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- Mar 21, 2012
I was born in 1845 and, at the age of 16, enlisted in the 15th Alabama Infantry. After surviving Gettysburg, and about 2 weeks after the battle of Chickamauga, I was captured at Lookout Mountain and sent to Camp Morton. A sutler store was available there and the sutler sold us large guttapercha buttons for a nickel a piece. We boiled them until they resumed their original shape and, with great patience, cut out the center and made rings. Coins, brass buttons, and other metals were used to adorn the rings. With my two bunk mates as partners, we started a "ring factory." These men were both from Henry County, Alabama. One was a blacksmith; the other a farmer. We sold the rings and, with the proceeds, purchased extra rations and some few articles for our comfort. Although many prisoners at Camp Morton died of disease or slow starvation, I was lucky enough to be exchanged in late 1864 and make it home. What is my name? AND what are the names of my two partners in the Camp Morton ring factory?
credit: @lelliott19
credit: @lelliott19