The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1862-10-23
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south.

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Cni0n PrIsane' from lh0
south.
vi Washington. Oct. lss
r. Abont two.hunlred officers are here
from the South, the most Of whom arp
Western men. and w.re captured al
Shiloh. They belong mainly . the stf,
l3h. 2il and ] 9Th Iowa regiments. They
l.cH.hetl here IL !. rnggra and duty con
ld,tion, lint genrrallv in g,nnl health;
There have hecn great many deaths
among lem f,nm ftyera and other
causes. Several. hare been killed by tho
rehrl guard. Among the ls''rr waa
Lirnt.nant Is'lss, of the Sercnt Miclii.
gan Battery. who was rho. by sentry
| in ,.ure wan,unness and without the
sligh: .Sf rrovnca'ion.
General Pren,isa states that their
ttrcas,nent la'ser!v IN Georgia u'aa ex-
iremrly brutal. q e hundred and ffty
we're confined in close smali room
and their t;nd w:athrown among them
a. il they had been =" many tcgs.
While A. A'lanf. seven men were exc
|cn'e1 close 10 the prison 81 the national
officers. a, Tuscaloosa nnrlt,f onr men
VII. sho, in the head while l,nking aur
ofa window, and trl, intv The r.reei a
corp.e. U
Captain L.wf-r, Of the 1sl |, lllinoi..
vas placed III cl.sc confinement FIR swc
weeks, al,s hrea4l and EATER. f,r simply
| answering question addressed I" iai;r
uy one # lis own men. The guard-
were ordered to shoot down any ofhcer
who might be fccn speaking 10 one q
i,ia r,en.
One soldier died from actual asarva-
'ion while gninE from Tuscaloosa r.
Montgomery. and other. only barely
kept alive b, eating the crumbs thrown
nn lie lnwer deck from the rahiu table.
A great many died from rhrcr neglect
When appeals were ma,ie for m .,scine
|ar a,t-ndanc. Cor the sick, the reply
generally vas that tn neglect Yt,.xres
was The best way to get rii of them.
One ot' the guards Al Madison sad a
purse and ras s,r.s,rap. which he o>.e',
t.,iou>lv DISPLAYED As being made tinm
the skin ',f Yankee. Anorher has; |.
spur made f'"m Federal jarbone. and
another cane i'll which had been IN.
serted Yankee II eth.
Am M those arrived here are III.
f.lloainy. We only give the na,nsr
"f,'',se ff"m I.wa regiments Capt.
!. r Ed.erton.s lcrh Iowa; Capt. "
E. Earl, 18th Iowa; Capt. w. A. War.
n-r. 18th iowa; Capt. W. Haia"ck.
lc,h Ipva. Lien,. q. " G+ft. 10th To-;
Lieut.. w. A Morse. lcth lava; Lieut.
]. H. B.rner IL h Iowa; Capt. i. u
Hand ,.er l2h Iowa.
1.isu,. X. F. Eudenbnrg. Curtis Horse;
Col. W. F. Shaw. ll,h fnwa; Gems
Crii,rnaen and Prcn,ir.: c"l. Grd.as.
9Th Iowa Lieut.. David y N..il.sl Iowa:
Adjutan,. n. E. Duncan. IL h; Iowa:
E.,at r:.a. ] C. Fnrgu.on. Oh Iowa:
Capt. W. Is Bell. do; Capt. + A Clrse.
land. do: C,pt J. l. Mccormick. do; !;
Capt II II. Bn-on. do; Capt {. Kelsey.
10; Capt A G..ddea. d.; Lieut.. J. &.
R.nnan. do; Lieut.. p. Rr,an. do:
I.ieu, II. Cooper. d.; Lieut.. II. Mnh-
DO; Lieut.. ~ Wit s,.srns. H.; Lieut.
D Welch. do; Lieut. II. F1-k. d.:
Lieut.. ]. ". Ward, d.: lien, a. s
Gown. do; Leu. e. r. Searle. do:
Capt. Il. D. Tsnm~key. 18th lows !:
Capt. ]. II. S,ehhs. do; Lieut.. Il a
Hall, do; Capt. N. S'uhhs, 9Th Iowa.
The whole numher will BE- psi'l otto
morrow. and will then leave. FIR their
Respective homes. Al Of them express
much inlignatinn thu, they have mn
been exchanged before.
The returned pr snners state that the
Qualifications ab II, Richmond are ofthr
nos, exfensivc..and formi,ial'le.characse:
and perfectly i,nrmgn;si,ls 70 assault.
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-fns,cad Of figh,in. Misfortune, We