Thursday, November 17. — Colonel Ashworth of the 1st Georgia Union Cavalry was put into our room today. He has been very badly treated. He is from Dalton. We made him as comfortable as possible. Day pleasant.
[Colonel J. H. Ashworth, 1st Georgia Cavalry (Union), was captured in Gilmer County, Georgia, November 5, 1864. He was twice robbed of all his clothing and money by the rebels. Information in reference to Colonel A. can be obtained from James G. Brown, Dalton, Ga., appointed Chief of Scouts by General Thomas, U. S. A.
Colonel A. captured, on or about November 1, Lieutenant Colonel Harp, 1st Georgia State Cavalry, in Pickens County, Georgia.
Eighteen of Colonel A.’s men, regularly enlisted in the U. S. service, were captured with him. Twelve of these men, to the best of Colonel A.’s knowledge, were taken out two days after their capture by some guerillas near Gatesville, Ga., under Captain Tom Pope Edminston, and shot. Six of these men who were killed had never belonged to the rebel service. The remainder had taken the oath of allegiance and regularly enlisted in the U. S. service, under direction of General Steedman, U. S. A.]
