Sabbath day but not a pleasant one. Nearly a thousand just
came in. Would seem to me that the rebels are victorious in their battles. New
men are perfectly thunderstruck at the hole they have got into. A great many
give right up and die in a few weeks, and some in a week. My limbs are badly
swollen with scurvy and dropsy combined. Mouth also very sore. Battese digs for
roots which he steeps up and I drink. Could give up and die in a short time but
won't. Have got living reduced to a science.
SOURCE: John L. Ransom, Andersonville Diary, p.
62
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