American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1862-10-03

Advertiser and Register, dated Tupelo, Sept
23d, says: The enemy has fallen back to a
point on the railroad, where supplies are
obtainable, bringing off all the captured
property and prisoners, with loss of but
one man and no transportation.
Our prisoners who are now returning from
the Northern dungeons, complain of their
treatment at the hands of our oppressors
during their imprisonment-not having been
treated as prisoners of war in any particular.
Those at Camp Morton were, in the main
supplied with sufficiency of ordinary food .
but were denied the privileges that were ex-
tended even to felons. The Yankee guards,
on several occasions, amused themselves by
shooting our men in cold blood. Four pris-
oners. in April last, were shotin their hunks"
one of whom died from his wound. A Mis-
sissippian of the 18th regiment, was shot, in
August, simply for taking his clothes from
line stretched from one post to another. OF the
fence. The same day gentleman, who had
been in the Mt. Sterling battle, was shot by
the sentinel through the head, and of course
instantly killed. The following day his wife
came to the gate with clothing for him, but
found, alas that her loved one was shrouded
in the graves Cimmerian shadow. and borne
to the garden of slumberers.
The treatment at Camp Chase was no bet
ter than at Morton, and thousands of cruelties
could be enumerated, had we space. Lieut..
Gibson, of the llth Arkansas regiment. was
while in the act of placing his foot upon the
step of his quarters, by sentinel whose
orders he was obeying. Although this was
pronounced cool. deliberate murder. by the
sentinePs companion on the beat, the only
satisfaction our men received was that "the
guard was doing his duty" Capt. Meadows.
of the LIST Alabama regiment, one of the most
crippled while returning to his quarters. In
spite of facts elected, stamping it q deliber-
ate attempt at murder, the assassin was pro-
NOTED to a sergeancy the next day. Other
officers were shot at but the cowardly senti-
nels missed their aim. Many Of the guards
enlisted to murder our men, were heard to
remark they intended bagging imam apiece"
The sentinels insulted our men on every occa
sion, and treated them as convicts instead of
prisoners of war. The straw in the beds was
not changed for five months, and every kind
of bad treatment was accorded our men that
human ingenuity was able to employ. Their
money. out side the walls, was handled and
drank and water substituted, and sent in,
thus adding insult to thievery. Men were
not allowed to see their wives, mothers their
sons, DC, DC. When the baggage of those at
Camp Chase was taken to Sandusky,a scene
followed that beggars all description. Such
ruthless plundering and unrighteous rob-
berry the world never before saw. Likenesses,
were plundered or destroyed, while foray of
Plunderers could not have been more disas-
trous upon mans wardrobe.
In July some sixty-eight men at Camp
Morton broke guard in body. The Colonel
of the post. d. G. Rose. gave orders to pursue
an bring back atiue. The latter order
some of the captains ordered their men not
to obey, taking upon themselves the RESPONSE
bility. Several of the prisoners were. never
theless, shot, killed and wounded. When
prisoner was shot, the Northern papers an
nounced that "a prisoner, confined at Camp
Morton, was shot yesterday by a sentinel,
for disobedience of orders" On the boats
they were herded worse than cattle, being
packed so closely together as to be unable to
seventeen days on the water.
From the Camp Douglas prisoners, now
arriving, we have heard but little, but pre-
sumo they received the same treatment as
those at Camps Chase and Morton. One in
cident, however, has come to our knowledge, |
from perfectly authentic source. which
stamps the miserable Yankees the very coun- |
terpart of tends and demons. Its recital al |
most makes our blood run cold: Inside the |
prison at Camp Douglas stands building |
known as the dead house." where our pris-
,ners were carried as soon as the breath would |
cave them. In this room or building the
bodies of our dead men were cut to pieces, |
ind every morning. surgeon with a train of
Students, visited the building to instruct them
n the science of anatomy Such is the con-
luct of men presuming to be civilized. and
nth which we are attempting to prosecute q
civilized war! Are We to stand all this Z If
o, ought not kr tali0ais be considered. to
ONE extent, by our government - eksbsrg
Fkig.
~ The proprietor of the Lexington, KY,
observer decamped with the Federal army
n the approach of the Coufederates. His
lice was taken along.