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One of our constant amusements was in befogging and "beating" those charged with calling rolls and issuing rations. It was not at all difficult at times to make a hundred men count as a hundred and ten, and so on. Wirz could count beyond one hundred, and this determined his selection for the place. His first move was a stupid change.
What was done with him I know not; we never heard of him after he passed the inner gate. Immediately afterward all the Sergeants of detachments were summoned outside. There they met Wirz, who made a speech informing them that he knew all the details of the plot, and had made sufficient preparations to defeat it.
When Wirz saw the commotion he was panic-stricken with fear that the long-dreaded assault on the Stockade had begun. He ran down from the headquarter steps to the Captain of the battery, shrieking: "Fire! fire! fire!" The Captain, not being a fool, could see that the rush was not towards the Stockade, but away from it, and he refrained from giving the order.
Louis, Memphis and New Orleans, and overseers on the plantations of Mississippi and Louisiana; as a police reporter in one of the largest cities in America, I have come in contact with thousands of the brutalized scoundrels the thugs of the brothel, bar-room and alley who form the dangerous classes of a metropolis. I knew Captain Wirz.
Among the crowd so removed was my squad, or, at least, a portion of them, being my intimate mess-mates while in the Stockade. As soon as I found this to be the case I waited on Wirz at his office, and asked permission to go with them, which he refused, stating that he was compelled to have men at the cookhouse to cook for those in the Stockade until they were all gone or exchanged.
Louis, Memphis and New Orleans, and overseers on the plantations of Mississippi and Louisiana; as a police reporter in one of the largest cities in America, I have come in contact with thousands of the brutalized scoundrels the thugs of the brothel, bar-room and alley who form the dangerous classes of a metropolis. I knew Captain Wirz.
Wirz protested against his arrest, claiming that he was protected by the terms of Johnson's surrender, and, addressed the following letter to General Wilson: ANDERSONVILLE, GA., May 7, 1865.
If he had left the clubs lying where thrown, there would have been some compensation for his meanness, but he always came in and carefully gathered up such as he could get, as ammunition for another time. I have heard men speak of receiving justice even favors from Wirz. I never heard any one saying that much of Barrett.
Leaving Charleston at seven in the morning we arrived at Savannah at two P.M. Here more rations were issued and another change of cars was made. We finally arrived at Andersonville at 2-½ o'clock the next afternoon. Having marched us to a position, where we could obtain a view of the famous pen, Capt. Wirz soon appeared on a horse, making such a comical appearance that we laughed outright.
For instance, a chum of mine, and in the same squad with me, was Charles L. Soule, of the Third Michigan Infantry. His name appeared on the rolls: "Chas. L. Soule, priv. Co. E, 8d Mich. Inf., 1-2." That is, he belonged to the Second Squad of the First Detachment. Where Wirz got his, preposterous idea of organization from has always been a mystery to me.
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