. 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 . wood, took an axand proceeded across the dead line toward the was halted by the guard and ordered back, which or-der he promptly obeyed. The guard waited until he hadrecrossed the dead line and passed into camp, when hedrew up his musket and shot the oflicer in the r - — - -^^ back, killing him in- f = stantly. This murder =) was comm
. 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 . wood, took an axand proceeded across the dead line toward the was halted by the guard and ordered back, which or-der he promptly obeyed. The guard waited until he hadrecrossed the dead line and passed into camp, when hedrew up his musket and shot the oflicer in the r - — - -^^ back, killing him in- f = stantly. This murder =) was committed by a man \/^ 1 bearing the name ofWilliams, of WilhamssBattalion of South Caro-lina Reserves. We roseup as one man in condemnation of this act, and demandedof the commandant the punishment of the murderer,coupled with the intimation that it would not be safe forhim within the precincts of the camp. The only answerreturned was the sending in of this man the next morningwith a strong guard to drive us out to roll-call. At thesame time, the guards were under arms and the artillerymanned. It was evidently the intention, by such a proced-ure, to provoke an attack upon the murderer, and thusprecipitate a general massacre of the prisoners. When. 84 Prisoners of War. the escapes had become so numerous and frequent as toattract attention, the system of paroling for wood supplywas stopped, and, as a substitute, a wood guard of abouteighty men were thrown around the woods for two hourseach day, and all in the camp were permitted to go outfor wood. One day. Lieutenant T. K. Eckings, of the 3dNew Jersey Infantry, learned from one of these woodguards where he would be stationed for camp guard atnight. For a certain sum In Confederate money, heagreed to let the officer pass over his beat that night andescape. The money was paid to him, and signals werearranged between them, so that there might be no mis-take on the part of either. The guard went in and re-ported the arrangement to hea
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