,VOLi XXX
BOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY , JANUARY 1919.
NO. 13 I
hrsiul tfc&bctttts if tit Chril Wir
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BV L. -N. PERKINS .
The.; first month or more .-of
prion life at Cami Do'uslaj we
were guarded "by a regiment hi
Miebigan troops,' recruits -who
bad never seen': acrythjti of war.
Thev were mostly boys nnjring
f? otii it to 20 yeaivptrVtirly,
They were, very exHCing, a u d
thought it quite .the thing to do
upon any little pretext to abuse
a prisoner. Tbey were also, sme
of hem at leant, very suscepti
ble to a bribe, ftijdjor a few. dol
lars iu greenbacks' tJhey frouid 1ft
a prisouer .escape; There were-six
men in the company to' which I
belonged ch bribed the general
bqd escaped in less than a months
time. -They fere- Kentuckiahs,
Nand their Jrieads, lived inside of
Federal frrrjtofcv and they kept
aoint inoM.y cpDcea(ed some way
that was nojt fputod whh." t h e y
were searchedVvith; Which, they
Ifaioetl theifberty. ; OurMichi
gn guards were tent tp -the
front just ihltime, we were told,
to participate in the battle of the
Wilderness, and they were badly
cut upland probably, learned a
few things about Rebelsthat
they did not know, They were re
placed by a portion of what was
known as the Invincible Corps
men who had rieen service and
had been wdtfnded or disabled. in
some way till tby vfere nut for
active serviced They were much
kinder, and treated theprisoners
reasonably well.
During the latter part' of 1 be
year '63 the weather was favor
able, and we did not suffer from
cold, as we had plenty of wood
und coal, t)ut this first of Janua
ry, '64, it turned exceedingly
cold, the Chicasro pq pens report
ing 40 degre- s below zero Ther
was. a footor more of mow on
the ground aud the wind blow
ing a gale The guard walking
the beal near the barracks be
came so benumbed with the cold
that hftfell:to' 'he g ound and
could not wnlk. Som? of the
boys saw hith fall ahd ran out
and carried him in the-house
where he soon revived. The au
thortties then took h11 the guards
off the beats and statioped .ore
in each barracks with the prison
ers and kept up a Are for two or
three days and nights. Our sup
ply of wood and coal gave out
about this time and it was so
cold the draymen could not haul
it. Ttw coal and wood wat str
ed in a nhed iu' an enclosure ad
joining .the prison where the
guards had their shacks, so the
officers came around and threw
the gate open and told the men
to go to the shed and help them-
. selves, and try and carry enough
to .keep from frwiing uoril -the
weathtt'r.'turnwl.wtniner so they
could haul. A number of the
boys wrapped up with overcoats
and ruittons and tied handker
chief over their ears, ran as fast
as they could and brought wood
. and coal enough to do untij the
teams could haul The distance
was not ovrr two hundred yards,
but several of the boys had their
fingers and ears frozen so the
skin peeled off...
I was taken Hick about the be
ginning of t he cold snap and lay
in my buak for three days near
t e btove which was kept red hot
day and uight and did not suffer
yery much 'from the cold, and
when I recovered sufficiently to
sit up, 1 could not speak in an
audable voice for a week or more.
the cold having settled on my
lungs to that extent. In a few
days t,he weather turned warmer
. and we did not have such ex
twine cold any more during the
winter. , ,
WueJ Morgan's men were first
tQkeu to Camp Douglas there
was only a row or two of bar.
racks next to the lake side, but
as the exchange of prisoners was
suspended and all prisoner cap
tured were being held.'our town
began to grow, and by the end of
the year '64 we had a regularly
laid off city with streets and
crossing and the number of oar
population was about 12,000.
