Still very cold and no news encouraging. Rebels very strict.
One prisoner found a brother among the guards who had been living in the south
for a good many years and lately conscripted into the Confederate army. New
Year's eve. Man wounded by the guard shooting, and ball broke his leg. Might
better have shot him dead for he will surely die. Raw rice and corn bread
issued to day in small quantities. Richmond Enquirer spoke of the five
hundred who left here day before yesterday and they have reached Washington.
SOURCE: John L. Ransom, Andersonville Diary, p.
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