. Reminiscences of a prisoner of war and his escape . rom the Eighty-fifthNew York? They looked ud and said: Howare you, captain? and jumped up, embracedme and said: Captain, didnt you know us? I am sorry to say I did not, I replied. Why,we are So-and-So of Company F, they said,which was by the side of my company. Theywere men whom I had known for nearly threeyears, yet were so changed that I could notrecognize them. I left much disappointed at not finding mymen, and thought about it continually. Thegeneral in command of the Confederate forcesat Charleston was a Roman Catholic, hence hischurch
. Reminiscences of a prisoner of war and his escape . rom the Eighty-fifthNew York? They looked ud and said: Howare you, captain? and jumped up, embracedme and said: Captain, didnt you know us? I am sorry to say I did not, I replied. Why,we are So-and-So of Company F, they said,which was by the side of my company. Theywere men whom I had known for nearly threeyears, yet were so changed that I could notrecognize them. I left much disappointed at not finding mymen, and thought about it continually. Thegeneral in command of the Confederate forcesat Charleston was a Roman Catholic, hence hischurch people, and especially the Sisters ofCharity, had free access to the hospitals, pris-ons, etc., and did much good work. A few days later I noticed some sisters inour building. I went to one of them and said:Sister, have you been out to the race course?Yes, she said, We have just come fromthere. How are they? I asked. Very,very bad, she replied. Sister, cant you tellme something more about them? I continued. That is about all, she said. You poor men. Roper Hospital, Charleston, S. C. And His Escape 33 have suffered enough, but not what theyhave; they are very bad. Sister, I contin-ued, there are some of my men there whom Ihave not seen since they went to Andersonvilleprison last April. I would like to learn all Ican about them. They are very bad, shesaid, that is about all. We tried to ministerto one poor fellow this morning. In giving hima bath we scraped quantities of maggots fromunder his arms and other parts of his are very, very bad. Sister, I per-sisted, if they had some money would it be ofany help to them? Yes, it would. They couldnot get with it what you would think theyshould, but they could get something and thatwould be a help to them. Will you be goingthere again soon? I asked. Yes, we will gothere every few days, she replied. Could Iask you to take some money to one of my men?I would be pleased to do so, she said. Ishe a non-commissioned officer? Yes, a
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