The soldier's story of his captivity at Andersonville, Belle Isle, and other Rebel prisons . VIEW OF THE the Hut in which they were kept. There was not only a large pack kepthere, but several other packs kept in the vicinity, for the purpose of recaptur-ing escaped prisoners. They said prisoners tried to escape sometimes, but the dogsalways caught them. Page VIEW OF THE MAIN GATE. As we waited, the great gates of the prison swung on theirponderous oaken hinges, and we were ushered into what seemedto us Hades itself. Page 72. DESPONDENCY AND GLOOM. 73 on their ponderous oak
The soldier's story of his captivity at Andersonville, Belle Isle, and other Rebel prisons . VIEW OF THE the Hut in which they were kept. There was not only a large pack kepthere, but several other packs kept in the vicinity, for the purpose of recaptur-ing escaped prisoners. They said prisoners tried to escape sometimes, but the dogsalways caught them. Page VIEW OF THE MAIN GATE. As we waited, the great gates of the prison swung on theirponderous oaken hinges, and we were ushered into what seemedto us Hades itself. Page 72. DESPONDENCY AND GLOOM. 73 on their ponderous oaken hinges, and we were usheredinto what seemed to us Hades itself. Strange, skeletonmen, in tattered, faded blue,— and not much of blueeither, so obscured with dirt were their habiliments, —gathered and crowded around us; their faces were sobegrimed with pitch-pine smoke and dirt, that for awhile we could not discern whether they were negroesor white men. They gathered and crowded around usto ask the news, and inquire from whence we came;and in return we received the information that they hadmostly come from Belle Island, whence they were sentthe 1st of March. The air of the prison seemed putrid;offal and filth covered the ground; and the hearts,buoyed with expectation of good quarters, sank withinthem when they knew that no shelter was furnishedbeyond what could be
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