--WebTV-Mail-1629613741-2 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Dorothy, like you I am new at this. I found a book last week at my local library at Elgin. The book is call the " Andersonville Diary" pub. 1883 by John L. Ransom . It listed the names of "deaths and escapes of Andersonville". Have you heard of this book? I would recommend that you check on your local library on this book. It should be a worthwhile adventure for you. Jim James R. Searight 1059 W. Highland Ave. Elgin, Il. 60123 --WebTV-Mail-1629613741-2 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from mailsorter-102.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.92) by postoffice-102.iap.bryant.webtv.net; Sat, 6 Mar 1999 16:20:29 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: <ANDERSONVILLE-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from bl-30.rootsweb.com (bl-30.rootsweb.com [207.113.245.30]) by mailsorter-102.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8/ms.graham.14Aug97) with ESMTP id QAA22490; Sat, 6 Mar 1999 16:20:27 -0800 (PST) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-30.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA04557; Sat, 6 Mar 1999 16:13:27 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 16:13:27 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <36E1C4CA.E9E3DAF6@inconnect.com> Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 17:14:02 -0700 From: Dorothy Johansen <dorothyj@inconnect.com> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 Old-To: "ANDERSONVILLE-L@rootsweb.com" <ANDERSONVILLE-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: Escape from Andersonville Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Resent-Message-ID: <"2LAKFB.A.2GB.nSc42"@bl-30.rootsweb.com> Resent-From: ANDERSONVILLE-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <ANDERSONVILLE-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/322 X-Loop: ANDERSONVILLE-L@rootsweb.com To: ANDERSONVILLE-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Errors-To: ANDERSONVILLE-L-request@rootsweb.com Resent-Sender: ANDERSONVILLE-L-request@rootsweb.com Thomas Erskine, 75th Ohio Vol. Inf. Co I - was captured at the battle of Gainesville, FL and taken to Andersonville. Family tradition states he escaped from there, but there is no proof. He does not show up on the list of prisoners paroled. He later shows up on the rolls of Company B of the 75th OVI. Anyone out there who has ancestors captured at the same battle who may have escaped with him? You may be interested in a letter he wrote in an effort to secure his pension: Sir, This is another blank that was filled out by wone of my ofiecers it will show you that I ain't wanting to fool the government I volunteered and went out willingly to fite for my contery and was broke down never hav been abel to do a days work sinc nor never will sow I justley diserve a pension from the government No wone knows how I did sufer while in them prisons naked and coverd with lise and kep on a pint of corn meal ground up cob and oll a day when I went out in to the surves I was in the 75 Ohio Co I, and when I got out of prison I was put in Co. B and when I was discharged I blonged to Co B I hope that I will hear from you soon. Thomas Erskine 75 Ohio Volunteer, Company B PS: I hav sufferd a gradel with this camp diarhea ther is some times I am scarsley able to walk a round it wood hav been beter for me that my bones had lade in the andersonvill sand then to hav suferd a way I hav Yours with respect, Thomas Erskine --WebTV-Mail-1629613741-2--