The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1882-11-23

'oioAoe ooes it make to your
said nothing "Well, we'll, your yau.
keeism shall be respected, sir, said
hc' something did not expect from
him, but after all the Tyranny placed
over us, We sometimes met gentel-
man among the rebels. But they
we're few aud far between, lie al /.
gels visits.
signed parole Of honor, agree.
ing not to 60 beyond prescribed lin
its without a pass. That evening I
got glorious supper Of fresh beoi
aud white bread; Of which, however.
| did not dare to cat as much as |
Wished for fear Of tho consequences
slept in the Adjutants cabin be-
fore e fire, aud certainly thought
myself altogether a lucky fellow.
rbe next morning Adjdtant Royn.
olds Of The ionth Georgia, gave me
from his warl robe a shirt aud a pair
OF drawers. which considered very
clover in one who had 8, poor sup.
| ply himself.
Said he, apologetically, "I did
have quite lot of clothes when |
came here, but gave them all away
to the bloody yanks who we're run
ming aroun l thar" (pointing to the
PRISON. like yourself
L sent my former wardrobe into
The prison to one OF my comra es,
and thus disposed Of my vermin, or
most Of them at least.
Still | had no shoes, or any other
article of clothing. except the said
drawers and shirt, but they were
woolen and warm, and l tingled all
over with pleasant sensations from
having again full stomach and
warm clothes. 1 went at once to
work maxim : up d cad registry.
This register showed, when com
pleted, that over seventeen hundred
Federal soldiers, prisoners Of war,
bud died in this prison since it's es..
iablishment, the last Of September
1861.
Tho prison had never numbered
over fifteen thousand men, aud a
portion Of the time five thousand
would have covered the number con-
tanned therein. Many Of the dead
were marked, Unknown"
What burden OF sorrows, disap,
pointcd hopes, and mseries were
in that word. Their
names, their history all unknown.
uncared-for,thoy died. Some moth
er. wife, father, or sister mourns
them, or vainly waits for their COM
ing.
E,ch sound of footsteps at the
door may cause their hearts throb
with expectancy but no more in
life shall they behold those faces
which once gladjened the household.
Sick and in prison." they died un-
known.
Another lot Of goods came from
The sanitary commission, via Charles>
ION, for distribution among prison.
'rs during the middle of October
4 guard was placed over them. and
Federal officer, who by mistake
,ad got into prison. was taken out
'ud paroled for the purpose of TAX
as charge of and distributing the
goods among the prisoners.
Boxes also came through for sew
sral prisoners. Tho instructions
we're, that all boxes should be exam
ned, to see that they contained moth.
ng contra! and, The Colonel com.
undertook the task.
The first box opened bad a little
pocket bible, and on the Ay-leaf was
written the name of the prisoner,
With tho words From your mother
\s,if this incident had aroused somo
ender recollections of his own home,
he Colonel turned quickly away,
aging, Put on the cover again,
nd let the poor boy have his box
ust as bis mother packed it, ,
OF the Sanitary Commission,
,oods were sent, so that | got a
'ood suit myself, and had q chance
o send my drawers, and shirt into
'rison for some of my friends, who
Gere naked. The Colonel an Adju-
ant were very jealous Of any of the
'arolel men having communication
nth the other prisoners.
had now been out at work on
he register over week, getting
nough to eat, il had dared to eat =
!. had to exercise continual vigi A.,