Havn't time to write much; busy eating. Mouth getting
better, cords in my legs loosening up. Battese has not gone; was here to day
and got a square meal. Don't much think that I have heretofore mentioned the
fact that I have two small gold rings, which has been treasured carefully all
during my imprisonment. They were presents to me before leaving home; it is
needless to say they were from lady friends. Have worn them part of the time
and part of the time they have been secreted about my clothes. Yankee rings are
in great demand by the guards; crave delicacies and vegetables so much that
think I may be pardoned for letting them go now, and as Mike says he can get a
bushel of sweet potatoes for them, have told him to make the trade, and he says
will do it. Sweet potatoes sliced up and put in a dish and cooked with a piece
of beef and seasoned, make a delicious soup. There are grayback lice in the
hospital, just enough for company's sake — should feel lonesome without them.
Great many visitors come to look at us and from my bunk can see them come
through the gate; yankees are a curiosity in this southern port, as none were
ever kept here before; I hear that the citizens donate bread and food to the
prisoners.
SOURCE: John L. Ransom, Andersonville Diary, p.
101
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