John Malone to Richard Yates

City Prison

Nashville Tenn July 29th '63

To The Excellency

Gov. R. Yates

Sir as I am a prisoner here in this awful place which is worse than Libby prison at Richmond Virginia & we are used much worse than negroes here in this jail as citizens have charge of it & I dont think they are altogether on the right side as they keep us in close confinement & dont abide by sanitary rules Which is to Leave us have fresh air about now & then & we dont get half enough to eat here. Most hon Sir I am almost ashamed to state the fact to you about this place we are compeled we to urinate eat drink & sleep in the one cell which is small & have 31 men in it & a great many of us in sick with cramp & Dysentary & other diseases to numerous to mention to your most excellency sir

I sir a member of the 100th Ills Infintry Co. B being sick with consumption & the wound which I received at Stone River Sir as I was on picket Duty one night in March About the 28th or 30th about 2 miles outside of Murfressboro I went up me & another boy was going up to the settler and we got a little tight & I went down to the Mail Box i had put a letter in there of which there was 20 dollars in it and I took some letters for to try & find the one I put in that morning there was a train captured & I didn't want to risk my money and there was some letters I missed of which I had in my possesion I was afraid to put them back & I was caught with them letters and confined in Murfessboro Jail untill I was tried court marshalled and I have to serve the rest of My time in here & now your most honorable Sir I implore you for some assistance to get out to get out of this awful place & Let me

go to a regiment to do my country some service

You will please excuse me for this

your most obedient sevt

John Malone

will you please answer

ansd Aug 8 - 63

Malone John

File M

Nashville July 29 1863

Is confined in Prison says they are very badly treated. wishes the Governor to have him released and sent to his Regiment

Recd Ex O. Aug 5 1863