. 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 . ^ it even wish they were instrument used was Avhat iscalled in the South a shake —a split shingle, a yard or morelong, and Avith one end whittleddown to form a handle. Theculprit was made to bend downuntil he could catch around hisankles with his hands. The partof the body thus brought intomost prominence was denuded ofclothing and spanked fromone to twenty times, as H
. 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 . ^ it even wish they were instrument used was Avhat iscalled in the South a shake —a split shingle, a yard or morelong, and Avith one end whittleddown to form a handle. Theculprit was made to bend downuntil he could catch around hisankles with his hands. The partof the body thus brought intomost prominence was denuded ofclothing and spanked fromone to twenty times, as Hillordered, by the shake in somestrong and willing hand. It wasvery amusing — to the bystand-ers. The spankee never seemedto enter very heartily into thebpanking A TuiEF. mlrtli of thc occasion. As a rule he slept on his face for a week or so after, and took his mealsstanding. The fear of the spanking, and Hills skill in detecting theguilty ones, had a very salutary effect upon the smaller A 8T0ET OF BEBEL MTLITAKY PRISONS. 257 The Raiders who had been put into irons were very restiveunder the infliction, and begged Hill daily to release professed the greatest penitence, and promised the mostexemplary behavior for the future. Hill refused to releasethem, declaring that they should wear the irons until deliveredup to our Government. One of the Eaiders — named Heffron—had, shortly after hisarrest, turned States evidence, and given testimony that assistedmaterially in the conviction of his companions. One morning,a week or so after the hanging, his body was found lying amongthe other dead at the South Gate. The impression made by thefingers of the hand that had strangled him, were still plainlyvisible about the throat. There was no doubt as to why he hadbeen killed, or that the Raiders were his murderers, but theactual perpetrators were never CHAPTER XXXIX, JULY THE PRISON BECOMES MORE CROWDED, THE WEATHER HOTTER, RATIONS POORER, AJ^D MO
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