Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-02-24
ARRIVAL or IT. DONELS0N PRISONERS
Their Reception and Treatment,
THE REGIMENTS, COMPANIES, &C.
GENERAL BUCKNER.

Trains sFriieu AZ tbs FehisfHblsbi iAirvsSir cap
tured Nv Gen. Giant at Fost- Donelson. They
ere dsembarked nj several points. some AZ The
Uaion depot some At the Lawrenceburg depot
and some at the old Belleiontsine car shop, and
thence marched to Camp Morton.
We subjoin a list Of the regiments, companies
andnumbers. 50 FAR as we could ascertain them
il being necessarily imperfect because Of The
hurry incident 20 the occasion. We hope TO per
feet IL hereafter:
Fifty third Tennessee: Co F. 81; Co. /. IS;
Co c. 30; Co. b, 80; Co. ID, 80; Co. a, 40; Co.
Z. 46; Co. G, IS; Co. K. a. Total. $50.
b.ia Twenty sixth Tennessee; Co. A. 40; Co C,
Al; Co B. 70; Co y a; Co X, 81; Co ], %;
Co, P. 90 Co G, 81 Total. 2s7.
Tennessee lst Battalion: Co. A, go; Co d.
80 Total, 80
Forty first Tennessee: Co b, 81; Co. K, Al;
Go. E. IS; Co. II. IS Co. G, 40; Co. /. 81
Total, 257
II Mansfeld's Tennessee Cavalry % men;
Combs Battalion Tennessee: Co. c. 81; Co.
T.. 25; Co. D, 4S; Twenty frs; Alabama men.
Total I6O. 80.
Mississippi Third Co. X. So; Go. F. So To.
tall
\ Mississippi First: Co, C.. Is; Co. 6, l6. Co.
X, 81; Co. b. p; Co. /. 81; Co f, %; Co. a,
-; Co. +, "a; Co ID, %; Co. II, IS Total
3ls
Mississippi Fourth: Co. /. 81; Co. F, 50; Co.
q. 81; Co. b, 10; Co. A, 81; Co II. 81; Co G,
50; Co X. 50; Co. E, IS; Co. d, 81 Total.
523.
Kentucky Eighth: Co. C. 80; Co. G. Is: Co.
Il, 30; Go y, IS; Co /, Is; Co Fl, 81; Co. d,
%; Co a. 81; Co. b, IS Total. $50
The whole number OF prisoners who reached
Camp Morton yesterday and the day before is
2,59s. an average Of SOTO company.
or the appearance OF these prisoners we can
only say that considering what they had gone
through. it was much better than could have been
expected. They were not uniformed, apparently
being men who had under the influence of their
misguided zeal lett their homes and brought
themselves and their all to lay it upon what they
conceived be the altar of constitutional freedom
Some looked sorry. some looked sick, some
looked as if they didn't care and others appeared
to be in very good humor. Their costumes were
variegated. Still, considering what shey had un
dergone, they did not look, we repeat. so bad
They had gone through battle and had travelled
hundreds of miles without opportunity of paying
attention 10 their persons Under these circum
stances any body OF in the world would have
shown themselves rather the worse of the wear
We noticed that great majority were young
men, many Of them in fact mere boys There
we're very few grey headed men among them.
Detachments from the both Ohio, assisted by
the United States regulars. Lieut.. Col King and
the Goth Indiana, Col. Owen. guarded these prs-
oners on the ground at the Belefonane ear shop.
just after the debarkation of the first arrival there
was limited intercourse between the prisoners
and citizens. Tennessee scrip, in the hands of
the former. commanded readily its face in
amounts from 10. % and 90 cents Bills OF
larger denomination were at discount, $50
issues not being worth more than 2 to cents on
the dollar.
Yesterday morning another instalment con-
sistng of some five hundred Mississippi soldiers
and perhaps as many from Tennessee regiments,
arrived. The Missssippians were marched up
Illinois street I, Camp Morton. Their appear
snce was about the same as that OF those who
preceded them The Iennesseeails were taken
10 the Lawrenceburg Depot awaiting iransporta
ton to Lafay cite, for which place they lett yes
terday about p NJ
The Mississippi men we have spoken of, being
marched through the city at about / o'clock,
encountered great many ladies on their way TO
Church. The ladies, we observed attracted the
attention of every man, doubtless every one think
ing OF his mother and sisters and wife or sweet
heart at home. And We observed. too several
corners witnessing the melancholy procession as
it passed bring their white cambria to their
lovely cheeks wiping away the spontaneous tears
shed over the hard fate of brave men enduring
without murinur the vicissitudes of this desper-
ate and most unnatural war And
something upon the soldiers cheek
Washed OF the stains of pewter
There are many Northern men. some from In
diana, several from indianapolis, we are inform
the names of Aker. W ard. Johnson. Henderson.
whose father formerly kept public house in
this eHy.) and rancrei Wilson, formerly rner
chant of Madison who removed to Memphs
some two or three years ago; also Green b Orr
AMI McFall. formerly Of this city.
We learn that the prisoners who have arrived
AMI who are daily expected to arrive viii. be
sides those quartered At this place be sent 10 La
fayette. Fort Wayne and Richmond In fact
yesterday a number of these unfortunate men
were dispatched to one or two ofthe latter places.
Every provision, we are told. has been made tor
their comfort BY His EScelleucy, the Governor.
wherever they may be placed in Indiana. Eli
Gently i be doing his duty II.8IEe
Ii WAS reported last night in the city that Gen.
Simon BOLIVIA ar Buekner with his staff and his
H. "a.