The National tribune., 1883-03-01

Indiana shot down within ten feet of the guard
lire. and another severely wounded while we were
ut Tyler; il done 10y man who swore that hc
would shoot Yankee before he would so back
There was another man Of the Twenty-sixth In
diana | do not know what his name was he
receiving logs from the outside, who carrying
logs bringing them there, and he stood there TO
receive them, and as he turned around TO walk back
the guard shot him. and he WIS severely wounded
with bucIs~uot. We had to carry the wood our
selves sometimes for a mile there was no blank
Ct- issued and q great many had nothing on but a
shirt and drawers: for myself had nothing but my
>hrj and pants. and hat before WAS through
had TO make a bat ont of straw. ! suppose they
would nave treated us worse than they did, only
they were afraid of Us; they knew we did not care
for thCIn. At the time they shot this man great
many of the prisoners We're gathering clubs and
wanted to go for the guards. The rltiOns Were
never I~>Cd tu IN anyt hing like sufficient quaint
Ity: We used To- make rings and such like and
SPOONS and iriullets and buy corn-meal with them
and vegetables.
CONFEDERATE DIVISIONS.
George s Goodwin. first lieutenant of COM
paIy {, Seventh Missouri cavalry. who was
captured at Marks Mill Ark. April -, 1864,
testified as follows:
We got To Tyler on The 18th of May. In Tyler The
ratiou- We're cou,-meai and fresh beef Along the
winter time II wasn't :it to clt-thc beef WASH t. We
remained ia Tyler until the l1thof February Three
days IN the tim" were started, five hundred Of
"a. To Camp Gross, and made my escape and was
rCcapturCd and got back again. ] was caught by
do--, they had three dogs after me. ] was pat
back in camp among the other prisoners. | have
lTI-DI' who h!i escaped and had been
captured, wao had been bitten by the dogs-one
Captain Armstrong, of the First Kansas and Col
inns OF a New York regiment. have seen prison
crs tied Up by the thumbs as high rs they could
reach. that they could just touch their toes. with
sharp pegs driven into tEC ground right under their
heels and kept two hours ri "A time and then let
down half an hour, and then tied up again. have
often seen prisoners lrOnCd for escape. One
Captain Reid. of the Third Missouri cavalry. stood
barred for ten days ont in the hot III July.
He was put on the barrel The 3d of July, and w"s
kept there tcn days. Ills hat taken away from
him; he had jnst his pants and shirt on, that was
ali.
saw prisoners shot down while in camp. July
II. 1864 amCmbcrottho One Hundred aud lIirtirth
Illinois was Shti down in camp He was Standing
within about ten feet of the gate There was u
crowd around, au.! ia" guard just took ont his
VolVcr and shot uamong ;hc crowd and killed him.
He gave no warming at all. December l2th, Il pTi-
waite of the fhirty-siXth Iowa was shot. Hi. hat
blew Off and he stepped toward the guard-nC to
get 1t 1t wasn't nearer than twenty feet of the
SlEiru-inC, and the guard shot hnl. [ know of
another instance: amcnbcr Of the Seventy seventh
Ghio-I can't give the datc-was at the gate wait
ins. TO get out 20 ont and carry in wood and the
guard shot hn-cla.incd tnai he too close 10 H.
/ didn't see that done, huL every that il
said that lac wasn't within ton fifteen feet of the
gate; that there were others closer than he was
When prisoners would escape, and they would get
a little mad they wouldn't issue ratIons for day
at Il time. audwe would have to do without rationS
for 4 whole day. W hat quarters we had we had 10
carry the lumber from quarter To half mile to
build them. We had TO 30 out under guard, II few
at a time, half dozen at n time With all the wood
weigh. poles oi our roofs. / WAS there nine months
and two days IN Tyler, and wis prisoner ten
months and didn't get out until the 29th of Feb
ruary. The officers and men We're all treated alike,
except that the officers had one corner to build
their quarters in. There no other provisions
made for them.
The quantity of rationS entirely iuudcgu gu1tc
70 keep men IN health. The QliHlIty very poor
most of the time and the longer stay,. there
the worse Il got There provision made TO
keep Our clothing, clean. We had plenty OF wafer.
and good water: that was the only good thing
did have. There was no soap provided lJr Us. oar
medical treatment was very poor; we had none
only what we had ourselves. Thev did furnish
little medicine, and our men, under guard built
hospital outside. and when they got ready 10 die
they were taken outside Mos; of Tie deaths oc-
Cured IN camp. The deaths were very frequent,
more than IN ordinary camp. owing to living ont
IN the weather. having shelter 10 keep dry and
from the scarcity and quality ii the food rot having;
medical treatment ] do not think ration, were
short because there ratious in the coun-
try, for they had rations III there To sell. You
could buy food outside, and their mcn had
a plenty. We could buy all that we had the money
To buy with, but the thing to get the money.
They charged Us in June 1854, $3.50 in confederate
money for flour, per pound; bacon, - per pound
corn-incal, $50 bushcl; molasses, 81 q gallon
salt, - quart At that time il would take about
IS in confederate money To buy dollar in green
backs. When | went there it only took 81 but it
kept getting worse. and when came away it would
take so.