The National tribune., 1910-07-21

Cloyd's Mountain, w. Va, and left for
dead on the field: was taken prisoner,
and placed at the college building that
the rebels had taken for a hospital
At Lynchburg I met a good samaritan
in Comrade E. p. Snyder, of the 123d
Ohio, who had been wounded at New
Market, w. Va, and taken prisoner
He met me coming in prison at Lynch
burg and helped me. We lay there
when Hunter came near the place. We
could hear his guns and the volleys
from his infantry. We heard the rebel
reinforceraents coming in all night, and
Hunter was driven back. We were
placed aboard freight cars and started
for Andersonville. The doors were
fastened outside and no water to cleanse
our wounds. The conditions were
frightful. When we arrived at Au-
gusta, Ga, / was taken to a rebel hos
pital. where three colored men gave
me a good bath, the first I had had
since being wounded, and my blood
soaked clothes were taken from me.
and they gave me pair OF pants that
had been on some one that had been
shot thru the right leg, and G wool shirt
and rebel cavalry jacket (which /
afterward gave to one OF our boys to
try to make his escape in).
Il arrived at Andersonville the day
after the camp had arisen against the
sraiders, and had arrested many and
taken them outside the stockade to be
tried for murder. I saw the six men
hung. One rope broke and the man
ran across the swamp. but was taken
back and hung. 1 was taken from An
Jacksonville the time Stoneman was
making his raid to capture Anderson
Vile. We were taken to Savannah, and
from there to Charleston, s. c., and put
on race track, where We were kept
for few days and then taken to Flor
ence, S. c.. from where 1 was paroled
with 10000 sick and wounded Dec. Is,
1864:
I'VE were taken out of the city on
rebel flag of truce boat and put on
the City of New York, where we were
given clothing and consigned our ver-
min-infested ones to the waters of
Charleston Harbor. I was taken aboard
the steamer Crescent to Annapolis, Md,
where we were shaven, our long locks
taken from us and new clothing issued
yet when I received my pay at final
mastering out / had to pay for them
wish I could show Congress Ander-
sonville in August, 1854, about the time
Providence Spring broke out"
Andersonville Data.
w. G. Matin, Sergeant. Co. E. 18th
Ohio. Toledo, Iowa, writes:
"In a late number of The National
Tribune statement was made to the
effect that great difficulty was being
encountered by those in authority at
the National Cemetery at Anderson
Vile, Ga, in obtaining correct data as
to names, date Of death, company, reg
iment and State from which: the SOL
dier enlisted, etc. was one of the
unfortunate ones who had a residence
In that noted resort from Feb. %, 1854,
the day it was thrown open for occu-
pancy, until Sept. Z, 1864, when I, with
a large number of other prisoners, was
removed to Savannah. Being among the
very first to enter the stockade, 1 was
placed in charge of the I'd company of
the First Division, which position I
held until detailed and sent to the hos,
pital to take charge of one of the wards
there. While there it was my duty to
label each soldier who died in nv
charge, giving date of death, name
company, regiment and State, which
duty was performed and a memoranda
kept of this date for my own use
have other memoranda which might
be Of use to the officials there"
At Salisbury Prison.
Justus S. Richardson, Sergeant, Co.
K, 9Th N. H, Keene, N. H., writes:
Il was captured at the battle of Pc
gram Farm Oct. /, 1864, and served
five months in prison.; weighed ITS
pounds when 1 went in and 100 pounds
when 1 came out. We were taken to
Petersburg and put into tobacco
warehouse, and were SO thick together
that we could not sit down and had to
remain standing all night. After awhile
we were taken to Richmond, Va, and
from there to Salisbury, N. c., where
there were about $1,000 in a pen, not
rNf.r
but the blue sky of Heaven
covered us. The boys dug holes in the
ground and lived in them, and the
guard on the fence watched every op-
portunity to shoot us down 1 saw them
shoot one prisoner who was standing
by a tree reading.
When we first went there they
would fetch in rough board box to
put the dead in, then take them out |
and bring the same box back for an
other When we told them so they got |
mad. Then they came in with two !
mule team and threw the bodies in.
There were Is or 20 taken out every |
morning. l saw a cat come into the /
prison. There was a rush for it, and |
many chances to- enlist in the rebel |
irmy, but the boys said that they would |
rather rot than do 1t and disgrace the |
Did Flag.
The boys made break to get out |
1ne day, and they were shot down like |
logs. The wounded were picked up
md taken to the main gate, and were !
,ut on bench which was brought into
he prison, and their wounded legs and |
arms were taken off without giving
hem anything to deaden the pain. I |
Jaw one poor boy with five bullet holes |
n his arm. They said we could have
lothing to eat till we told them who
he ringleader was. After awhile they
hought they had the ringleader, and
ook him outside and put him into the
tocks. but he would not give in one