There re quite a number of
pr isoners who bad friends and ret
a lives living inside the. Federal,
lines whp sent them money and
they were enabled U buy books,
papers, clothing, etc., which was
a great advantage to them. The
rhieago. news boj s peddled pa-,
pew .in our camp every day iq
the week except Sunday, so we
kept; well posted on current
events I had no friends to draw
on for help living in Federal ter
ritory, consequently I had no
money to buy anything, but 1
had, some good Mends among
the prisoners who furnished me
books, papers,- ruagniirie, etc.;
and 1 read iiiueh'ot tin lime
which was a great help ''in wbil
ing away the hpars.ohie of tlP
books thai 1 reuvmbt-r to hae
read, ere the Bib, which ! I
readUhrough, The frlistory of
the United States, Allison's-. Hi f
tory of Europe, Lifeof Bonaparte
and his marshals, Life of Wash
ington," and several standard
works of fiction, numerous mag
azmes, etc. During the summer
of '64 we had an organized Bible
clas9 of a dozen or so, which , to
me was very . interesting. Wo
would have a lesson almost ev
ery day unless we had other du
ties to perform. A school teach-
er uy name or Arms ted whose
home was at Fort Worth, Texas
was our teacher, who iraia ttres.
byterian, and there was a young
lawjer in the class, also from
Texas, by the name of Pen'n, wlo
was a Haptist, brother to th r.
great Texas evangelist by that
nam, and the lawyer and teach.
er would have some spirited tilts
over doctrinal questions, good
hvmoredly though, and each had
the satisfaction of knowing that
neither one convinced the other.
Some noted persons .visited our
camp that umtuer; amdngthem
were Gens. Rosencransand Hook
er, also some distinguishe 1 prea
chers, I did not learn theirname?
visited and preached to us. Tbey
were foreigners from their brogue,
I took them to he Swedes; they
were smart men and good spei le
ers, an I were listened to with in
terest
As before noted the enclosure
around our pen waslow and very
easily scaled, and several prison
ers escapeJ, one way and anoth
er, but to teinedy that the-au
thorities built a new fence about
16 feet high with a parapet on
the outside of the fence two' feet
or more from the top, for the
sentries to walk upon so they
could see cn both sides of the
fence which made scaling the
fenci mui-h more difficult. - -The
barracks were built on the ground
and the floors were two feet or.
more above the ground and the
prisoners dug a. tunnel which
started under the floor and come
out on the outside-' of the fence.
They managed to conceal tho
tlirt under the floor and for tool
used paddles made from staves
of barrels, the ground beingnear
the lake was easily worked. The
distance from barracks to out
side of the fence was about 30 or
30 feet. Bo when the tunnel was
ready they started out, and 83,
I think it was, got out before the
sentry discovered them and
.
ibiswu mi niiuiu uu u wjr f
soon recaptured and brought
back, most of them that n'ght,
afowhtd -out till next day, so
they had all their work for
naught.. To put a stop to the
tunneling business thi barracks
were raised fbuf' feeb off the
ground and placed on posts and
steps to get up into them.
Tarious modes of punishment
were invented lo punish those
who disobeyed orders. ' The ioae
most, common was a wooden
horse made from a piece of scant
ling and set up on legs at each
end about 16. feet; Jtfgb The
guilty parties were competed Ito
climb up on that horse and ride
astride, sometimes for hours at a
ti ne. The boys named the1 horse
"Morgan's mule arid if was
known all over camp by that
name, and there was scarcely an
hour in the day that? "Morgan'
mule" was idle, sometimes there
would 1 e a half dozen on him at
one time; Another mode was to
cut a hole in the head of a sugar
barrel and place the barrel on
the shoulders with head and face
above, and cpmpel.the party; to
walk a beat so many hourVeaqh
day, and i the offense for which
he was punished written on the'
barrel su it could be read by cell
who saw him. I remember one-raanr-jralked
the beat, several
days with "Disobeying or ters"
written on the barrel -in large
letters and did not know his of
fense. The 'discipline ' in cain'p
was very rigid on account ol rest
lessness among the prisoners. We
were compelled to go to bed at
dark and lie till day, and if per
sons were caught talking during
the uight thej were punished for
it- . : :;'
During the summer of '64 our
rations were diminished about
one half, in retaliation tbey said
for the treatment of their pris
oners who were confined at An
derson ville, Qa.5 We were, allow
anced tola ounces of beef raod
14 otfhces bakers bread to the
man per day with potatoes or
beans enough to make soup
twice a week, and t hat was cook,
ed and issued to us twice a day,
and to say 'we were hungry all
the time Is putting it mildly.
