The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-11-17

turning toward me, said, ooh. this is
| that Yankee, is it," nd walked directly
| to me and Extended his hand in a most
| friendly mapnen
The Sergeantfof The guard, without q
| word, ran afhim, seized him by the arms,
| and clasping both of them down to his
sides with the grip of a wise, he stopped
under him, land threw him clear across
| the railroad track He did not touch the
ground till he reached the opposite rail.
The man then walked out of the depot as
quietly as he entered it, but did not utter
"a syllable. After he had left, an officer
on the platform said:
DO you know who that man wasE
| mo, don't, was the surly answer.
at was Maj.-Gen. Ledbetter," said the
officer.
The Sergeant dropped his head mo-
ment, when he looked up in a resoluto
| way and said:
''Well, l don't care a cuss; won't be
punished for every man's misdoingS
| While on the route to Knoxville my
guard was under the charge of the very
InGIan who had been So unceTem0nlouSiy
| thrown out OF the suard-tent for insulting
| me; and he now exhibited all that sElri'
OF revenge inherent in his race. was
subjected to every annoyance that II
malice or his caprice could invent, or ne
dare infiict On my arrival at hnOAVll G
| was put in an iron cage in the county
jail, and fed twice day on good ID
and beef and some seed coffee, and n n
taken out | was placed in charge OF me
Eufaula Light Artillery from the 81 te OF
Alabama, and taken to Mobile, and thence
to Tuscaloosa by railroad, and from thsre
to Montgomery by river.
While at Selma | was once more so.
licited to take charge of company OF
rebel cavalry, and was rendered the IN
fiuence of Gen. McTyre; the offer OF the
General being made through his son, who
was the Lieutenant in charge OF me.
1t would scarcely interest the reader 10
give more extended account Of our
sufferings, and / will only add that they
were of the most horIid character, and
thousands upon thousands died beneath
their crushing weight AT Macon, es.
capped in company with Lieut., Ford, OF
the Sth Iowa, but was recaptured SIX days
afterward, so weak and sick that could
scarcely stand alone. Ford was only out
one day, when he was recaptured, having
been run down by bloOdhounds. When |
was recaptureSl was saved from puniS n
ment by the Adjutant OF the battalion OF
guards; but the Lieutenant was lroned,
and kept in that condition till sent OIL to
be exchanged.
While in prison we owed much to the
care and kindness of DR.. HeZekiah Fisk,
Surgeon of the 9Th Iowa, who was a
prisoner with us.
We were sent off for exchange in DC
tober, 1852, going by way of Savannah,
Augusta, Columbia, Raleigh, Petersburg
and Richmond. On the tip we suffered
fearfully; men were left dead at nearly
every station on the entire route. |
finally reached my destination safely, and
on the 18th of October, 1862, was ex-
changed.
The off GERS on the flag-of-truce boat,
and especially the Surgeons, exerted
themselves to their utmost TO save the
men; but "a large number had suffered so
much that human skill was unavalling,
and died before reaching Washington
City. For my part, / was reduced to a
mere skeleton, and was sent to the Gill
burn HospiLal-an institution in the care
Of the Sisters Of Charity, and received
every attention that could be bestowed,
until became well once more.
TO be continuedl