Rainy, cold and disagreeable weather. Henry Stimson, a
fellow who was captured with me, was carried out dead this morning He was
diseased when taken, and fell an easy prey to their cruelties. A good deal of
raiding is going on among the men. One Captain Moseby commands a band of
cutthroats who do nearly as they please, cheating, robbing and knocking down — operating
principally upon new prisoners Who are unacquainted with prison life. Moseby is
named after the rebel guerrilla, his real name being something else. He is from
New York City, and is a regular bummer.
SOURCE: John L. Ransom, Andersonville Diary, p.
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