. Prisoners of war and military prisons; personal narratives of experience in the prisons at Richmond, Danville, Macon, Andersonville, Savannah, Millen, Charleston, and Columbia ... with a list of officers who were prisoners of war from January 1, 1864 . th< gathered3 Yan-. around to seekees. When it was learn-ed that there was a brig-adier-genei*al on board, inthe person of General Ileck-man, calls were made forhim. The general was con-siderably surprised when the guard requested him to stepto the door, but, thinking there was some one outsidewho might have known him befo the wah, he com-p
. Prisoners of war and military prisons; personal narratives of experience in the prisons at Richmond, Danville, Macon, Andersonville, Savannah, Millen, Charleston, and Columbia ... with a list of officers who were prisoners of war from January 1, 1864 . th< gathered3 Yan-. around to seekees. When it was learn-ed that there was a brig-adier-genei*al on board, inthe person of General Ileck-man, calls were made forhim. The general was con-siderably surprised when the guard requested him to stepto the door, but, thinking there was some one outsidewho might have known him befo the wah, he com-plied. Imagine his chagrin to find that he had simplybeen called upon to exhibit himself as a curiosity. Theremarks, however, were not uncomplimentary. They onlyshowed that the common people of South Carolina hadformed very erroneous ideas of INorthern soldiers. They Priso7iers of War. 41 expressed their disappointment that he did not appearwith horns, or thick lips, or woolly hair. He looked verymuch like their own men, they thought, and if they hadnot known that he was a Union officer they would haveesteemed him as decent an appearing white man as theymost ever saw. But the inevitable question was hereagain propounded, only in a little different form : Whydo you wage
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