There was not much , sickness
In camp Except small pox' which
became an epidemic aver the
country that j ear. When a case
of small pox developed, the par
ties were-taken to a pm'all pox
hospital a mile or two from the
city, and not more than half of
them returned. .Two men of Co,
A were stricken; one came .back,
the other one was buried.:: I have
seen as many as five broken' out
with the disease in one day tak
en from the barrack where I
stayed. We ha compulsory
vaccination or I supple all the
prisoner! would: have) taken it
Those on whom the treatment
was successful rarely took it and
if they did U was in a ttiild form.
During the latter part of Jan
uary and early In Feb.; '65 there
was very cold weather and much
suffering. among the , pris oets
was reported. 0 n e morning
some were found frozen! to death
and after that we were allowed
to have fire during' the night and
twd persons were del ailed to
keep the fires burning,, one till
midnight, the other fiom that
time till day. The nht thot
tnose pa ties we,re Irottvi 1 surer
ed much and could barely walk
for a week or more rronji stiffness
and paia in niv knees, Lut after
we were allowed flrt at night I
suffered very little. '
(to be continued.)
A bI LLI0US ATTACK.
When . you have a bilious at
tack your liver fails to perforin
itsfunctbns. Voubecoraaconstl-
pated. jne food yott eat nrments
aiiig. This iiiflaniBthei stomach
and cuils nauseavomiting and
a ternoie beadache: Take three
of Chamberlain's Tablets. They
will tone up your liver, clean out
Tour Rtnmnrh And von i III anon
tt mmfm w mm f HVM
be as well as ever,
a quarter, v
'hey imj cost
Hi Oli lul tbs New.
"At the parsing of the olJ year
that tyrant which h-is I eld out
for us both golden and dread-
fille l days there is a touch of ret.
roipection. . .. .
' "The past year h&s indeed ha
rassed tbe soul of the world, it
has tried the spirit of America,
it'bas seen thousands of mother
hands hang np the, service flags
of honor and in the course of - i s
crimson days' have come the
scores MgpWen strs.iato the
sriotls field-of white.
;"The .part year-saw the son of
the rich standing in the water:
soaked trench 's; t ..saw tender
hands made rough and scaly in
the rigorous labor of tho ship
y&rdsj ifr-saw the money-mad A
meriojaus1 oversubscribe four ei-
ganti; war loans. Mercy was or-
gafu2ed as never before during
tn year that now passe; man
has met man uoon the rommt n
ground of eomradshiji; a great
people have: blended all their in
terests in a great cause of wrath
and have won their fight.
" he old year te)art.
"Wwstaiid upon the tlnesliold
of another span of seasons. The
new vear will see a giant army
of four million men mustered out
into the peaceful ways of trade.
It will see the gigantic problem
of reconstruction started with a
ready) will. It will ?ee capital and
labor standing in doser relation-
ship than ever triors as they car
ry out the intricate problem of
making over tbe world ot trade.
'The coming year holds much
of promise lor all. It bears every
potentiality of a new life. We
start; to live all over again on
the hour that ushers in the rule
011919. - Before 'us in suhshme
and hope and a thousand oppor
tunities for service..; This is a
call fur strength and ppirit and
worthy om bit ion.
