Continuing from the previous post, E. H. Sutton states that five companies of prisoners (half a division) were fed at one time. In the afternoon, the men received a pint of soup made of beans, peas, potatoes, onions, cabbages and carrots; or else a soup made of dried vegetables. It was not enough. The Federal authorities explained that the meager rations were in retaliation for the way their men were starved in southern prisons. So some Confederates resorted to subterfuge to obtain an extra ration until the Federals got wind of it and defeated the "flankers." The famished men more readily succumbed to fever or disease. A southern soldier by the name of Stroud was coopted by the Federals as an enforcer, and on one occasion stood ready with a stick to knock sense into a boy by the name of Wells who was double-dipping. However, Wells was prepared and lunged at Stroud first with a knife. Stroud (also called Stout) was merely grazed by the blade, but he was shaken up. Stroud afterwards tried to make friends with Wells, who rebuffed him saying he would not be a friend to a "d----- scalawag" who would consort with the enemy and wreak vengeance upon his own folks. Undeterred, Sutton found another way to draw double rations, by taking the alias Joseph Walker, Company E, 16th Georgia, assigned to the prison's 10th Division, which Sutton kept up until the day he was released in February 1865. (Note: This device could explain any phantom individuals who appear on the prison rolls.) Sutton said his conscience did not bother him; he justified the deception to ensure his survival. The Federals posted a notice near the gate for any seeking to renew their allegiance in exchange for their freedom. A prisoner added a verse from the Bible to the notice: "They went out from us, for they were not of us, that it might be made manifest that they were not all for us." Many more interesting experiences are included, and for the rest of the story, I would recommend getting the book.