. The Ninth New York heavy artillery. A history of its organization, services in the defenses of Washington, marches, camps, battles, and muster-out ... and a complete roster of the regiment . y refersto me as the first case of diphtheria, and so far as I know Iam the only case during our imprisonment. In a few days mydisease yields to lunar caustic and flax-seed poultices, and Ithen have a chance to look about me. The doctor makes hisrounds and asks me, Well, how ye conim on to-day? Heis a kind man and I respect him. Dr. Dame, the Episcopalrector, New Hampshire born, and a second cousin of Ca
. The Ninth New York heavy artillery. A history of its organization, services in the defenses of Washington, marches, camps, battles, and muster-out ... and a complete roster of the regiment . y refersto me as the first case of diphtheria, and so far as I know Iam the only case during our imprisonment. In a few days mydisease yields to lunar caustic and flax-seed poultices, and Ithen have a chance to look about me. The doctor makes hisrounds and asks me, Well, how ye conim on to-day? Heis a kind man and I respect him. Dr. Dame, the Episcopalrector, New Hampshire born, and a second cousin of CalebCushing, calls almost daily on us, and, on his asking me whathe can do for me, I suggest a book. The next coming bringsParadise Lost—there being a degree of fitness in his selectionthat I dont believe occurred to him. In December last (1888,the 24th) I called on the aged clergyman and said to him,grasping his hand, You dont know me; but I was sick andin prison and ye visited me. With what cordiality came theresponse, Is that so? I am glad to see you. Come, let us sitand talk. For nearly an hour we discourse of these remotetimes, and he tells that wherever it was possible he sent a. DANVILLE PICTURES. C< NKKUKKATK MONUMENT. Hospital Spring. Prison Geo. W. Dame, D. D. PRISONERS OF WAR. 345 letter to the friends of the dead prisoners. Whatever of im-provement there was in our treatment above that given to menfurther South, I think was largely owing to him. To my mindhe filled, in the broadest sense, the definition of the Northern born, his early going to the South, his edu-cation at ETampden-Sidney, his marriage and long residencein Virginia, all combined to make his prejudices in favor ofsecession; but he was more than rebel or Federal, he was aChristian man. Going intooneof the prisons one Sunday to preachhe found a second cousin, by the name of Cushing, from theold Bay State, and he led the singing. So thoroughly did thewar mix up fami
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