. Daring and suffering: a history of the Andrews Railroad Raid into Georgia in 1862 .. . rri-ment, and we passed the whole dayin the most heartfelt mourning forour leader. Yet we did not giveup hope for ourselves, for we hadalways understood that his case Judge O. P. Temple. From a photograph. ^ mQre serious than Qur Qwn# The amount of provision we received here was very small, and we suf-fered much from hunger. A little alleviation was provided by the kind-ness of outside friends, who gave us a small amount of money with whichseveral loaves were purchased—though the price was high. Ross, whow
. Daring and suffering: a history of the Andrews Railroad Raid into Georgia in 1862 .. . rri-ment, and we passed the whole dayin the most heartfelt mourning forour leader. Yet we did not giveup hope for ourselves, for we hadalways understood that his case Judge O. P. Temple. From a photograph. ^ mQre serious than Qur Qwn# The amount of provision we received here was very small, and we suf-fered much from hunger. A little alleviation was provided by the kind-ness of outside friends, who gave us a small amount of money with whichseveral loaves were purchased—though the price was high. Ross, whowas a Freemason, was able to get some help in that manner which he wasvery ready to share with his comrades. I also met with a great piece ofgood fortune. Before leaving Chattanooga I had asked the Captain ofthe guard if he could not borrow a law-book from some lawyer for methat I might have it to read during the terribly long days; he promised toask, and did so. Very much to my surprise, he brought the book. Whenwe were moved it had to be returned, and I thought that my prison law-. Knoxville. 267 studies were ended, as the same thing could hardly occur a second from some of the Union men of Knoxville I heard that Judge Tem-ple was a most kindly and liberal man of Union sentiments. I put thematter to a practical test by sending him a note asking for a copy of Greenleaf on Evidence. It came promptly, and soon after I had avisit from the Judge himself. The opportunity for studying law was agrand one. I could make long hours and corresponding progress ! Atfirst this new pursuit afforded no small amusement to the prisoners out-side, to whom the sight of one of the most desperate prisoners shut upin a cage, yet wearing spectacles and reading law from a huge volume bythe hour—sometimes aloud, whenany body would listen—was ex-ceedingly ludicrous. But I hada double profit in gaining knowl-edge, and passing the terriblehours pleasantly. We were soon visited by Cap-tain Le
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