The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-07-22
WAR STORIES.
An Ex-Confed Gives Some Experiences Of
the War.
the W. ar.

Petersburg, close to"a church-was
taken by Gen. Gilmore body guard :,
carried around all the evening behind
his brigade, which was engaged most
of the evening. 1t was drizzling rain
most of the time. One of the privates
gave me buggy apron he had torn
from some buggy ! lay on it behind
the infantry. 1t had three or four
holes knocked in it by the Rebs' bull
lets that evening. At night was kept
in an old stable with twelve or fifteen
others; next day sent to Bermuda
Hundred with two or three hundred
others. Staid three nights. Was
sent for by "Beast" Butler and inter
sTogated about who was in command Of
the Confederate tro ops and how many
was in front. Well, I don't think
was ever scared as bad in the whole
'war as / was when the general cast his
..cook-eye on me.
/ was sent from there to Point Look
.out witbfour or. five hundred other
tprisoners.
The first thing after entering the
grisen was to search all of us; they
took everything of any value we had,
even our'tobaoco; then counted us off
Tn 400 lots, picked out Johnnie"
gave hial blank hook and pencil and
told him TO take down all the names
'of the 100 men; made him sergeant of
theeompapy. l had the good luck to
a5e picked out and given book and
Gpenc2- d go. extra rations for the
<Horl-, and / held the place as long as
.eta, Il in prison. I had TO cali the
~oii morning and night, report if any
were absent and how many were sick,
fanarch my company to the mess hall
and count my men in. II I let any
One in that did not belong to my
camp lost my rations. A yankee
sergeant stood by 20 see how things
worked, also stood by at each roll
call.
There was o plank wall round the
prison, with raised platform on the
outside about five or six feet from the
top. This was for the guards to walk
ON. There was small ditch on the
inside ten or twelve feet from the
fence; that was the dead line; the
guards had orders to shoot any one
chat crossed the dead-line, and they
obeyed the order to the letter.
Our rations were: tin cup OF soup
fc. dinner and breakfast; the bread
nations were given to me every three
days, and l divided it out in camp.
Have seen some Of the men eat most
of their bread right there aud starve
or pick up what they could until next
bread ration day. What they got was
about half enough for we'll man. As
for me, I did very we'll. / had three
or four nameAor my roll that had
been sent to Elmira or had died. L
drew four or Eve extra bread rstions
every time. / fed three men besides
myself. Ihad an "a" tent and could
tako as many men as pleased or
none. The company tents would
have in them sometimes 20 to 25 men.
thought the su;Amer months we're
bad-not single shade but tent shade
but when the winter set in We did
have time. Twice every week took
'one man from each tent and was al
lowed one man for my tent. We went
to the wharf for wood. What they
could carry had to last them two or
three days. I and my man carried
about six or eight sticks. gave the
man nne-half to carry for me. He
wouldkneel down and put two sti5
across his shoulders, then pile up in
front and rear I would have to help
him to his feet; then he was O. X.
The wood was pine.
We had 100 day men as guards; they
treated US very we'll.
NEGRO GUARDS.
Afturfkem came negroes. Well, +
suspect yox could guess the time we
had then. They shot everywhere. r
saw one shoot in the crowd at the
-cook-house door. He killed two and
wounded the third, who died in few
days. If a prisoner had light in his
tent when the bugle blew for taps and
the light was not out when the bugle
stopped in would come minnie
bell. They got 80 bad about shooting
thst the authorities had to remove
them. After taps they were allowed
to patrol the streets inside the prison.
L have seen them--the ground being
frozen hard--catch fellow ct the bar
rsls, make him kneea down and pray
eSsat his sisters might marry negroes,
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