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, (14576381707)

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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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could plainly see that theywere drawing nearer and nearer. They finally appeared so closethat I advised the boys to climb a tree or sapling in order tokeep the dogs from biting them, and to be ready to surrenderwhen the hunters came up, hoping thus to experience as littlemisery as possible, and not dreaming but that we were caught.On, on came the hounds, nearer and nearer still, till we imaginedthat we could see the undergrowth in the forest shaking bycoming in contact with their bodies. Plainer and plainer camethe sound of the hunters voice urging them forward. Our heartswere in our throats, and in the terrible excitement we wondered ifit could be possible for Providence to so arrange it that the dogswould pass us. This last thought, by some strange fancy, had A STORY OF REBEL ■MTLITART PRISONS. 475 t?iken possession of me, and T here frankly acknowledge that Ibelieved it would happen. Why I believed it, God only knows.My excitement was so great, indeed, that I almost lost sight of

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THE D003 CAME WITHIN NOT LESS THAN THREE HUNDRED YARDS OP TJ8. our danger, and felt like shouting to the dogs myself, while Icame near losing my hold on the tree in which I was hidden.By chance I happened to look around at my nearest neighboiin distress. His expression wa^^ sufficient to quell any enthusiasm )might have had, and I, too, became despondent. In a very fewminutes our suspense was over. The dogs came within not lessthan three hundred yards of us, and we could even see one ofthem. God in Heaven can only imagine what great joy wasthen brought to our aching hearts, for almost instantly uponcoming Into sight, the hounds struck off on a different trail, andpassed us. Their voices became fainter and fainter, until finallywe could hear them no longer. About noon, however, they 476 AlTDEfiSONVILLE. were called back and taken to camp, but until that time notone of us left our position in the trees. When we were satisfied that we were safe for the present, wedescended to the ground

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