The New York herald., 1862-10-18
THE FEDERAL PRISONERS CAPTURED AT SHILOH,

THE FEDERAL PRISONERS CAPTURED AT SHILOH.
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T.cir sumsrings in Southern Prisons-
/ rnear March-Mursicr OF Licutcnan'
| n,,..-Treatmem ia Various Prisons
their Condition, &c., Sc.
WASH NOTION. CT . 90.
| r..a..i praptiaa wa 80 a0V~'
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large corcourss>pf ,e6pe wers ssseied, and after Il
- ~rmance tf national air by the ba d. the Gencr
,s lIy called for He promptly appeared, and spol
s,vgEcH OF O. " PRESTiss.
My FRrxre-lis>~ ovat,on n tended or me, con
pnent r which ~ nix you ~ vo S.ao ,u or !,
scenes through which la ~ passed wtn - dn..Ibsi
Gers IN the land Of Dixie (trSe Of "Gooi. g's ,arn
%a 10 we rn SG !. ssIs my
but can confidently say that no msx Hno nad 0@A
the susinss pris atons and misery thae have cnduf
and seen. would do Otherwise Language too weak 70
90 Justice TO my feelings. (Cheers)
On tue 9th OF April captured On The hssi OF
battle at shiloh On the morning of the TN, at Daylight
We wce sta ted TO so int, 22O pr soneIs, mArchia
corinsh about s,ndown tho day and
were lscsd IN box cars wae,e We remained e me
arrived ON Tuesday evening. An immense excite
ment was manifested on our arrival. here m do
demand for rrovisicps, which was not cum
y led with that night. On tho following morning, how
ever, at about ten O'Clock, we we're supplied wi hard
confined IN large hall and building adjoining It
needless say very low spirited and greatly
iatgued In the house was painted q figure Of
Liberty, OIL seeing which ] made some encouraging
remarks to the men, AID called upon them to sing the
"Stsr panged Banner" which was responded TO with
enthstasm, aud produced very beneficial effect upon
the spirits 4 tho captured soldiers.
some time curing That day we were placed In passen-
ger started for Mobile Gu tho follow ing
arrived at cksen Miss.
Nopru,ison had been made by the officer having in
charge but Union citizens of Memphis. as the ours passed
~ hA a-tQ tnpda ma TpSnn
sweeimeas. Sc. On the following day we left Jackson
and arrived the little town Of Ne iden passenger
ca having preceded u.s. hid gwen nosce that the Yankee
prisoI coming, consequently everybody came
out u gaze no us as passed. Here we were Inform
I'd That seven thousand more prisoners had been taken
and to Mem his the T1esday previous The dsy
following We arrived at MOBILE
On our arrival were marched TO the transport
steamers 10 be forward to dsstuaoa, Tuscaloosa
and Talladegr. Ala.
The oaico.s were mot at the depot by Lieutenant
C C,ouel Hand ey, who was the officer in
maud. He renegade from Chicago, Illinois.
The pr vate soldiers we're Sent to tuscaloosa.
% .nd inf rmed me that that was to be my future
residence In the Southern conf deracy. colonel Iiud
Icy inquired If any Of our party were from Chicago,
and upoA being answered in the Affirmative he Informed
with evident rancor that he had hal t. leave there
because he had been pesecuted by Union men; to
which promptly AMI andibly replied that l hal
doubt he han been compel cd to leave the city be
he notorious traitor and requested him not
to visit my quarters during his confinement
The officers oI the party remained that week at Taa
dega, ard supplied during their stay With bread and
From there they forwarded TO selma AlA-
bana and laced the charge OF Colonel Kent and
subjeced TO every indgnty thlt could he oleed,
being permitted TO leave the building, not
TO obey The most eratve calls Of nature Colonel
Kent upon several 10 company with other Con-
fedeate states officers intruded upon for tho pur
pose OF learning their sentiments and endeavorinE 10
create feeling Of alienation between the Western and
Eastern mcn-entirely without avail, however.
