. The immortal six hundred; a story of cruelty to Confederate prisoners of war . of 117 THE IMMORTAL SIX HUNDRED Morris Island, or they were going to placesix hundred officers (Federal prisoners ofwar) on the ramparts of Fort also stated that General Foster, com-manding United States forces, had askedfor a flag of truce conference, which wasthen in session. We could see the menon Fort Sumters ramparts. All was asserene as a church picnic. Later on, thisnegro sergeant informed us that the Sec-retary of War, himself, from Washing-ton, was on the flag of truce boat withhis cabinet, and
. The immortal six hundred; a story of cruelty to Confederate prisoners of war . of 117 THE IMMORTAL SIX HUNDRED Morris Island, or they were going to placesix hundred officers (Federal prisoners ofwar) on the ramparts of Fort also stated that General Foster, com-manding United States forces, had askedfor a flag of truce conference, which wasthen in session. We could see the menon Fort Sumters ramparts. All was asserene as a church picnic. Later on, thisnegro sergeant informed us that the Sec-retary of War, himself, from Washing-ton, was on the flag of truce boat withhis cabinet, and was making arrange-ments to exchange all the prisoners ofwar, colored troops included. We were,of course, elated at this information, andspeculation, rumors and grape filledthe camp. At sundown the guns ofCharleston, Sumter, and the Yankee gunson Morris Island began booming; thenwe knew there was to be no exchange;but the next morning the guns were againsilent, the flag of truce boats were againtogether. At evening roll call the negrosergeant informed us exchange had been 118. LIEUTENANT A. J. ARMSTRONGALABAMA (Planter) itLDKN FOUND. :o. THE IMMORTAL SIX HUNDRED accomplished. To confirm this ColonelHallowell informed us he was going tobe rid of us at last, and ordered us to beready at daylight the next morning tomove out of the stockade and off the is-land, for exchange. At daylight we wereordered to fall into line; out ci the prisonstockade we marched, down the beach tothe old schooner hulks, which were util-ized as our prison when we first landedon the island. We were packed on boardof these old schooner hulks, the Transitand J. A. Genet, where we remainedthirty-six hours while the flag of truceboats were together off Fort conference failed to agree upon an ex-change and we were marched back intothe stockade prison pen in the afternoon,to again face the rigors of retaliation andbrutality; and it can be said the ImmortalSix Hundred faced the music like the
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