The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-02


rived at Madison. Ga. village Of .
thousand inha bitants, a cultured COMM =
4ity ana the seat of a popular young Ia
uleS seminary. 1t was also the home ~
Tne Oh GeoTglas distinguished Union
leaders, the Hon. Joshua Hill
our prison, which was situated away
rom the village, had been a cotton fac
tory ana its boilers still remained in tha
easement The first floor was vacant,
The west half of the second floor was ac-
cuPled by Union commissioned officers.
the east half by Union citizen prisoners
o toir r1dsI tennessee. The third floor was
Qccupded principally by Gen. Prentiss and
Inc oIncers captured with him at Shiloh
10 make room for our party The citizen
prisoners We're moved down to the firsr
floor. Space of about six feet III yyiJtS
by eight in length was allotted for two
prisoners.
The civilian prisoners had allowed their
DIRT and vermin; therefore the first thing
We had to do was, by using shovels
Dfcons, soap and water, to purify our re-
SpecuVe portions of the floor. The drsb
few nights we slept on the floor but AFT
erwards We're provided with new pine
double bed frames filled with clean
s straw Having finished our little JOB oc
policing" and wishing to black my
SHOES, l., after repeated inquiries. ascer-
tanned that among the Shiloh prisoners
mere IN was an officer who possessed a box
OF placRlng and brush. I sought him
out and he very readily and kindly loan
81 them to me That officer. then a cap
tain in the Twelfth Iowa infantry is. (
am happy to say, a companion present
with us-my near and esteemed neiehbI-
ana tellow-citizen, Maj. Edward W. Van
DuZee.
Allowed to Buy Books.
The very first day I was in this rebel
prison, l obtained permission to send TO
the village book store for a cOpy Of S-aIls-
pere and was successful in procuring one.
complete, in octave size. 1t was permit
ted' the same day, to 60 out accompanied
by guard, to neighboring house to
borrow a chair. The occupants were in
ordinary circumstances and the mistrt So
of the family like many others i'm the
neighborhood, prepared and sold warm
money to pay for them. l was treated
by her in a polite manner, and plain
wooden chair was loaned to me, which
l was permitted to retain during my
stay in the prison. l was the only ono
on my floor who had a chair Free
quently after L had retired at night,
Gen. Crittenden came and borrowed it to
take into the hospital where he and d few
others enjoyed a game of cards. Shaks-
Pere ana a chair In rebel prison they
We're luXurieS indeed
Our subsistence was furnished I'd us
cooked. We had two meals day: the
first at about o'clock and the second 3r
about in the afternoon. We had fresh
| boiled beef few times a week, but not
I every day. On other days we had boiled
bacon; corn dodgers formed the prIu-
cipal bread, though wheat flour bread
NdS IuEulSueQ occasionally. Inere We're
no vegetables, no tea nor coffee. A few
TatiCns Of boiled rice We're served towards
the last Of our stay. The cooking was
| done by negro women In small camp
just outside of the prison fence and was
| exceedingly poor. AS d matter Of fact.
| the subsistence was generally spoiled ~
being merely half cooked. and tt was
! then, and is now, my opinion. tnlt tine
fault was from lack of administrative
ability rather than from willful intention.
The wheat flour Of which the sO-calied