Rained every day so far this month. A portion of the camp is
a mud hole, and the men are obliged to lay down in it. Fort Pillow prisoners
tell some hard stories against the Confederacy at the treatment they received
after their capture. They came here nearly starved to death, and a good
many were wounded after their surrender. They are mostly Tennesseeans, and a “right
smart sorry set.” Battese has taken quite a fatherly interest in me. Keeps
right on at the head of the washing and hair cutting business, paying no
attention to anything outside of his work, says: “We get out all right!”
SOURCE: John L. Ransom, Andersonville Diary, p.
66
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