One would think that another Grecian horse, introduced into the heart of the Confederate Troy, had let out its fatal band of armed men.
All good citizens were enjoined to turn out and assist in arresting the runaways.

The vigilance of all patrolling was redoubled, and such was the effectiveness of the measures taken that before a month nearly every one of the fugitives had been retaken and sent back to Florence.

Few of these complained of any special ill-treatment by their captors, while many reported frequent acts of kindness, especially when their captors belonged to the middle and upper classes.

The low-down class--the clay-eaters--on the other hand, almost always abused their prisoners, and sometimes, it is pretty certain, murdered them in cold blood.
About this time Winder came on from Andersonville, and then everything changed immediately to the complexion of that place.

He began the erection of the Stockade, and made it very strong.