The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-03-21


every tent to the ground. but I'll stOr
these accur7ed Yankees digging tun
ael<. l left my hiding place, ap
preached the Colonel and told him |
lgped lie would not take down the
.A.. as some officers inside were sick
ana II would be cruel 10 expose them
- the weather. which was rainy. Only
those actually engaged in the TUNER
ing should be made TO safer.
+ Again the Colonel asked my name.
i told him st that moment Captain
Grant emerged from his place OF con
eealment and said he was Captain
BeusOn's second in command. and if
any punishment was inflicted he pro
posed to take his share We were
sent to our quarters and placed under
guard for the night In the morning
we were taken to the Provost Mar
7bal's office then to the Jail near our
former camp. wnere we were placed
in solitary confinement in dungeons.
. t.ur sixteen days we remained there
aIT only companions being yermin
rats and cochroacbes. Every day we
received, about ID O'Clock. d tin basin
'c..raiuing a sort Of soup, which 5erv
ID for both food and drink. In all
,Do=e days we didn't touch bread
meat or water
"On the afternoon Of the sixteenth
lay the Quartermaster If the post
happened to pass my cell. | gave
him a Freemason'5 sign which he un-
ierstood. He stopped and question
ed me. and said Colonel Wavne WAS
q Grand Commander Of the knights
TcmpIar Of Georgia. and he thonght
ii applied as a Mason for my release
IEon jaIi L would be successful. The
laartermaster kindly brought me
pen, INK ana paper. and conveyed to
C0ioHeI " ay4e the Application that L
then wrote tie also brought me food,
acandle ana matches, newspapers, etc.
I l Le next morning Colonel Wayne
came 10 me. As L had promised. III
my Application Tor release, not to at
tempt escape again during my stay III
savannah, ne SAID he Wouid allow me
'he stOchade. Coming out INTO the
corridor with hardly strength enough
- 80 - VI "a ''tNtAA - a GU q
,'5te ; over yonder, Isuppose,' was the
loloneis reply; and he can rot for all
! care.
10 tins / answered: You know
very well, Colonel, that Captain Grant
come 10 me Wheh was III trouble ant
-5ld ne Wollia take ms share OF pun
.7'iil''LlL l win me. Now, don care
10 20 e, OUT ana leave nim here.
-IleI CONSIDERABLE tax the com
!, l.'s.l'''',li' II''"e ne IGSpon7lnle Iof
- 3''''li y "li'' ana 'ooh Us lo'h bacA
- me 9'ochdl'e.
y lew days later we were convey
~ 10 Charleston, and there placed I'M
ter the lire OF our guns from Morris
Island. IWo hundred 300 pound
shells were thrown into the city every
day In retaliation for our treatment
oar people took l,65o Confederate
prisoners and confined th7m IN a
stochade directly under ONT guns on
IoEEla Island. This counter move
resulted ~ a COMPROMISED whereby we
We're removed from Charleston to Col
umbia ;. e.. and placed III field on
the north s-de OF the Congaree River.
ms was about Oct. l. We were
closely guarded, and dead lines were
fixed beyond which prisoner could
venture only at the cost OF his life il
he were discovered.
Colonel Horace II. Walpole Of
Syracuse, \. Y, Colonel James II.
Geer of the same city, Lieut.. Correl
OF Brooktied, Vt. and myself decided
torun the guard. and if we cot through
alive to escape to the North. aiming
for the Blue Ridge. On the night Of
Nov |, we placed ourselves in a posi-