The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1882-11-30

whilc I helped the poor fellow 10 my
log hnt. ad1 gave him warm drink
aud fool, and my blanket to lie on.
The poor fellow triel to thank me,
bnt broke down, crying like a child.
he was not very coherent in bis
speech. He conld only say repeat.
edly. "Do you think We are going
homey" I answered him Of the fact.
and left him to resume my du ties.
Afterwards, when I returned, h,
WAS gone.
He must have dol II the way to
Charleston, as I coald never ascer.
tain that he reached ho me.
Day after day wrote on th,
parole rolls, trying TO see my wa,
clsar to get away with the sick and
wounded Men mere hourly dying
before headquarters.
The rebel mail agent, repeatedly
said. as he saw the poor fellow,
come ont, feebly trying to cheer mp
that IL was the sadjest he ever DO.
held.
4 was instrumental in getting
several OF my comrades out of prison
on the parole list, and finally sun :
mened courage to make application q
il my own behalf, when I was tolt
to he contented or go back to the
stockade, almost gave up in dis !.
pair, and thought il 10 not get on,
along with the sick. I will got ont in
the future, il | only keep up cour-
age.
After qnite delay in transporta
ton, au order came from general
llardee, to have fifteen hundred
prisoners ready for transportation
on the afternoon Of the next day.
The names were placed on rolls
giving rank, regiment, nlcompany.
after which the prison ers signed
their names. or made their marks.
These rolls were in triplicate, ant
each roll contained, | believe, abou,
three hundred names. Like oul
army rolls, no erasures we're allowed.
When tho order came, | asked th,
Adjutant ifI could put my nam,
down on the rolls.
lie turned to me, aud then walk
cd away, muttering something, and
proceeded to put my name down
among the parolsd sick AL woanl-
oil, l then ma le out triplicites for
the rolls, containing about three
hundred names each, and anxiously
awaited results.
An officer commenced calling the
rolls, each man stepping out into
line as the names were called. The
decisive moment at length arrived
My nane was called.
I laid down my pen, took my hat
and stood in line. ''Ilere Here y
exclaimed both the Adjutant and
Colonel, in chorus" what does this
mean 7" II thought you told me-
said ], with feigned surprise, "th,t
could go homo with this squad
Adjutaut."
The Adjutant laughed, the Colono
looked pleasant, and I took courage
WELL" said Colonel Iverson, aftei
a pause. "you can so ;but you must
confess that it is q id yanke,
trick" When at last | left, on my
way to the cars, the Adjutaut said
"l'm glad for you I intend you to
go soon.
l expect next you will be telling
the yankees what id rascal Ai-
jutant Reynolds IL as, and his pre-
dictions became true I am telling all
about him in these pages.
left Florence that night. We
were placed on top, and inside o.
box cars. We travelled all next
day, and arrived at Charleston
about twelve o'clock next mig ht. The
wind blew hard and it was bitterly
cold, when we were ordered off the
cars, and had rations OF hard. tack
given us. Prisoners here and there
lay dead and dying. q horrible
spectacle Of southern barbarity.
1t seemed to sad, when so near the
promised land, that they should die
II was very cold the next morning,
when We were on our march to the
dag OF truce boat but what did we
care for that 7
We're We not going home once
more TO see friends, and the dear
old flag We had go often fought un-
der, and which. God willing, we
would fight under again The wind