. The immortal six hundred; a story of cruelty to Confederate prisoners of war . mce pickled beef,one pint coffee to-night, and twelve crackers issuedfor the coming day. November 23d.—All well. Clear and verycool. Slept with my blankets on last night and liketo froze. Rations very short here. Ice one-halfinch thick this morning. Twelve oclock. Soupmade of grits or fine hominy and crackers. One-half ounce pickled pork, very fat. We got a pintof coffee this morning, the best we will have issuedto us. We will have to buy all we get. I under-stand we will not be allowed to receive any box ormoney
. The immortal six hundred; a story of cruelty to Confederate prisoners of war . mce pickled beef,one pint coffee to-night, and twelve crackers issuedfor the coming day. November 23d.—All well. Clear and verycool. Slept with my blankets on last night and liketo froze. Rations very short here. Ice one-halfinch thick this morning. Twelve oclock. Soupmade of grits or fine hominy and crackers. One-half ounce pickled pork, very fat. We got a pintof coffee this morning, the best we will have issuedto us. We will have to buy all we get. I under-stand we will not be allowed to receive any box ormoney coming from our friends now. Had coffeeof our own make to-night. November 24th.—All well. Clear and with clothing on last night and got very some coffee of our own. Ice three-fourthsinch thick. A beautiful day. Inspection one came to inspect us. Washday with oclock. One pint of good bean soup, but verythin, two ounces pork, fat and good. They saythey give us one-fourth pound before cooked. Fiveoclock. Fifteen crackers for two days. 286. COLONEL E. M. S. LE BRITONLOUISIANA (Attorney at Law) • LidixARi riLDEN FOUNDATIO?TS THE IMMORTAL SIX HUNDRED November 25th.—All well. Another beauti-ful morning. Very cold last night. I slept withmy clothing on and nearly froze. Yankees willnot give us blankets nor allow us to receive moneyto buy them, no boxes allowed. We had a littlecofifee and molasses of our own and a few crackersleft, which made our breakfast. Had considerablefrost last night. Two oclock. One pint soup,two otmces pork. November 26th.—A nice Excite-ment about moving into quarters in town. Abouteleven, we moved down, halted inside of call and kept us there until half after fourp. m., then put in quarters, room like stateroomson a steamboat six and one-half by six and twobunks, four men in a room. No rations save a days rations by moving us. Ourbuilding is two stories high. The hospital is abo
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