This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VIII. "TO THE VICTORS BE-LONG THE SPOILS"--I LOSE MY SUSPENDERS--A JOLLY REBEL RASCAL--A CAPTAIN OF THE HORSE MARINES. On our arrival at Canton we were drawn up in line before the tent of Colonel Lee. We were told that he was related to Gen. R. E. Lee Here we were searched and our names taken ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VIII. "TO THE VICTORS BE-LONG THE SPOILS"--I LOSE MY SUSPENDERS--A JOLLY REBEL RASCAL--A CAPTAIN OF THE HORSE MARINES. On our arrival at Canton we were drawn up in line before the tent of Colonel Lee. We were told that he was related to Gen. R. E. Lee Here we were searched and our names taken on the roll, and we were then sent to the prison room, which was in the second story of a large brick building. Here we found about 150 other prisoners; the room, as I remember it; was about 25x80 feet. There was in it a common box heating stove with one lid on top On this stove the cooking for the whole party was done. The rations were corn meal and bacon. There being now nearly, if not quite, 200 men in the room you can imagine that that stove had something to do. We were divided into messes and each mess took its turn at the stove. We got along very well with the cooking. As for the sleeping, those that had blankets made a bed of them on the floor. As there were no blankets in our party, we made our bed on the floor without blankets. When we entered this room, the prisoners already there told us to conceal carefully any money or anything else we had that we didn't want stolen, and to cut holes in our clothes. We had only been there a few hours when we found out why we were so advised. The guards on duty in and around the building were relieved every day at noon. The sergeant and squad of men that came to relieve the guards on duty required all of the prisoners to stand up in rows to be counted. The sergeant counted and the soldiers searched each man in turn. Not only our party that had just arrived but every man in the room, and strange to say, although this searching process had been gone through with by every new guard that had come on...
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