them a dinner, and, at the invitation of
my friend Jones, 1 attended il with the rest of
the command. When reached the place found