At the announcement of rations, many acted as if crazy, and it was all that the Sergeants could do to restrain the impatient mob from tearing the food away and devouring it, when they were trying to divide it out.

Very many--perhaps thirty--died during the night and morning.

No blame for this is attached to the Charlestonians.

They distinguished themselves from the citizens of every other place in the Southern Confederacy where we had been, by making efforts to relieve our condition.

They sent quite a quantity of food to us, and the Sisters of Charity came among us, seeking and ministering to the sick.