"Let ns throw off the burdens
of war harried days.- Let us put
aside pessimism and skepticism
they belong to the reign of the
king who p iSSes.'Let us welcome
the advent of the new. king with
cheery hearts and ready wills.
Let us start with a smile along
the way, of days that stretches
before us. The rule of our new
monarch 1919-will be wbatwe
make it of happiness or despair.
Let us start with ashoutof joy."
The New Year number of The
Cadupeus.' .
. ; . APiCtBTf.
Thetre came a picture to me to
night; 1, know not whence it
came, but it still abides with me.
I see it. as I write and feel the
power of rtfc presence, and . seem
to pee it iri every pjace where peo-
piV IUUVQi
A perfect female . form, plainly
but neatly clad, tending with
bowed head. Sometimes glanc
ing upward at the moving throrjg
then again the head slowly drops
and shakes- thoughtfully from
side to side with sad and anxious
pity, though not a word she
spoke "Who is this form?" I
aked, "and why this sad and
anxious attitude?" It was an
swered from it -that this was
Modesty deploring pome of the
ways of the race; .
I was not answered further but
left to surmise, nd meditate on
tha mission of this wonderful
form. I do t not yet know why
this picture mine to my vHv un
less it were that I tell it to you.
No, 16 was not answered me and
, . . . .
i may noil mererore say wnatKo mouire about tt.e B.lvnnt iwfl
ways this messenger would thus
.
designate. Can you answer with
some definite ideas thatnay de
velop Into ideals? "
; ; J. M. TOWNUM. '
Fomsoni;oiAAMYE
Civil War Seldiirs Nixbirii . 3,375,1(9
(Charlotte Observer.)
"For the benefit or a number
of Confederate scrap books hat
I know are in' the makings-will
you use the following- statistics
compiled by A. B. Sain,'n -Von-federate
veteran, who served in
the Confederate army .with the
First Tennessee infantry, and
who gave the figures to the Tn
nesHean of Nashville, for publica
tion. The figures were given by
Mr. Spain at this thnei says The
Tenne89ean, for those who. are i
interested in comparingtnehnm"
ber engaged iu the civil war with
those in the present war. The
figures are as follows:
'The south furnished 600,;
000 soldiers for the. Confederate
armies and 316,000 white-sol
diers for the federal - armies.
There were 180,000 negroes in
the northern armies, mcsb of
fiem from the south. This made
a half million contenders from
the southern frtites to be con
tended with by the southern
armies. ......
" 'The north got 176.000 . -,!
diiTs f roii i 0 rtnany;- 14-1 Z - (i
froui Irelnn J, 45,000 from Kng
land and 53,500 British- Ameri
cans, and 74,000 of other nation,
alitirs. Thus the foreigners ;md
negroes outnumbered the rebels
by 80,000 m. n.
" '.The soldiers drawn from the
test of the northern states num.
bi-red 1 771) 791. so that the to
tal number of fi-doml poldicn
was 2,775.000 men or more.
" 'The number of southern sol
diers in northern prisons was
220,000; the number of northern
men in the southern prisons was
270,000. The number of south
ern soldiers to die in northern
prisons, 26,436; the number of
northern soldiers to dieln south
ern prisons was 22,570.
" 'Soldiers engaged in the
southern army: Seven Day bat.
tie, 50.830; Sharpsburg, 35,295,
Fredericksburg, 78,110; Chan.
cellorsyille, 57,212, Wilderness,
63 000; Getty 8 b u r g, 62,000;
Chickamauga,' 44,000; Appomat
tox, 27,195. - ';
" 'Soldiers engaged in the nor
thern armies: Seven Day battle,
50.830; Sharpsburg, 87,164;
Fredericksburg, 110,000, Chun
celiorsvilie, 131,161; Wilderness
141,000; Gettysburg ;95,000,
Tbickamauga, 65,000, Appcma
tox, 120,000:
" 'Federals killed and wounded
350,528; Confederates killed and
wounded 133,821.' '".
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