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Title: Andersonville : a story of Rebel military prisons, fifteen months a guest of the so-called southern confederacy : a private soldier's experience in Richmond, Andersonville, Savannah, Millen, Blackshear, and Florence
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors: McElroy, John, 1846-1929
Subjects: Andersonville Prison United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: Toledo : D. R. Locke
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN
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irection of the cry one would see asurging commotion, men Struggling, and clubs being pliedvigorously. This was even more common than the guardsshooting men at the Creek crossing. One day I saw Dick Allens Raiders, eleven in number,attack a man Avearing the uniform of EUetts Marine Brigade.He was a recent comer, and alone, but he was brave. He hadcome into possession of a spade, by some means or another, andhe used this with delightful vigor and effect. Two or threetimes he struck one of his assailants so fairly on the head andwith such good will that I congratulated myself that he hadkilled him. Finally, Dick Allen managed to slip aroundbehind him unnoticed, and striking him on the head with aslung-shot, knocked him down, when the whole crowd pounced A BTORY OF REBEL MILrrAET PRISONS. 223 upon him to kill him, but were driven off by others rallying tohis assistance. The proceeds of these forays enabled the Eaiders to wax fatand lusty, while others were dying from starvation. They all
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RAIDER FIGHT WITH ONE OF ELLETT S MARINE BRIGADE. had good tents, constructed of stolen blanlcets, and their head-quarters was a large, roomy tent, with a circular top, situatedon the street leading to the South Gate, and capable of accom-modating from seventy-five to one hundred men. All thematerial for this had been wrested away from others. Whilehundreds were dying of scurvy and diarrhea, from the miser-able, insufficient food, and lack of vegetables, these fellows hadflour, fresh meat, onions, potatoes, green beans, and other 224 ANDER80NVILLB. things, the very looks of which were a torture to hungry, scor-butic, dysenteric men. They were on the best possible termswith the Rebels, whom they faAvned upon and groveled before,and were in return allowed many favors, in the way of trading,going out upon detail, and making purchases. Among their special objects of attack were the small tradersin the prison. We had quite a number of these whose geniusfor barter was so strong that it took
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