Year: 1862

The most bitter and vindictive ene-
mics we found on our march, were Sc
cesh women and the Southern Metho-
dists. There were but few places on
our route, that the women would even
give me rag to dress the wounds OF
our men; they insisted that We should
be shot, hung, or made breastworks of
to shield their meu. Every inhabited
district we passed through, the women
and dogs would crowd to the road side,
to get glimpse Of live Yankee; and
finding that we were fashioned some
what like other men, they would turn
away in disgust,-not, however, with
out pouring their vials of wrath upon us.


The Southern Methodists, many Of
them, were even blasphemous of the
Yankee prisoners in particular, and the
Yankee nation in general. A Metho-
dist preacher l saw at the little village
twenty-five miles this side of Raleigh,
of which 1 have previously spoken, the
name of which / cannot recollect, called
us children of hell, and leagued with
the devil, and that we ought, and would
go down to the same pit together.-
Another minister / saw, and conversed
with at Giles, was man of talent, and
apart from his bitter feeling of hatred
toward bis fellow man, was no doubt a
gentleman; he spoke of our efforts to put
down the rebellion as the hellish inva-
sion, the dsmnable attempt at subjuga-
ton, and said that if there was one
place in hell hotter than another, it
would be for such tyrants as Abe Lin
coin and his hired minions. l tried to
undeceive him in the opinion he and
others in the South had formed in re-
gard to the spirit and determination Of
the Government and people in carrying
it on. l told him that, to deprive them
of their peculiar property, to invade
their soil, and to subjugate them, were
terms invented by their own rebellious
traitors, and political demagogues. and
was never contemplated as an object,
by either the Government or people OF
the United States; that our purpose
was to maintain and perpetuate the
Government, to subdue rebellion and
punish traitors; and that he might rest
assured tnat such would be the result.
After quite lengthy discussion, he
pronouncing upon me the Devils oLes-
sing, he made faint attempt at COM
misserating me upon my wretched stu
alton, and hoped that, as had the
appearance of gentleman, if l should
live to get home, that l would stay
there, and attend to nv own business,
and let the South attend to theirs
Thus my clerical antagonist and l par
ted. There was a man sitting by,
whilst the preacher and were TALKING.
who, when / spoke of rebellious trait
ors, and political demagogues, swore
that ought not be allowed to use such
terms, and that 1 ought to be very
thankful that id dirty looking son
of b-tch, as | was, had not been
sent to hell, long ago. l told him that
1 very frankly acknowledged the poten-
cy and truth of his argument, SO far rs
it applied to my dirty looks. When
he found that was not much disturbed
BY the above remark, be then said he
would die before he would let Yam
kee doctor do anything for him. told
him that he was not too old but that he
might yet be put to the test. After the
discussion between the above mentioned
subjects was ended, Lieut.. Hawley, o
the Caskey Rangers, came in and very
politely asked me to step into the par
lor and play draughts or chequers will
him, which I did. Before we com
menced playing, he jocularly remarked
81 will play you South against North
and I will show you how bad the Soutl
will whip you" 1 readily gave m,
consent. and the contest began. Th
first game I won, the second he Won
he and two or three other officers in tn
room laughed, and made the applica
ton, that we had whipped them in on
or two little fights at first, which wa
the game / had won; that they ha
whipped us at Manassas and Bali
Bluff, which indicated the game he ha
won. Said I, gentlemen, accept th
application, and am willing to stake th
result ON the succeeding games, for
will, from this cut, whip you badly,
after which ! beat him ten straigl
games, and he gave it up, declarin
that he never was so badly beaten
all his life. I told him that 1 though
such would be the result of the conte
between the North and the South.


We lost one of our numbers ma
by the name of Adkins, who died c
the seventh morning of our march,
We were forced to leave him, althoue
he was not quite dead at the time;
was left lying on the floor in the hou
we stayed all night at.


At Newbern nothing Of interest o.
Cured, except that Henry Worrel-oI
of our fellow prisoners and mysel
were taken to the hotel and had a goc
supper. The rest of the prisone
were quartered in couple of old freigl
cars, until the train arrived that was
take US to Richmond, which was abol
one O'Clock a. M.


We had nothing to eat after we G
aboard the cars, until we were safe
housed in the old Tobacco Hous
which was on the following evenir
about dusk, November 93. And no