The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-06-19

= W0uIu come across m E1glishman,
whom the love OF old England had In.
duced 10 join her allies, tho rebels, or a
, son OF Erin. who whB RESIDENT OF q
: Southern State and was involuntarily
drawn into the maelstrom OF secession,
and compelled TO enlist In the rebel
army. Now and then We came across
German, who had sought disiinction on
the battlefield or who, like the Irishman,
had been forced to fight against his
adopted country. l 6rJ 3.tlr@
The second class OF prisoners consist.
cd OF eo.called bntternutB, copperheads,
seccaslonis.s md hostages. II was
this class that gave us the most
trouble. Boing civilians, they did not
consider themselves anienablc to militia.
~ law, and good many OF them deemed
u hardship 10 DO confined for ouch III.
Tic rifles rs reaistisg the draft, yelling
Tor Jeil. Davis, disconraging enlistments,
aiding dcscrters from the United States
army, and ainusementB OF like CharaC.
ter. f E
Hostages were prominent mon OF rebel
proclivilies. OF good social standing and
influence, who were arrested and held
to compel the safe return of Union men
not soldiers. who had been arrested and
taken aoutll AT the instance OF the rebel
State government at Richmond for some
alleged onehse against saii government.
! These hostages were released rs soon ns
tho men, for whose return they were
held, arrived back home. They would,
upon being released, scatter broadcast
many falsehoods concerning their prison
life. l wss, only lately, approached by
Il nIcrchant OF Meridian street, this
city, who once lived In the Valley OF
Virginia, who commenced to read lne
lecture concerning the treatment rebel
friend OF his claimed to have received
Mt my hands Will t being held as a host.
agc. lie asserted that said friend, whom
he called southern gentleman, had
died from the effects OF the hardstips he |
endured whilst prisoner.
] answered him that his gentlcmanly |
rebel friend WINS there because another
gentleman with heart loyal to bis gov.
eminent had been torn away from his
family and taken south because OF his
loyalty, and. that the story of the bad
treatment OF his friend, who, BY the By,
was Il preacher, and ought to have
spoken tue truth, was not true. In
looking over my papers afterward I u.s.
certained that this very same gentle.
manly rebel had been put upon parole
soon after bis arrest, and was living In
tho best OF style with one OF the best
families Samuel OTIS in tho city Of
Wheeling. Il
Political prisoners were men OF all
classes, to.wtt, laborers, lawyers, doctors,
editors, etc. well remember one Ger,
tain local editor Of Wheeling paper OF
known disloyaity, whom had under ar.
rest iora short time. / lately received
a letter from him, which fully illustrates
the high.toned chivalrous character OF
u genuine +. L. V. coppsrhead, and
reads us follows: !!
ERIE, Pa, October 6, 1883. !
E,raid orer, Indianapolis, Ind:
When Colonel Kirk and came down c
from Washington, Pa, twenty.iour years a
$50 md reported to you in the old Dixon -,
Huston house, | gave you my knife, for I
which you, Knapp (my second lieuten. :
anti or jim Haues {my clerk became a
When leaving the Athe- =
noun (he prison) you promised, in !:
presence OF Lewis Baker, now of St. tc
Paul (Minn.) Globe, and o. S. Long, now !
Clerk OF the Supreme Court OF the bast. :
ard West Virginia, Jim Hanes, old man
Lukens, and your fellow Knapp who, a
with you shares big-to return nv L
knife. Lewis Baker and 0. S. Long, '
herein named, were editors oithe Wheel I
ing Register, for which paper the writer d
Of this epistle was local editor. They v
were imprisoned by order OF Major. G en- 4
eral Hunter). To-day, in looking over Il
4 lot Of papers Of General Kelly,
Captain Thorpe, gentleman, (he calls S
llni gentleman in comparison to me, $
who relieved him as commander) and
your fellow dog Huater {uleaning Gen a
tral Hunter), wss reminded Of it. I'm u
less Knapp lost my knife in the Detwiler
mill fire or gave il TO old Sam Barnitz | /
for pennance, Lieutenant Knapp was .
. member with myself OF the Lutheran {
church OF which Mr.. Barni,z was the !
minister) or it ia melted in hell with Z
those who baye preceded you there, you
will please send it to me or, as you are /
IN the hardware business, return me Ms
good four-bladed, ivory handled knife
as you received. Doctors Dougherty 5
and stubble6eld, of Cumberland, Two Of !
the worst rabel citizen prisoners lever {
had anything to do with), as well as Z
parties, named, know what L know, and
l know no better place than Indianapo. I
lis to ventilate. With no respect,
WV. Fl. OyroDY.
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