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Andersonville William Marvel

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  intoa\"detachment。\"ThedetachmentswerenumberedinorderfromtheNorthGate,andthesquadswerenumbered\"one,two,three。\"Ontherollsthiswasstatedaftertheman\'sname。Forinstance,achumofmine,andinthesamesquadwithme,wasCharlesL。Soule,oftheThirdMichiganInfantry。Hisnameappearedontherolls:

  \"Chas。L。Soule,priv。Co。E,8dMich。Inf。,1—2。\"

  Thatis,hebelongedtotheSecondSquadoftheFirstDetachment。

  WhereWirzgothis,preposterousideaoforganizationfromhasalwaysbeenamysterytome。Itwasawkwardineveryway——indrawingrations,counting,dividingintomesses,etc。

  Wirzwasnotlongingivingusatasteofhisquality。Thenextmorningafterhisfirstappearancehecameinwhenroll—callwassounded,andorderedallthesquadsanddetachmentstoform,andremainstandinginranksuntilallwerecounted。Anysoldierwillsaythatthereisnodutymoreannoyinganddifficultthanstandingstillinranksforanyconsiderablelengthoftime,especiallywhenthereisnothingtodoortoengagetheattention。IttookWirzbetweentwoandthreehourstocountthewholecamp,andbythattimeweofthefirstdetachmentswerealmostalloutofranks。ThereuponWirzannouncedthatnorationswouldbeissuedtothecampthatday。\"Theorderstostandinrankswererepeatedthenextmorning,withawarningthatafailuretoobeywouldbepunishedasthatofthepreviousdayhadbeen。Thoughweweresohungry,that,tousethewordsofaThirty—FifthPennsylvanianstandingnexttome——his\"bigintestineswereeatinghislittleonesup,\"itwasimpossibletokeeptherankformationduringthelonghours。Onemanafteranotherstraggledaway,andagainwelostourrations。Thatafternoonwebecamedesperate。Plotswereconsideredforadaringassaulttoforcethegatesorscalethestockade。Themenwerecrazyenoughtoattemptanythingratherthansitdownandpatientlystarve。Manyofferedthemselvesasleadersinanyattemptthatitmightbethoughtbesttomake。Thehopelessnessofanysuchventurewasapparent,eventofamishedmen,andthepropositionswentnofartherthaninflammatorytalk。

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