Andersonville diary; escape, and list of dead, with name, company, regiment, date of death and number of grave in cemetery . with no trouble at all. Told us to keep our earsopen and we would hear cannon one of these days, possibly withina week. The excitement of the last twenty-four hours has wornme out, and I couldnt travel to-day if it was necessary. Have aplenty to eat, and for a wonder I aint hungry for anything exceptthings we havent got. Dave is happy as an oyster, and wants toyell. Where they are so confident I am satisfied all will be soon as it comes night we are f^oing up to
Andersonville diary; escape, and list of dead, with name, company, regiment, date of death and number of grave in cemetery . with no trouble at all. Told us to keep our earsopen and we would hear cannon one of these days, possibly withina week. The excitement of the last twenty-four hours has wornme out, and I couldnt travel to-day if it was necessary. Have aplenty to eat, and for a wonder I aint hungry for anything exceptthings we havent got. Dave is happy as an oyster, and wants toyell. Where they are so confident I am satisfied all will be soon as it comes night we are f^oing up to some negro huts lessthan a mile off, where we hope and expect that Major has postedthe inmates in regard to us. The railroad is only a short distanceoff, and the river only three or four miles. As near as we know,are about twenty miles from the Atlantic coast. Tell the bo3^s itmay be necessary for me to stay here for two or three days to getrecruited up, but they think three or four miles to-night will do megood. Dont like to burden them and shall try 14.—We are now three miles from yesterdays resting place,. FmAL ESCAPE, 141 and near the Miller plantation. Soon as dark last night we wentto the negro huts and found them expecting us. Had a whites near, but all away The Buck boys passed near herebefore when out in the woods, and knew of many darkys whobefriended them. Had a surfeit of food. Stayed at the huts untilafter midnight, and then a woman brought us to this place. To-night we go to Jockos hut, across the river. A darky will row usacross the Little Ogechee to Joccos hut, and then he will take us intow. It is a rice country about here, with canals running everyway. Negroes all tickled to death because Yankees coming. I amfeeling better than yesterday, but difficult to travel. Tell the boysthey had better leave me with the friendly blacks and go ahead toour lines, but they wont. Plenty to eat and milk to drink, whichis just what I want. The whites now a
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