captain beacham of the 23rd gave us a good comment. the prisoners formed in columns by force consisting of alternate files of colored soldiers and commissioned officers. highest rank, as i said, going on down. as there were about 500 colored prisoners and about 1,100 white officers and soldiers, the greater part of the column presented a fantastic and variegated appearance that i am free to confess was amusing. many white troops sent to prisoner of war camps including at andersonville, but captain beacham and lieutenant bolie who survived their prison experiences won't be going to, you know, the more famous places. beacham spends four months in jail in columbia, south carolina, where he admits that they actually were decently treated in columbia as they had not been in petersburg. black troops, however, won't get the same sort of treatment. and this representation of shokko bottom in richmond will be important in a moment. interesting story i found -- we'll talk more about this if you want to. john haskel, confederate ar till raist, ou