Dr Lewis is very bad off with the scurvy and diarrhea. We
don't think he can stand it much longer, but make out to him that he will stick
it through. Our government must hear of our condition here and get us away
before long. If they don't, its a poor government to tie to. Hendryx and myself
are poor, as also are all the mess. Still in good health compared with the
generality of the prisoners. Jimmy Devers has evidently sort of dried up, and
it don't seem to make any difference whether he gets anything to eat or not. He
has now been a prisoner of war nearly a year, and is in good health and very
hopeful of getting away in time. Sticks up for our government and says there is
some good reason for our continued imprisonment. I can see none As many as
12,000 men here now, and crowded for room. Death rate is in the neighborhood of
eighty per day. Hendryx prowls around all over the prison, bringing us what
good news he can, which is not much. A very heavy dew nights, which is almost a
rain Rebels very domineering. Many are tunneling to get out. Our tunnel has
been abandoned, as the location was not practicable. Yank shot to-day near our
quarters. Approached too near the dead line. Many of the men have dug down
through the sand and reached water, but it is poor; no better than out of the
creek.
SOURCE: John L. Ransom, Andersonville Diary, p. 50
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