. Prisoners of war and military prisons; personal narratives of experience in the prisons at Richmond, Danville, Macon, Andersonville, Savannah, Millen, Charleston, and Columbia ... with a list of officers who were prisoners of war from January 1, 1864 . , the Confederate chief of cavalry, mortallywounded. The particulars concerning it will be presentlynarrated. A large burly officer, heavily bearded and swarthy,whose position, as subsequently ascertained, was that of alieutenant on the staff of General Stuart, made demon-strations with an old-fashioned self-cocking Allen re-volver directly at
. Prisoners of war and military prisons; personal narratives of experience in the prisons at Richmond, Danville, Macon, Andersonville, Savannah, Millen, Charleston, and Columbia ... with a list of officers who were prisoners of war from January 1, 1864 . , the Confederate chief of cavalry, mortallywounded. The particulars concerning it will be presentlynarrated. A large burly officer, heavily bearded and swarthy,whose position, as subsequently ascertained, was that of alieutenant on the staff of General Stuart, made demon-strations with an old-fashioned self-cocking Allen re-volver directly at the head of one who yet lives to recordit. Although the latter had long been imbued with theimpression that this instrument of death was far moredangerous at the breech than at the muzzle, he did notneglect to make an obeisance with every one of the sev-eral times it was snapped at him. When, however, bycounting the clicks, the evidence was unmistakablethat no load was contained in it, there seemed to be nofurther incentive to such kind of exercise, and, in order toarrest the automatic action upon the trigger, the inquirywas ventured as to whether or not the Colonel carriedany tobacco upon his person. In an abstracted, dumb- 22 Prisoners of War,. F»\, founded sort of way the weapon, risky at both ends, wasreturned to its holster and a whole plug of prime Lynch-burg was drawn forth from an inner pocket. When askedif he had any objections to parting with the half of it, theofficer generously said, Help yourself, sir. He thengrew confidential. He remarked that the provost guardand the prison authorities in Richmond were the d est thieves and robbers in the world, who had grown rich by plunderingprisoners. Therefore, if anything valuable was possessed—money, watches, or jewelry—it had better be turned over tohim for safe-keeping, as hewas going up to Richmond ina week or two, when he wouldrestore it in person. Therectitude of his intentions wasnot questioned in the least
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