. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . ss men in theprisons, as well as the thriftless and improvident. Some pris-oners always had money, and bought the belongings of thesj^endthrifts. Even in Andersonville, prisoners kept restau-rants and wood-yards, and hundreds peddled articles of food ordrink they had managed to procure. The venders, sitting withtheir legs under them like tailors, proclaimed loiully the quan-titj and quality of beans or mush thej^ could sell for a statedprice. The great difficulty in a
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . ss men in theprisons, as well as the thriftless and improvident. Some pris-oners always had money, and bought the belongings of thesj^endthrifts. Even in Andersonville, prisoners kept restau-rants and wood-yards, and hundreds peddled articles of food ordrink they had managed to procure. The venders, sitting withtheir legs under them like tailors, proclaimed loiully the quan-titj and quality of beans or mush thej^ could sell for a statedprice. The great difficulty in all jirisons was the necessity of get-ting through the twenty-four hours. With nothing to do thesehours dragged slowly. Some ^\•ere able to pass a great numberin sleeijing. Those of lymphatic temperament slept fifteen ormore hours, but others found such indulgence impossible andwere forced to seek other methods of enduring the tiresomedays. The nervous, mercurial men devised games, laying outchecker- or chess-boards on pieces of plank of which they some-how managed to get jiossession. These boards were never idle, [1-261. SOUTH CAROLINIANS AND NEW YORKERSA MEETING THAT WAS AS AGREEABLE AS POSSIBLE The two facing sentries formally i)arle>ing upon the parapet belong to the Charleston Zouave Cadets,under Captfin C. E. Chichester. Below them, i^ast the flag fluttering to the left of the picture, are theprisoners taken at the first battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861, and placed under their care in Castle Pinck-ney. The meeting was as agreeable as possible under the circumstances, to all parties concerned. Theprisoners, chiefly from New York regiments, behaved themselves like gentlemen and kept their quartersclean. The Cadets treated them as such, and picked up a few useful hints, such as the method ofsoftening hard-tack to make it more edible. The Cadets were well drilled and kept strict discipline.
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