Several men of our
regiment are failing fast. H. D. Merritt is an object of pity and getting
worse. We have cut his hair close to keep the myriads of lice out. He has lost
all disposition to try to save himself. About 400 of Gen. Stoneman's command
captured in the vicinity of Macon, were turned in here today. They report Maj.
Gen. Stoneman captured. His expedition to that point with the intention of
coming here has proved disastrous. Rations suspended. Sick ordered to the gate
at night; and ordered to be brought again in the morning. None to go who can
walk.
SOURCE: John Worrell
Northrop, Chronicles from the Diary of a War Prisoner in Andersonville
and Other Military Prisons of the South in 1864, p. 97
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