The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-11-05
ECHOES OF THE PAST.
Excerpts From the Diary Of Captain
Andrew j. Campbell.
Prison Lift, at johnson Island.-Htlpless
Prisoners Murdered in Cold Blood
by Cowa dly Sentinels.
CONTINUED from last week-Article 8. J

| JOHNSON ISLAND, May 3. Parade
twice day in front of each block
and answer to roll call. Lights have
to be put out at nine O'Clock under
penalty of being shot into by the
sentinels. Some scoundrel reported
a mutiny on the tapis, when the
powers that be opened the port holes
and exposed to our view the mouths
of the cannon.
May 6. A steamboat anchors off
our pen every night to watch us
We can see on the bay all the fish
ing smacks and vessels coming in
and out from the city of Sandusky.
May 7. To-day our cook was
arrested and taken to the guard
house for refusing to help load slop.
May IA. To-day steam pro-
peller loaded with flour and beef
was wrecked off the lighthouse.
Waves have been running high for
twenty-four hours.
May Is. This, the day of Thanks
giving appointed by our President,
was religiously kept by the whole
prison. The last batch of officers
arrived from Camp Chase.
May II. Received q letter from
sister Carrie Mrs. g. A. White,
Fountain Greek, Tenn. stating that
several citizens in Giles county had
been arrested and taken to Mt.
Pleasant.
May 10. Cold enough for over
coats. Names of the occupants Of
the middle room upstairs, Mess 2,
Block 5, are as follows:
Lieut.. w. d. Walker, Columbia,
Tenn.
Capt. T. D. Davenport, Lawrence
burg, Tenn.
Capt. B. F. Matthews, Lawrence
burg, Tenn.
Capt. T. E. Jameson, Columbia,
Tenn.
Capt. A. ]. Campbell, Fountain
Greek, Tenn.
Lieut.. II E. Mccoy, Elkton, Tenn.
Lieut.. G. A. Diggons, Nashville,
Tenn.
Lieut.. H. Mayberry, Marshall
Co., Tenn.
c. w. Watkins, Little Rock, Ark.
Capt. Geo. w. Jones, of 3rd Ten
nessee.
Capt. R. N. Moore, Columbia,
Tenn.
Capt. G. w. Gordon, Columbia,
Tenn.
Capt. F.. B. Thomp"on, Ala.
Capt. w. p. O'Neal, Belfast, Tenn.
Capt. L. F. Mouney, Camden,
Ark.
Capt. J. R. White, Lynnville
Tenn.
Capt. J. N. Walker, Columbia
Tenn.
Capt. J. F. Whitfield, Montgom-
cry, Ala.
Capt. j. l.. Hallowell, Camden,
Ark.
Capt. w. Hooper Harris, Nash
vile, Tenn.
. Col. Stedman, Ala.
Capt. j. T. Hagan, st. Louis, Mo
Josiah r. Hubbard, Centreville,
2 Tenn.
: Francis II. Scott, Camden, Ark.
, w. s. Smith, Ark.
Surgeon j. M. Jackson, of 42nd
Tenn, Ala.
Lieut.. ]. N. Bradshaw, Nashville
: Tenn.
= Lieut.. L. R. Cheatham, Culleoka
+. Tenn.
: Lieut.. D. B. Griswold, Memphis
. Tenn.
Lieut.. ]. w. Kinnard, Columbia
n Tenn.
Lieut.. I. J. Hewlett, Culleoka
3 Tenn.
: Lieut.. 10. Love, Columbia, Tenn
g Lieut.. w. n. Mitchell, Lynnville
g Tenn.
y Lieut.. r. A. Mitchell, Lvnnville
IS Tenn.
9 Lieut.. J. A. Irvine, Columbia
o Tenn.
2 Lieut.. G. E. Tutle, Montgomery
a Ala.
a Lieut.. ]. P. Austin, Galveston
. Texas.
y Lieut.. ]. X. Whitfield, Camden
l. Ark.
We have had prayers in our mess
l. every night since our arrival, Capt
n G. W. Gordon officiating.
n May 81. This morning a prisone
was put in the guard house for max
9 ing ladder out of some plank. 4
u prisoner was shot at tonight for be
D. ing out of his room after ten o'clock
J. The following is a copy of a lette
"a in the Cincinnati Commercial, takel
a from the Nashville Union, [entitledl
4 Seven Confederate officers aD(
t. many others pray that they ma!
n take the oath of allegiance to TIN
y Union. "TO Gov. Andrew Johnson
:. Governor of the State of Tennessee
= We the undersigned citizens of Co
70 lumbia, Tenn, having gone int
service under the last call of Gov
Harris (the circumstances of whicl
Iy call and our enlistment you have by
is this time become fully aware of
N are Uery DESTROYS Of returning to or
e. Ioydlty by taking the oath of dUegi
IA dnce to the Federal Government
- and will ever feel grateful to yot
= for our deliverance from our presen
10 confinement. Signed Joseph n. w.
G Jas. A. l., VIM. Nc, r. N. NJ, Jaco
N NJ, VIM. d. W., also a great man.
IN others whose names are not her
III subscribed. Camp Chase, near Co
ne lumbus, Ohio, April 20, 1882"
5. What Maj. Campbell and me
who were fighting for a principl
and who meant to fight to the fin
ish thought of this procedure i
very clear without comment on tn
e. above paragraph. The gloom of de
lg feat and the depression of prise
q life had not shaken his faith in tn
justice of his cause. That he har
Il bored no malice against his felloN
"a citizens of Maury County is evi
~ denced by the fact that he has give