The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-05-24
II iR STORIES.
The Shooting otlJ alne& N1illcr,u Confederate
Soldier, by Federal Troops.

of jas. Miller, ruufc,iura.r -. 'r,r.
oy Federal ,roop-, in retaliation.
which appeared on Saturday, April -
las brou-h t to ny mind most vividly
The lad incident. having been a draw
-uc q lots to decide who should Lc
shot. |, va, generally understood BY
all OF IS who were prisoners Al the
Sine under Sherman, that it was
.hrougl Gen. Shcrman's order that
It was done, and as revenge for the
alleged killing by one Of Hampton
cavalry Of Federal prisoner. AS
prisoners we were, Of course, kept in
ignorance of what really did transpirc
80 cause or bring about this retaliation
and [ cannot, therefore, assert posi-
lively that such was the rca! cause
.hat led to the retaliation, but that
.he retaliation did take place and that
.he noble and brave Jas. Miller was
shot to death to satisfy the revenge Of
a,relentless foe are facts that can be
proven without doubt by the few of
rs that are still living and who were
participants in that fatal drawing,
and in what was perhaps the iirst and
.he last shameful incident of the kind
during the struggle for Southern in
dependence, and that there might
have been repetition of such a COW.
ardly and shameful act there is no
doubt, had it not been, as we were in
to2med, that Gen. Hampton notified
Sherman that for every Confederate
7rivate shot by him, Sherman, ne,
Hampton, would cause to be shot for
.Ame two federal officers. Whether
or not this was the cause Of stopping
It I cant say, at any rate there was
40 more retaliation with US. AL.
though we were continually threatened
'Rithit
It was in the month of February,
1863, and it was cold, bitter cold,
being the sevcrest winter experienced
in years. About 100 of US were pris-
srs, few Georgians and Tennessee
Ems, the balance South Csloliniaus.
5omo were captured on the way back
30 their commands, while others were
still at home on sick or wounded fur
Tough and unable TO make good their
escape. Boys Of Is and Ii, who had
responded to the last call Of their
country, were among the prisoners.
old men too were ruthlcssly taken
srom their homes and made to share
the exposure, starvation, and crue,ics
of those long weary marches. We
we're prisoners captured by Gen.
5lair's corps, Capt. Burns aud Lieut..
Mckee having charge of us, and l
must say that of all the brutes and
syrants that could be in human form
shat man Burns was surely one to cx-
oell them all. There was no sym
pathy in his heart for any of US and
any order that he could give that
would tend to increase our wants and
suffering seemed to be his delight to
jnfict. Of Lieut.. Mckee we all
shought we'll. for while he was power
Jess to make US comfortable or to
alleviate our wants and sufferings, he
never did anything to increase them,
and had always lind word, he was u
Western man and true type of gen.
tleman.
Major Waterhouse, too, of the 18th
corps of artillery, had always words
Of cheer for us and often visited the
BULL pen after our fatigue of all day
marching, and condemned the cruel
sies to, which we were subjected. He
was fine specimen of man and was
big hearted. Our marches were on an
average of 25 miles day, and under
abe most trying circumstances, as
have stated. The weather was bitter
cold and most Of us half clad and
shoeless, and in this condition we
we're forced, like cattle, through
swamps, over corduroy roads and new
roads, cut on. by the pioneer corps,
shi~ering with cold, the blood run
niDgs from our feet, half starved, sick
and weakened by disease, run away by
vermiu. Daily We trudged along, only
20 lie down at night with little fire,
no. covering to protect US from the
rain and sleet, with the pangs of hun
ger gnawing at our very existence.
Our rations wsre scant, and consisted
Of q little meal aud about 3 hardtacks
per day, occasionally a small bit Of
salt meat. We only ate twice day,
breakfast and supper, there being no
halt for dinner. Breakfast was very
hurriedly gotten, and half cooked, in
Ykate4an utensil we were fortunate
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