Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-01-25
re- AND THE GRAY
he MEN WHO MET ON THE
FIELD Of BATTLE.
;.~ sfsries Of the Rebellion
s,,d;.uaaud Sailors Relate Remi.
lace. of Life in Camp and on
|r;s,d-Iucidents of the War.

E1Sf5." said the Doctor, Il was a
bnt visitor to the Ohio peniten-
o+ Columbus. This was after
Morgan had made his escape from
in the interior prison, and while
'Nere thousands of rebel prisoners
| d at Camp Chase, four or five
.distant There were still in the
hillary a hundred or more political
Sprs. including men under suspi-
Is well as men under sentence,
crested as spies, as go-betweens,
$errillas, and as plotters against
Dyernment, hailing from nearly
i western State. Some of these
.dpspprate characters. and others
. men of high standing in their
4 communities. Some were alert
turprs. full of intrigue and plot,
M prison. and others were person
slean and unobtrusive men from
|ntry districts. greatly distressed
fhpir ass0cia ton with the reckless
Evils who were herded with
ere had just been an execution at
4 Chase, in which two men, who,
listing the draft, had killed a Uni
hates marshal and his deputies,
f id the extreme penalty. The re-
bf the hanging had reached the
(al prisoners in the penitentiary,
q it was taken to mean that the
hment under Johnson was not in
a to be very merciful, there were
ment and depression. Many of
bftical prisoners were in a large
Sc room in one of the wings, and
chaplain and myself entered it
kident that the prisoners believed
he had come on no pleasant err
e scene was a strange one, even
ban who had just come from the
Half a hundred men, all clad in
hped gray and black prison uni
were walking restlessly this way
hat across the floor of the long
b were lounging on chairs along
deS. Some of those who were
b. moved like Gagged animals;
with an airy easiness of a we'll
citizen out for exercise. was
a. I'd and embarrassed by recognize
hong the walkers a man who had
in my own company and had
fed in 1862. | was so absorbed
culati0ns as to what brought this
TO the penitentiary that l did
Ptce the approach of a tall, digni-
niddle-aged man, who spoke in
lily to the chaplain.
pOticed that the chaplain listened
b with sort Of Difference, but
there came to his face as he lis
a smiling look of dissent. AS he
away the chaplain said: That
t. Milligan. who was sentenced
hanged, but who is here as a
per for life. He is one of the best
men have ever met, and he is
lnily at work on what he calls the
SIDE OF his case Scarcely were
OIdS out of the chaplain's mouth
AIiIgan came forward again and
respectfully that he hoped the
PIN would convey his message to
arden, and that he would be per-
10 communicate with the law
no were representing the govern
LAIus, | came face to face with
lie handSomest men l had ever
lie lifted his little prison cap
SceIaLly and with an air Of such
V' courtesy asked in pantomime
'uon for being in my way that l
e exceedingly interested. / ask
~'SSlon to speak, and to my ques-
70 why he was there he said,
because our Uncle Samuel is a
4Fucular old gentleman. He re-
Ut with suspicion because some
V'eFzealous agents think that I
'eu 100 much curiosity as to
ana Notifications and military
~s1'S' hut assure you, sir, that
sam and his minions are mis-
am As harmless as 1 am philo-
,ls@n regarded this man with evil
approval. He was in earnest,
VA not want to be associated
S'gS or with Adventures. The
~ | spy walked away with a
a "'1''ary step, While Milligan
away with the absorbed man
""Fer studying an important
"' chaplain explained that Mil
'a> probably the most extraor-
., ,~'u IN the crowd, and that he
'~"s Ms life out of him. Then
~ S,u.ie ne said that he would
=, s NIIhgan's partner. We went
3s. :. exercise row through the long
pgb :, " The cooking department,
=, mt large kitchen to an outside
oas ~''e sat an elderly man pairing
M, ~ Nlllisan, he potatoe-peeler's
~, SSVtehIty itsc,f. He looked like
WHO VIZ. had himself under good dis
Tb 4 vac was accepting the stu
r,s -S was Judge w. A. Bowles.
a , Sentenced with Milligan to be
: "a, and whose sentence was after
H. uIed to Imprisonment for
IegsI was no prison rule that
1 2s Al n,m to do any sort of work.