The National tribune., 1882-09-23

and has a fair chance at you. The same
night General Sherman unexpectedly discov-
cred that he was eating his supper in the
house of Howell Cobb, late commander of
the Andersonville garrison, and the individ-
ual who pointed to thousands of graves filed
with the bodies of starved prisoners and
bOastfully exclaimed: THAT is the way
would do for them!" The house stood on
Cobb's plantation, but the great man himself
was not there. His corn, beans, peanuts,
poultry fence-rails, and molasses were i'm
mediately confscated, and a general order was
issued to "spare nothing, and many fires were
kindled. At the close of the war Cobb sac
epted the situation with great eagernessa and
ostentation, and was undoubtedly influenced
to do so by the dread that his share of the
Andersonville atrocities might be inquired
into. Let him be remembered in history as
the fit associate of Wirz and Winder
OFF FOR SAVANNAH.
SAVANNAH Nor. 23d I've left MiIlen
Prison in hurry, night before last, march
ing out of the stockade in division of one
thousand men each. Ours was the last one
to leave. On passing out the gate at
about ten o'clock we were amazed to notice,
by the glare of some large fires, that not
rebel soldier was anywhere in sight. Only
few rebel officers awaited US. AS soon as
we had halted, in obedience to an order
given, a rebel colonel rode up and briefly
addressed us. The substance of his har-
angue was, that we were about to be march
ed to the depot, mile distant, without
guards, and were there to be placed on the
cars for Savannah, and that before twenty
four hours we would be on board Federal
transports and vessels of war. The sick had
all been exchanged, and our turn had come
at last. Now" he concluded, {" if any of
you are id fools enough to run away, you
can do 1t if you want to. Forward, march,"
We responded with loud yells, and moved
down through the dark pine woods and on
to the railroad station without the desertion
of a man. [Kilpatrick's cavalry reached
Millen thirty-six hours after our departure
and burned the railroad buildings. Five or
six dead bodies were found unburied in the
stockade, and 700 prison graves were counted.
The number of prisoners brought to Millen
was about 10000. The first of them arrived
On the 18th of October, and the last on No
vember 10Th. The stockade was vacated on
November 21st. Probably thousand pris-
oners enlisted in the rebel army. And vet
out of the whole number more than 700 died.
Sherman entered Millen at the head of the
Seventeenth Army Corps twelve days after
our departure. We were then loaded into
box cars, placed under guard and started for
Savannah. AS usual we were crowded to
sufocation, there only being space enough
for man to stand up, and not space enough
to permit of anyone sitting down. To travel
in this fashion is hard upon tolerably robust
men among US, and nearly kills sick man.
DYING ON THE ROAD.
In fact, many prisoners die in the cars when
we travel, for we always take our death
rate with us. The bodies are buried at the
end of the journey. We arrived at this city
on the morning of the 22d, and at about
noon drew ratiOns for the first time since
the afternoon of the Goth. We are now
satisfied that some of Sherman's cavalry
must have been close to Millen the night
we left it. We are at present bivouacked in
a field outside the city, Ostensibly for the
purpose of exchange. Fort Pulaski, ten or
fifteen miles down the river, is in possession
of the Union forces. A good many prison.
ers jumped off the cars in coming here from
Millen, but nearly all of them have been re-
and roughly treated. The rations
issued to us here consist of sea-biscuits of
good quality, and, considering what we have
long been accustomed to, are fair in quantity.
We have good cause to ever kindly remem-
Der the ladies of Savannah. This morning
large committee of them came out to see us,
attended by retinue of slaves, and followed
by several wagons loaded with wheat bread
and caldrons of coffee. It was the intention
of our fair benefactOrs to equitably divide
this sumptuous fare among US, but our hun
ger prompted us to defeat their scheme by o
pardOnabledeed ofimpropriety. The wagons
had just been backed to within a few yards
of the dead line, when four or five hundred
VI Ius4Cu Iuc anu
cleaned out every wagon almost in the
of an eye. a loaf of bread was
my share of the spoils. The ladies raised
their hands in holy horror, and showered
indignant imprecations on us. Finally, de-
claring that such conduct was all that could
be expected of mean Yankees" they turned
their perturbed faces toward the city. The
sick prisoners brought from Millen have ac-
tually been sent to the Federal fleet They
we're treated in the kindest manner by the
ladies of Savannah, who threw food to them
across the dead line, in spite of the surly
efforts of the guards to prevent it. 1t is re-
ported that they left behind them letter
to General Sherman, asking him
to deal gently with the city if he succeeds
in taking it.
A MEAL OF RAW POTATOES.
Nor 24h-I have often read of Savannah.
but never expected to see it, especially as the
guest of the confederate states. 1t was here
that Sergeant Jasper fell, in the Revolution
ary war. 1t is nice little city of about
10000 inhabitants, with broad, well-shaded
streets, and the devastation of war has not
yet smitten it. Last evening passed across
he dead-line to get bucket of water from
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