We have just read a letter from F. B. Johnson to his friends at home, who have heard nothing from him before, since the battle near Jackson, Miss., on the 16th of July.
He was taken prisoner on that occasion, carried to Richmond, Va. where he remained a week, when he was removed to Bell Island, on the James River where he remained until Aug. 29th, when he was paroled.
He says two of his fellow soldiers Newton Sharp, and James Wison who were taken prisoners at the same time that he was, are still prisoners on Bell Island, about 1 mile from Richmond. He says he had a very hard time of it while in rebel hands; suffered much for want of food, and clothing. Had to lie on the ground nights in his shirt sleeves, without tent or blantet, while it rained about every second night. He says the reson he was paroled is he played sick; that they did not send away any on parole but the sick.
He is now in Annapolis M.D. but expects soon to be sent to St. Louis.
- Published in The Union Sentinel, Osceola, Iowa, 5 SEP 1863
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He was taken prisoner on that occasion, carried to Richmond, Va. where he remained a week, when he was removed to Bell Island, on the James River where he remained until Aug. 29th, when he was paroled.
He says two of his fellow soldiers Newton Sharp, and James Wison who were taken prisoners at the same time that he was, are still prisoners on Bell Island, about 1 mile from Richmond. He says he had a very hard time of it while in rebel hands; suffered much for want of food, and clothing. Had to lie on the ground nights in his shirt sleeves, without tent or blantet, while it rained about every second night. He says the reson he was paroled is he played sick; that they did not send away any on parole but the sick.
He is now in Annapolis M.D. but expects soon to be sent to St. Louis.
- Published in The Union Sentinel, Osceola, Iowa, 5 SEP 1863
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