Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-06-10
Rebellion War Record.

Col. cameron fecelVeu us very
kindly and provided us with abundant
rations. We stopped here to clean up
a little, babe adieu to our Carolina
friends, except Murphy land got ready
to march on toward Knoxville, where
we could get new clothes and prepare
to resume our journey homeward.
We started Monday morning under
an escort of soldiers, marched 20
miles and stopped at town over
night, waiting for railroad transporta-
ton. We reached Knoxville in due
season, hungry, lousy, dirty, ragged,
hard, savage-looking set of creatures.
Here we found soap, water, combs,
I;IZUrs aIJ q rI0r OtrUfi6 Of Of0tiriHo.
We hardly knew our companions by
sight and did not know ourselves by
our own feelings. [ met with loss
when 1 parted with my old prison
rags, that, to me, under the circum-
stances, seemed considerable
While in Rutherford Jail, Ga circum-
stance heretofore narrated) a young
woman stood outside watching US
ssYanks" as we stood before the graf
ed windows. She had ball in her
hand and made motions that she
wanted to play ball. She threw the
ball until 1 was able to catch it. She
made a motion to unwind tit was
twine BALI let the end fall down
and she tied pair of knit gloves to
the twine. / drew up the gloves and
found in one of them a beautiful SOL
id gold pin made in the shape of a
bunch of grapes, worth, | presume,
$40. / do not know just what prompt
ed the act, but presume the woman
had union sentiments and thought
this present might help the prisoner
in some way. If | could have put
nv arms out that grated window far
enough to have entwined that woman,
she would have felt the force of my
gratitude. [ pinned the pin on my
shirt and, as fate would have it,when
L put the ragged, dirty thing in the
fire L forgot my pin and burned it
with the rags.
Before we donned our new rig we
had our pictures taken in group.
and one of these is in the possession
of my brother in Lowell, Vermont
where it may be seen. We soon took
the cars for Chattanooga. Some OF
the party went to Washington direc
by rail, but Adams and myself tool
a river boat down the river, Themes
up the Ohio, distance of 700 miles
to Cincinnati. Thence we went t.
Washington, received a furlough O
thirty days and went home to Ver
mont. Our furlough was dated Mar
27, 1865. Before the time expire
Grant had driven Lee out of Rich
mond, captured his army, and tn
great Lincoln had been murdered b
the assassin, Booth. We returned
however, to our regiment, did som
slight work, and were mustered OF
of service with the regiment, June
1868. In this somewhat lengthy r'
: view of my army and prison eXper
ence, l think of only one time tn;
nv heart sank within me and L fe
; that my fate was sealed, and that
} should never again be permitted
t clasp my wife and my children IN N
= embrace and that was the unfort
nate moment when / stood IN ii
. prison door of the Augusta jail. al
said to the cruel brute who had cor
=" mand, $50 on. robbers, skin EN-
My escape from hanging or shooth
- at that time. | know, was nafro
~ 1t is not a pleasant thing to revlf
. the sad events of those years OF da
Is ger and suffering, but | hope some
III the readers of the MONITOR may ha
ol found interest in the story, which ne
a' ends. EBEN GRANT.
th Irasburgsl, Vt
~ The Vermont Baptists have contribu
up sl637. .65 to the Baptist Missionary I'M
ch the past year.