Received a letter from Michigan Not quite so cold, but
disagreeable weather. Nine men bucked and gagged at one time on the outside,
two of them for stealing sour beans from a swill-barrel. They would get
permission to pass through the gate to see the lieutenant, and instead, would
walk around the courthouse to some barrels containing swill, scoop up their
hats full and then run inside; but they were caught, and are suffering a hard
punishment for it.
SOURCE: John L. Ransom, Andersonville Diary, p.
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