The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-08-19

pressed With OlaSphcmOus emphasis
that the last mothers son Of us ought
to be hung by way Of retaliation.
Perhaps such a feeling was natural to
our guards during the first shock of
grief and Indignation that swept over
the land, and I am glad to say that
the better sense Of the Federal SOL
diers soon asserted itself aud we
heard no more talk OF retaliatory
measures. never had any idea that
these were more than idle threats, but
many Of our men took the matter more
seriously.
NEGROES As GUARDs.
I think the oomuaulisug of The
prison was humane man, and that it
was his desire that discipline, whilst
rigid, should not be unnecessarily
harsh, but some Of his underlings
abused their authority grossly and q
number of cases OF petty tyranny were
OF daily occurrence in the prison camp
and these became more and more gall
ing when negroes were substituted
for white soldiers as our guards, aud
it is fact that more than one poor
fellow was shot down in cold blood for
some slight infraction Of the rules.
To cross the "dead line meant in-
stant death, and it was dangerous to
even approach too near to one Of the
negro sentinels, for as one of our boys
remarked, they were "too careless
with their guns"
On the bay side OF the stockade
there was q small strip Of land and we
were allowed to go out there in the
day time, and here the boys amused
themselves playing ''ohuck luck"
Very few Of us had money, so the
stakes were usually small pieces Of;
tobacco about the size ofone's finger
nail. and men gambled as eagerly for
these as they would for gold or silver.
incidentally may say that tobacco
was very scarce and very precious;
and it was common sight TO sec q
man pick up an sold sogei - as a
chewed out quid was called, and after
drying it out put il in his pipe and
smokeit. I oommuted my extra ra-
tion for tobacco, and 80 would have
had enough for my own use, but Of
course I.ahared it with my tent mates,
and IL was not enough for all of rs.
We thought, however, that little
was better thar none and were glad
enough to have any at all. IS
There were as well as I can femem-
Der about II 900 Of Us inside Of that
Point Lookout stockade. OF course,
all mail to or from the prisoners was was
s'censored, and il any money was,
sent TO the prisoners and some Of sLem
did get money either from relatives at
home or from philanthropic Northern-
ers--they were given credit FOR it az
she post suffers and had to trade it
out; at least 90 was told, for I was
not one Of the fortunate ones, and
never had anything but Confederate
money during the whole time 4 spent
in prison. IL I got anything extra it
was by barter, for We did a; lively bar
ter business in that stockade tits d
forcible illustration Of Chi. prevalence
OF the commercial spirik ss:s; =. -
that although in its crrudssst & 3 form ID We
had all the elements oss 1 city h there Dc
Point lookout. We had Schurch Ser
Woes sad schools, we had 81 book store r,
and newspaper exchange barber shops;
dental pifiices, pawn shops, gambling;
dens, eyen5"blind tigers, ell run bys
by prisoners. How the latter man.
aged to get their liquor inside ef the
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