The National tribune., 1900-08-09

! to our one, and Capt. Moff1tt ordered us
to get out, every fellow for himself
Il started back across a field, and the
rebels were within 90 feet of me when
started to run. Bullets famed both sides
of my feet for 800 yards, when l got into
woods, out of breath, and climbed a
fence. took few shots, but the rebel
cavalry was charging down the road and
| Lit out again and had gotten nearly
through the Iext timber, where / found
John q. Flora, given out from running
John said: III be gol-darned if l go any
further, If | am captured / said to him,
1 am going to try and get out if posi-
ble.'
Il got to the. edge of the woods, and
found some water that was as warm as
dish-water. Capt. Moffitt came in about
% yards of me, and asked me if there
were any more of the boys with me, and
L told him about John Flora. He put
spurs to his horse and got out. / hurried
on again, and when | had gone some dis
tance L saw two squadrons of our cavalry
drawn up across the road, and supposed
they would check the rebels until | could
get to my horse. But our cavalry seemed
TO tire into the air, and then broke like
sheep, and my hopes were doomed. In
five minutes there seemed to be a whole
division of rebel cavalry between me and
our troops. l was trying to keep to their
right and sneak down among some little
pine bushes saw, intending to hide until
dark and then crawl through their lines
and get back to our men. But just then
along came 15 or 90 rebels with prisoner
named Bradley, from a Connecticut regi-
ment. Bradley's horse was wounded, and
disarmed rebel leadini, Bradley's horse
in the rear of the squad was the only one
of them who saw me at first. l thought
or Andersonville prison, and drew a bead
on that fellow to shoot him three times
and each time he begged me not to, and
the last time his cries attracted the at
tention of the squad ahead of him, and
| walked out of the bushes and said, Boys,
you have the advantage of me in mum
bcrs, and that is how | became a prison
er. They robbed me of my watch and hat
and gave me an old soft cotton hat with
about as much shape as dishrag They
first took us to the Provost Marshals, and
then we began our march for the interior
OF rebeldom.
1.-The second day We reached Orange
Court House and the next GordonsyiIle
where We remained under guard four or
i've days. Then they took us TO DanyilIe
where we were kept part of the time in
an old tobacco warehouse and part OF the
time guarded on the commons until we
were loaded in cattle cars and shipped
vile about the 18th Of June, 1864, and
soon learned that the horrors of the place
had not been Overstated.
L shall not attempt To describe the hor-
rible sights. | can forgive everything the
rebels did but their treatment Of our pris-
oncrs of war at Andersonville | was in
the stockade about six weeks Our ra-
ti0ils wera cooked one day and raw the
next, but practically they were raw all
the time. Bradley, of the Connecticut
regiment, who was captured with me. and
David AthertOn and | bunked together.
and the three of us had one blanket
The rebel Quartermaster and Quarter
master Sergeant in charge of us were both
Alasors. and they found out l was one.
On the evening Of the last day / was i'm
the stockade ! was informed that our
Quartermaster had orders to hunt IN ali
Slasons in his detachment and have them
report at the gate at 8 O'Clock the next
morning. l was there on time, and we
were all sent to Capt Wurzs Office and
signed an obligation that il we behaved
ourselves and did not try to escape we
would be seDt off with the first exchange
of prisoners. They then put us to work
in the cook-honse. Jim Duncan was Can
tain of the cook house and bakery, and
we had roll call every night and morning.
AT the cook-house Frank Turner and
l were bunkmates. Frank had managed