The National tribune., 1899-05-04

A sentinel guarded cur door, ard Tier
were Soldiers IeiCw US in tic Gu: Il.
room. Our boys would sing 'Arl' Iic'
and "Star Spangied BanEI," Gad
would be replied TO with, shut up, yo'
Yankee" After which they would sint
"Tke Bonney Blue Flag" Dixie, arc
ore other that soes-as near as cal
remember il, sung over and over aGiin,
ard became Father tircSoEie-
Then h6re's to South Carolina, dear oid
South ca r0lina,
She is as lrave as the traveSt can re,
Ard when she unfurls TO the broad lr eze
--s- Of heaven
The thircen fright stars, around the
old Palmetto Tree,
It's then when you'll stGrd BACK Win
- '-.- your Star Spanglod Banner,
Fer 20 iorCCr shall sEe wave over these
riCstrs to be free.
Well igEt till we Gle, but we never VIII
S, .Eder
Our borny Blue Flag ard the cid Pal
metto ;r2e.
around the Iriscn the sentine!s could
be hv; RI every hour Pest Eurlbtr 10 I,
10 o'clock, ard all': we'll" Post No. 3
would catch it up ard the time would te
echoed all along lie line.
Tine PASSED very slowly. My fT.eEd
Baker, tie 18th Mass. soldier, slept uEd'
NY saGdle-bianht which / had saved
w..en NY horse was taken !r5Tl Ele al
Warrsnton. We shared with oacil oiEtI
what dainties We got. We wCuid :eEd
cut ' tke sui r ! for sweet potato Iies, iCr
which we Faid 81 ;.riece; Il small Iu4t ci
ir,;.G, s.. is loaG as i.,T 3i2 lasted We
,.tr. all rgilt. After I few weeks we were
i2io.L.Cd ti2&t
We WERE To BE EXCHANGED.
This caus Cd 70 little comrlotion among
the risoners, as our little fs:.Gilyo! Baker,
myself and tkc Two s.iiIrS EGu grown To
about $50 soldiers and Ci,izons.
Sunday, Dec. 10, lSc@, ,rtvrS came 70
fall-in, and in line we raised our haECs
and took oath rot 10 aid CT assist the
United States Government until properly
exchanged. We were tEen told to take
our places as ctr names were called;
these who had blankets to leave thcIa L;
the foot OF the st;LlrS. We were then
given hardtGci, f:HC ie!! in when ordered.
When my name W2S called ! lest TO tiEle
in getting downstairs, and rot having
iCrgGttcn what Mai. Turner promised me,
went 10 his Office. He WIS standing III
the door and went into his Office, closed
the door, opened tie safe UrCer his CeSk,
and handed me the money W in the passes
around il, at the Same tiaie advising me,
as | was going uECn the beat, tEat it
would lie safer iCr n>e 10 Eut tie mercy IN
a secure place. ] Put all hut a lew dol
lars into my bootleg, shook him by the
. hand, and with a Sood-by, Iell INTO line
with the rest outside III front OF the
prison. While there we became the target
for the taunting remarks OF Tie spectators
who had gathered around.
Hello, Ianb; vixen yours coming
back agin: Yo'uns want TO look out right
sharp fer Bobby Lee. He's after you-all
right shErp."
One good old lady came to me at the
edge OF the curbstone and engaged me in
conversation.
"Are you a soldier
no, Eia am. / was selling papers in
the Grny."
She said: "Do you make dem papers
what you sells, Nou Yankees is right
peart, and all de time done said so.''
Under THE STARS AND STRIPES ONCE
IuEE.
Our guard had orders to move on with
us. Baker and kept together. We
marched through the streets TO tie dep t,
took a train composed OF freight cars, and
started FOR City Point. When we reached
there what glorious sight the Stars and
Stripes seemed To our eyes, as the flag
ttcaied Iroudly oyer Inc tearicr City OF
New York, which was the fiag-of-.Tuce
rat, and ready 10 take US To Gods ccun-
try once more We went directly to the
boat, we're counted and checked off, pass
arg Between d rebel ard d Union officer,