After remaining at Selria some two molths, an oder
received for removal Atlanta, GeoygA, when
were ordered on board Gamer aud arrived at Mont
gomery The following day.
g0pery. They had been confined in an old cotton
the ground floor and had been permitted TO
ameI ted Iaoutenan, Bss Of the Michigan cavalry was
murdered in cold blood by OF the guard. He bad
been privileged by the commanding officer 70 purchase
milk from woman whose residence ad otued the ware
house. He standing at the widow, waiting For her
e. Ill bis canteen with milk The guard told him in
imperols that he had remained there long
enough. Lieutenant Bliss replied that he about
ready received his canteen aud turned 60
his quarters whom the guard without any further
mony deliberately aimed and shot him Ia the breast
with dolbe barrelled shot gun, killing him Instantly.
people Of the place gathered round the body OF
them sey remarkng, t.Our damned old shot guns
make pretty good holes through these damned Yankees"
No notice taken OF the aair-no Of the guard
n by the officer In charge. Had II been
dog instead cf more indifference could not have
been manifested succeeded In obtaining permission
the commanding officer at Montgomery TO- visit the
hospitals In which about one hundred Union prisoners
fined. ! found them in nm old outbuildng,
without nurses or attendants except me Of
money, and many Of them still had, on the bloody
they had worn tho terrible battle field Of
Shiloh, where thoy were wounded was fortunately
enabled TO obtain loan Of money which handed
to two Union ladies' 70 be applied TO their relief
On the succeeding day the officers wcro started for
Atlanta whore they arrived the afternoon and the
III time since their capture received what might be
considered humane tretmes. TINS though enP" 'ry,
confined in the Court House In charge Of an
(New EngIand). who was disposed, apparently, TO
treat them decsnly but. unfortunately for them,
clanRe speedily made and they deprived of the
benefit they had just began 70 appreciate
During their stay at Atlanta they saw procession
pass ng which on Inquiry they surprised learn
was escor ting party Of soldiers TO the Raows
where IN short time aterwarns: aney were innman
others these seven men had effected their escape
far obtain posscssionoi railroad tran and were
making endeavors retu TO the federal lines Chat
tan nga They had proceeded about eighty miles when
party from Chattanooga. undoubtedly notified by telegraph
OF the AFFAIR intercepted and succeeded in turing the
entire party They tried Ias spies, and without
being allowed any opportunity communicate with their
government hung above described
In lew days afterwards the party Of federal officers
sent to another prison in Georgia. Here thoy were
placed undor tho charge Of one W. Calhoun, and for
period Of four months hundred and tcen federal o
GERS confined IA one Al this loint they
ha SHY treated than they had been at any
other prison in which they had been incarceracd They
were insuted and abused by the comman,iant *
the post, aud everything was done by HIM that
could be to make their conhnement unpiessan.
tnree months, disposition was manrestcd among Inc
nces to attempt an escape, majority OF them having
bee, inced that was the intention Of the rebels
to them prisoners and not give them the beneht
OF the cartel. with ten other officers. made the at
tempt one Might unfo tGnaely detected and
were en- the following day taken from The prison and
placed In dur geon-a dark hole, sixteen feet square.
with bar six inch apertu light. We remained In
this dungeon the cf the post demanded our
release stating his opinion that we could not sur
vive much longer. We were then returned to our for
quar- ters.
The private soldiers who taken at Shiloh remained
At uscal,oa fr short time were then forwarded 70
Montgonc " wh ch place they parolei and seat
10 our lines 70 General Mitchell. Some twelve hundred
ecei, ed aud permitted 70 leave The last lot IN
cludng some six hundred or more General Mitchell for
reason refused 10 receive aud they
returned to their southern jaiiors, and sent
month OF May last Out OF this number who were
thus inhumauy returned TO their capors hun.
drcd and severity have since died. The total numb OF
deaths Of private soldiers taken at shiloh will amount 10
nearly twu hundred and fifty. or the Shiloh prisoners
who have been represented having been exchanged,
there still remaining in confinement at Macon, Ga,
some four hind cd. Information has reached me, how