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Title: Andersonville : a story of Rebel military prisons, fifteen months a guest of the so-called southern confederacy : a private soldier's experience in Richmond, Andersonville, Savannah, Millen, Blackshear, and Florence
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors: McElroy, John, 1846-1929
Subjects: Andersonville Prison United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: Toledo : D. R. Locke
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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r there in the wash,*pointing to a small cabin just beyond the Stockade, where Ihappened to know that the officers had their washing done. * Oh, yes, said he; you are one of the Yanks thats beenon parole, are you ? Yes. Well, hurry up, or you will get left. The other guards heard this conversation and thinking it allright I was allowed to pass without further trouble. I went to the cabin in question — for I saw the last guard on the linewatching me, and boldly entered. I made a clear statement to the woman in charge of it about how I had made my escape,and asked her to secrete me in the house until night. I wassoon convinced, however, from what she told me, as well asfrom my own knowledge of how things were managed in theConfederacy, that it would not be right for me to stay there,31 *82* ANDERSON VILLE. for if the house was searched and I found in it, it would be thewoi^e for her. Therefore, not wishing to entail misery upoaanother, 1 begged her to give me something to eat, and going
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where are you GOINa, YOU D D YAITK?** to the swamp near by, succeeded in getting well hid therein,without detection. I lay there all day, and during the time had a very severechill and afterwards a burning fever, so that when night came,knowing I could not travel, I resolved to return to the cabinand spend the night, and give myself up the next morning.There was no trouble in returning. I learned tliat my fears of ▲ STORY OP BKBKL MILITAET PEI80N8. 4:83 the morning had not been groundless, for the guards hadactually searched the house for me. The woman told themthat I had got my clothes and left the house shortly after myentrance (which was the truth except the part about the clothes).I thanked her very kindly and begged to be allowed to stay inthe cabin till morning, when I would present myself at Cap-tain H.s office and suffer the consequences. This she allowedme.to do. I shall ever feel grateful to this woman for her pro-tection. She was white and her given name was Sallie, butth

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