...istake, and before the error could be remedied, the sugar was devoured by the officers who had not tasted anything sweet for a long time. On November 19th, about one-half of the 600 were taken to Hilton Head, S. C. , arriving there the next day. Here retaliation was practiced in its most cruel form. Our rations for forty-five days consisted of five ounces corn meal and a half pint of brackish water per man, an...