. Andersonville : a story of Rebel military prisons, fifteen months a guest of the so-called southern confederacy : a private soldier's experience in Richmond, Andersonville, Savannah, Millen, Blackshear, and Florence . y started to beat him to was arrested by a proposition to have Captain Jack A STORY OF REBEL MILITARY PRISONS. 179 tattoo Mm, and the suggestion was immediately actedupon. Captain Jack was a sailor who had been with us in the Pem-berton building at Richmond. He was a very sldlful tattooartist, but, I am sure, could make the process nastier than anyother that I ever s
. Andersonville : a story of Rebel military prisons, fifteen months a guest of the so-called southern confederacy : a private soldier's experience in Richmond, Andersonville, Savannah, Millen, Blackshear, and Florence . y started to beat him to was arrested by a proposition to have Captain Jack A STORY OF REBEL MILITARY PRISONS. 179 tattoo Mm, and the suggestion was immediately actedupon. Captain Jack was a sailor who had been with us in the Pem-berton building at Richmond. He was a very sldlful tattooartist, but, I am sure, could make the process nastier than anyother that I ever saw attempt it. He chewed tobacco enor-mously. After pricking away for a few minutes at the designon the arm or some portion of the body, he would deluge itwith a flood of tobacco spit, which, he claimed, acted as a kindof mordant. Wiping this off with a filthy rag, he would studythe effect for an instant, and then go ahead with another seriesof prickings and tobacco juice drenchings. The tunnel-traitor was taken to Captain Jack. That worthydecided to brand him with a great T, the top part to extendacross his forehead and the stem to run down his nose. Cap-tain Jack got his tattooing kit ready, and the fellow was. TATTOOmO THE TUNXEL TRAITOR. thrown upon the ground and held there. The Captain tookhis head between his legs, and began operations. After aninstants work with the needles, he opened his mouth, andfilled the T\T.^etchs face and eyes full of the disgusting crowd round about yelled with delight at this new an hour, that was doubtless an eternity to the rascal under-going branding, Captain Jack continued his alternate pick-ings and drenchings. At the end of that time the traitors face 180 ANDEESONVILLE. was disfigured with a hideous mark that he would bear to hisgrave. We learned afterwards that he was not one of our men,but a Hebel spy. This added much to our satisfaction with themanner of his treatment. He disappeared shortly after theoperation wa
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