In and Out of Rebel Prisons

While at Plymouth on detached service, with "I" and "F" troops, we were in the habit of scouting ten to fifteen miles once or twice a week, sometimes in one direction and someti...

THE FIRST DIVISION LEAVES CAMP OGLETHORP--PLANS FOR ESCAPE--THEIR DESTINATION, CHARLESTON--THIRTY UNION OFFICERS AND FOUR OF THE "REB" GUARD ARE MISSING ON THEIR ARRIVAL AT CHAR...

THE ESCAPE--I TURN OVER MY TENT AND HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS TO COLONEL MILLER AND ADJUTANT LYMAN--CRAWLING ACROSS THE GUARD LINE--OUR ESCAPE DISCOVERED AND WE FIRED UPON--CAPTAINS GEE...

On the 17th of May the stockade was completed and we were moved inside, where we were joined by eight hundred other officers, who had been confined in Richmond, among whom were...

The manner of digging a tunnel was this: The place selected to commence a tunnel would usually be in some shed nearest the stockade. In these sheds we had built ourselves bunks,...

BACK INTO WALHALLA--WE RUN INTO A REBEL PICKET IN THE DARK AND ARE TAKEN IN--A LITTLE JUDICIOUS LIEING SECURES OUR RELEASE--OVERTAKING SOME WAGONS GOING FROM MARKET--CHATTING WI...

ANDERSONVILLE--SEPARATED FROM THE ENLISTED MEN--AN INTERVIEW WITH THE INHUMAN MONSTER "WIRZ"--PLACED IN A CHURCH--DIVINE SERVICE SUNDAY MORNING--SENT BACK TO MACON--DRAWING RATI...

Our organization being now perfected, and our plans matured, we lay down that night, and held whispered consultations about our proposed future operations. I have already stated...

Along in January, 1865, I began to get short of money, and as the jewelry, watches, etc., were about played out, I was in danger of being obliged to suspend, for want of stock t...

The march from the landing to the headquarters of General John E. Mulford, was through a swampy piece of ground and the road was muddy, but, with freedom almost in sight, we tra...

I remember numerous cases of this malady, (for it really was a malady) in the different prisons. Persons thus afflicted, would improve every opportunity to inform themselves of...

HOW TO ROAST A CHICKEN--A GOOD SQUARE MEAL ONCE MORE--ON THE TRAMP AGAIN--WE MEET A DARKEY WHO FURNISHES US SUPPER AND CHICKENS FROM HIS MASTER'S HEN COOP--SURPRISED BY TWO WHIT...

Upon our arrival at Franklin we were taken to the jail, but before we were locked up, Doctor Moore, of the village, invited us to his house to dinner, and upon his agreeing to b...

The next morning, we were all marched into a room on the opposite side of the hall, and to the south side of the jail, and were placed in an iron cage, made of flat bars two inc...

OUR RETREAT CUT OFF--A PERILOUS RECONNOISSANCE BY THE CAVALRY--CAVALRY SENT TO CAPTURE A BOAT'S CREW--FLEEING NORTH CAROLINIANS--WALKING BACK INTO PRISON RATHER THAN TO SKULK A...

We were allowed to write home, and by putting on a Confederate postage stamp costing 10 cents each, were promised that our letters would be forwarded to our friends, provided th...

We arrived at the house of CAPTAIN SANDERSON about ten o'clock that night, and were treated by him like gentlemen. Late as it was, after placing us in an out-house, in which was...

AT MAJOR CARTERS--MY SWOLLEN LIMBS GIVE ME AN EXCUSE TO CUT OFF THE CONVERSATION--REV. MR. BURCH GIVES US A HEARTY WELCOME AND A GOOD BREAKFAST--PASSING A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER--R...

Danville in 1864-5 was a town of considerable importance to the Confederacy, being the base of supplies for the Confederate army at Richmond and Petersburg. There were three or...

Being satisfied that I could remove the flooring at any time within a few minutes, I told my fellow prisoners what I had said, and what I had seen done, and that when everything...

Upon the arrival of new prisoners at the gate of the stockade, there would be a cry raised throughout the camp, commencing near the entrance, and spreading rapidly to the farthe...

THE BATTLE OF PLYMOUTH--THE CAVALRY PICKETS DRIVEN IN--HOKE APPEARS IN OUR FRONT WITH EIGHT THOUSAND MEN--A MAGNIFICENT ARTILLERY DUEL--FOUR DAYS HARD FIGHTING--SINKING OF THE S...

