Exchange news below par to-day. Rather colder than
yesterday; a great many sick and dying off rapidly. Rebel guards are more
strict than usual, and one risks his life by speaking to them at all. Wrote a
letter home to-day, also one to a friend in Washington. Doubtful whether I ever
hear from them. Robinson comes inside every night and always brings something
good. We look forward to the time of his coming with pleasure. Occasionally he
brings a stick of wood which we split up fine and build a cheerful fire in our
little sod fireplace, sit up close together and talk of home and friends so far
away. We call our establishment the “Astor House of Belle Isle.” There are so
many worse off than we are that we are very well contented and enjoy ourselves
after a fashion.
SOURCE: John L. Ransom, Andersonville Diary, p.
15-6
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