Working along towards Spring slowly. A dead calm after the
raid scare. We much prefer the open air imprisonment to confinement. Have
considerable trouble with the thieves which disgrace the name of union soldier.
Are the most contemptible rascals in existence. Often walk up to a man and
coolly take his food and proceed to eat it before the owner. If the victim
resists then a fight is the consequence, and the poor man not only loses his
food but gets licked as well.
SOURCE: John L. Ransom, Andersonville Diary, p.
37
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