ASSAILED BY A DOG--SCARING A NEGRO--FREE MITCHELL--HE DARE NOT LET ME INTO HIS YARD ON ACCOUNT OF A YANKEE SCHOOLMASTER WHO KEPT BLOOD HOUNDS--FLANKING THE HOUNDS--MEETING CAPTA...

Although the orders were very strict that the guard should hold no conversation with prisoners, and they were instructed to shoot anyone who attempted to approach them, their cu...

ON THE MARCH--AN EIGHTEEN MILE MARCH--TREATED TO A DRINK OF OUR OWN COMMISSARY AT THE END OF THE FIRST DAYS MARCH--UNIFORM GOOD TREATMENT BY OUR CAPTORS--AN ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE FR...

On the 17th of February we were ordered to get ready to leave for Richmond for exchange. The order was received with the most extravagant demonstrations of joy; officers who had...

MORE ABOUT CHARLESTON--EXCHANGE ON THE BRAIN--MORE ABOUT MACON--CHARLESTON JAIL YARD MORE FULLY DESCRIBED--THE OLD PRIVY--THE GALLOWS OR GIBBET--TERRIBLE SUFFERING FOR WANT OF F...

MARCHED OFF OVER THE BATTLEFIELD A PRISONER--AMONG THE ENEMIES DEAD AND WOUNDED--EVIDENCES OF OUR DEADLY WORK--THE REBS GO A GUNNING FOR "NIGGERS"--THE JOHNNIES APPROPRIATING MY...

With the reader's permission I will stop here to narrate the struggle between our gun boats and this ram, as it was detailed to me while a prisoner, by one of the crew of the So...

The river at Plymouth is nearly a quarter of a mile wide, and with a sufficient depth of water to float the largest draught gunboats. The shore next the town was supplied with a...

The following misprints have been corrected: "Massachussetts" corrected to "Massachusetts" (page 45) "thay" corrected to "they" (page 76) "Tennesee" corrected to "typo Tennessee...

On the March--An Eighteen Mile March--Treated to a Drink of Our Own Commissary at the End of the First Days March--Uniform Good Treatment by our Captors--An Attempt to Escape Fr...

Marched Off Over the Battlefield a Prisoner--Among the Enemy's Dead and Wounded--Evidences of our Deadly Work--The Rebs Go Gunning for "Niggers"--The Johnnies Appropriating my W...

The First Division Leaves Camp Oglethorp--Plans for Escape--Their Destination, Charleston--Thirty Union Officers and Four of the "Reb" Guard Are Missing on Their Arrival at Char...

Andersonville--Separated from the Enlisted Men--An Interview with the Inhuman Monster "Wirz"--Placed in a Church--Divine Service Sunday Morning--Sent Back to Macon--Drawing Rati...

Our Retreat Cut Off--A Perilous Reconnoissance by the Cavalry--Cavalry Sent to Capture a Boat's Crew--Fleeing North Carolinians--Walking Back into Prison Rather than to Skulk a...

More about Charleston--Exchange on the Brain--More about Macon--Charleston Jail Yard More Fully Described--The Old Privy--The Gallows or Gibbet-- Terrible Suffering for Want of...

Camp Sorghum--A Sleepless and Miserable Night--Building a Brush Tent--The Escape--I Turn Over My Tent and Household Effects to Colonel Miller and Adjutant Lyman--Crawling Across...

How to Roast a Chicken--A Good Square Meal Once More--On the Tramp Again-- We Meet a Darky who Furnishes Us Supper and Chickens From His Master's Hen Coop--Surprised by Two Whit...

Assailed by a Dog--Scaring a Negro--Free Mitchell--He Dare Not Let Me Into His Yard on Account of a Yankee Schoolmaster who Kept Blood Hounds-- Flanking the Hounds--Meeting Capt...

At Major Carters--My Swollen Limbs Give Me an Excuse to Cut Off the Conversation--Rev. Mr. Burch Gives Us a Hearty Welcome and a Good Breakfast--Passing a Confederate Soldier--R...

The Battle of Plymouth--The Cavalry Pickets Driven In--Hoke Appears in our Front with Eight Thousand Men--A Magnificent Artillery Duel--Four Days Hard Fighting--Sinking of the S...

Back into Walhalla--We Run into a Rebel Picket in the Dark and are Taken in--A Little Judicious Lieing Secures Our Release--Overtaking Some Wagons Going from Market--Chatting wi...