The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-01-14
ECHOES OF
THE PAST.
Excerpts From the Diary of
Capt. A. j. Campbell.
Capt. Campbell Gets a FurIOugh ana
Reaches Home After Weari.
some Journey.
Absent From Loved Ones For Year,
"And Seven Months of That in
Prison Among Semi
Civilized People"

CONTINUED from last week-Article 1911
GRENADA, Miss, Oct. 81, 1862.
Small Confederate victory near
Charleston, S.. G. Yellow fever
raging at Norfolk, Va. A deep
quiet reigns among the Confederate
and Abolition forces. Waited for a
poultice last night until was worn
out twice over. Remain in by N.Y.
self nursing my arm all day.
think would like to be at home,
and / think my being there would
be appreciated. Silently suffer
suffer with no one to console or to
try to alleviate the pain. / long for
the golden wings of peace, that
may return to my loved ones.
Saturday, Nov. l. Meeting to-
day for the purpose of taking up a
collection for the poor soldiers.
Slim attendance. Suffered dread
fully all day to-day. Albert Moore
came in to see me and promised to
come again. A letter from Col
Walker says my regiment is either
at Meridian or Mobile. Mobile is
expecting an attack.
Nov. 2. Arm panied me very
much. Sent for the doctor in the
morning. He came in the evening
and lanced my arm, which brought
me much relief. Citizens run the
blockade and arrive here every few
days from Memphis.
Nov. 8. In pain all day. Ny
other arm has commenced to rise
Begin to despair of Nashville being
taken. Middle Tennessee is again
to be overrun by the Vandals. My
home is to be laid waste and
desolated by them. Our women are
to be insulted and we away and un.
able to strike the dogs down.
Nov. 4. Had my arm lanced yes.
terday and my health is improving
Very weak and Frustrated as muct
as if / had had a spell of sickness
Ten Confederate prisoners shot by
the Yankees in Missouri because
the Provost Marshal of Palmyrs
was missing. The murders were
most brutal by their own account
They only killed three dead anC
then walked up and shot the Others
with revolvers until they were dead
Where is the voice of humanity.
Three men were murdered by orde
of negro "Col." near Hilton Head
Also widow of Louisiana, unde
the Beast Butler rule, was muir
dered by negroes. .
Nov. 3. Northern States goins
Democratic. Cannot tell, if tn,
Democrats do get control of Con
gress, whether or not that will
hasten peace. / am satisfied tina
the masses want peace on terms o
separation. Methodist Conference
met here yesterday. Five or 81,
rat iovial preachers are now quar-
tered with us. One of them, Proc
tor. of Mo, was deliberately shot b,
cOwardly Yankee and his arm
broken after he had surrenderel
without arms.
Nov. 6. People of this place ar
: beginning to think that the Yank
: will have them soon. Recognitio
, by foreign powers revived again b.
, the papers. They say 1t is comm
some time, but put little faith i
3 il, Have received letter fror
/ Capt. Love: learn that my regimen
is at Port Hudson, La. You ma
know that a man as tired of fort
and as eager to get to Tennessee 9
I am, is mad. Sent to the opposit
side of the Confederate lines to b
again bagged. In the language c
: Capt. Mouney, of Ark, 1 don't be
lieve fighting gun-boats is a fai
way of fighting.
Nov. 7. Wrote two letters home
one by hand and the other by mai
= and one to Port Hudson. Am hopin
r to get we'll soon now. Memphis AZ
, peal published here, states that tn
r Corinth army is moving upon Holl,
Springs and that three or fou
5 columns are moving into Tennes
{ see. The cartridge mandatory a
Jackson blew up on the 9Th. No les
than thirty lives were lost: opera
tives both girls and boys. Went t
| the Yalabusha river running b
q Grenada to see the steamer j. Il
S,tdrD lying opposite the town
The river affords not more waite
than Fountain Creek. l learn tina
several boats are lying on the rive
: run up out of the way of tn
Yankees. Citizens of Grenada ar
becoming alarmed, and think tha
Yankees will be down on them soor
All of them think that there are n
towards among Mississippians an
that they have done the shank en-
of the fighting.
Nov. 8. Went upon the Missi:
sippi and Tennessee Railroad by in
. vitation. Country better tina
along the Mississippi Central, bu
from the looks of the cotton les
patriotic. Saw more cotton than
have seen anywhere else. Okolona
Pamela. Sardis, Senatobia and Col
Water are towns and villages on tn
road. The depot at Cold Water ha
been lately burned, as we'll as
bridge near there, by the Yankees
The road North of Pamela crosse
the Talluhatchie. Saw handsom