Very cold. The rebels are again settling down and getting
over their scare. Not much to eat now and the men more disheartened than ever.
A rebel preacher delivered us a sermon of two hours length from a dry goods
box. He was listened to attentively and made the remark before closing that he
didn't know as he was doing any good talking to us. It was like casting pearls
before swine and he would close his remarks, to Which a Yankee told him he might
have stopped long ago if he had wanted to; no one would have made any
objections. Was told that six hundred are to start for Georgia to-day and
subsequently six hundred every day until all are removed from Richmond. Lieut.
Bossieux says it is so but there is going to be an exchange of sick in a few
days and all outside hands shall be sent north with them.
SOURCE: John L. Ransom, Andersonville Diary, p.
32
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