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Chapter 16

           Itwasamonthbeforehehadnews,newsthatraisedthemtotheheightswhentheyfirstheardit,butlatercreatedagnawinganxietyintheirhearts.

           Ashleywasnotdead!Hehadbeenwoundedandtakenprisoner,andtherecordsshowedthathewasatRockIsland,aprisoncampinIllinois.Intheirfirstjoy,theycouldthinkofnothingexceptthathewasalive.But,whencalmnessbegantoreturn,theylookedatoneanotherandsaid"RockIsland!"inthesamevoicetheywouldhavesaid"InHell!"ForevenasAndersonvillewasanamethatstankintheNorth,sowasRockIslandonetobringterrortotheheartofanySouthernerwhohadrelativesimprisonedthere.

           WhenLincolnrefusedtoexchangeprisoners,believingitwouldhastentheendofthewartoburdentheConfederacywiththefeedingandguardingofUnionprisoners,therewerethousandsofbluecoatsatAndersonville,Georgia.TheConfederateswereonscantrationsandpracticallywithoutdrugsorbandagesfortheirownsickandwounded.Theyhadlittletosharewiththeprisoners.Theyfedtheirprisonersonwhatthesoldiersinthefieldwereeating,fatporkanddriedpeas,andonthisdiettheYankeesdiedlikeflies,sometimesahundredaday.Inflamedbythereports,theNorthresortedtoharshertreatmentofConfederateprisonersandatnoplacewereconditionsworsethanatRockIsland.Foodwasscanty,oneblanketforthreemen,andtheravagesofsmallpox,pneumoniaandtyphoidgavetheplacethenameofapest-house.Three-fourthsofallthemensenttherenevercameoutalive.

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