. "Prison life in Andersonville" . melted apart and the twohalves formed each a plate. On ^MarketSquare, down by the swamp, four slen-der stakes were driven and thereon wasplaced a pine shake, which formed thesoup counter. The soup kettle was cov-ered with a piece of woolen shirt, whichkept in the heat. Very early each morn-ing we opened up for business and aline of shivering men in rags and near-ly perished from exposure formed asthe soup brigade. The price per plate *Market Square was a piece of made ground on theedge of the swamp in the center of the prison. Heremen carme together to barter
. "Prison life in Andersonville" . melted apart and the twohalves formed each a plate. On ^MarketSquare, down by the swamp, four slen-der stakes were driven and thereon wasplaced a pine shake, which formed thesoup counter. The soup kettle was cov-ered with a piece of woolen shirt, whichkept in the heat. Very early each morn-ing we opened up for business and aline of shivering men in rags and near-ly perished from exposure formed asthe soup brigade. The price per plate *Market Square was a piece of made ground on theedge of the swamp in the center of the prison. Heremen carme together to barter trinkets they had made towhile away the time, to exchange parts of rations, andto indulge generally, so far as they could, in the Yan-kee instinct for trade. TJie Prison Commissariat 51 was a five-cent shinplaster of U. currency. The poor fellowwho had no money must needs go with-out. As new prisoners ceased to arrivethe money supply was soon gathered upand the prison sutler went away andtrade w^as brought to an A DREAM Our last plate of soup was sold to aMaine soldier who paid for it his lastfive cents. He was nearly naked andincessantly shivered from the cold. Thewriter found him the following morn-ing, after a night of rain, to which hewas exposed, with his knees drawn up 52 Prison Life in Andersonville to his chin in the instinctive effort tobring the surfaces of his body togetherfor warmth. With difficulty his framewas straightened out for burial. The profit of this business for severalweeks gave to our group of six one fairlygood meal each day and made possiblethe survival of those of our number whofinally emerged from this awful prisonlife. CHAPTER IV. A DEARTH OF WATER. If the food supply of Andersonvillewas bad, the water supply was understand the situation and to seehow little was done to overcome the dif-ficulties involved, and to make the mostof the existing facilities for the relief ofthe suffering, one has to consider theformation of t
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