THE IMMORTAL SIX HUNDRED
preciate the condition and feel for the prisoners of war. Often, when they where on duty about the prison some of them would put a loaf of bread or piece of meat on the end of their bayonets and dare any Rebel to take if off, always holding their guns in such position that the meat or bread could be taken off by the prisoners. These men took this method of helping us and getting around the orders. They dare not openly disobey. There was one officer in this regiment who deserves well of every Fort Pulaski prisoner. He was Major Place, quartermaster of post. His kindness to the prisoners will ever be remembered by us all of the Fort Pulaski detachment. On one occasion this kind-hearted fellow took a lot of his men fishing with seines in the Savannah River about the fort. At night, after their return, Major Place gave Capt. Ed Chambers, of Alabama, one of the prisoners, a barrel of the fish he and his men had caught during the day. "These," he said, "Captain Cham-
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