We are guarded by
negro troops, who are as mean as hell. At each meal there is a guard placed
over 500 prisoners, who go to their meals in ranks of four. We are not allowed
to cross a certain line, called the "Dead Line," but as 500 men go at
one time to meals, of course near the door there is always a rush. To-day one
of our men accidentally crossed the line. He was pushed over by the crowd, when
a black devil shot and killed him, and wounded two others.
SOURCE: Louis
Leon, Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate Soldier, p. 64
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