Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-12-04


were taken from 4hs emp as prisOners of
war, with one exception, where. one was
left to take care of Confederate officer.
So that here also the duties remaining for
the Surgeons were those Of nurse, sexton,
and surgeon No Assistance whatever was
received from either rebel citizens or SOL
diers.
No supplies were Furnished at this hos
pital until the wounded were reduced to
boiled wheat as their only article of nour-
ishment then only musty meal and putrid
bacon.
The same treatment was received here
as at Clouds Farm, as to removing the
wounded from the field and the burying Of
the dead; SO that the wounded lsy endur-
ing thirst, hunger, cold and pain, from IA
al wounds. The accumulated horror of
the stencil from decsying horses and their
couIsds in arms filed their nostrils, and
yet the heart Of the rebel was not moved
to give breath Of sympathy. Their feel
ings Of revenge and individual wants
seemed to prompt them in all their actions
towards Surgeons and wounded, so that
instances Of brutality occu fred, unequsled
in the history Of civilized warfare. While
/
sergeant who was suffering from severe
wound, while en- route to Atlanta, an Otd-
ce= sai1: "Tske the d--d Yankee out
and shoot him." as the proper way Of dis
posing Of them.
At Atlsnts the wounded that had not
been psroled were put into open sheds in
the enclosure with other prisoners, where
they received little or no care or attention
for several days. Blankets, pocket-knives
and every thing of value, except their cloth
/ ing, was taken from the enlisted men as
they were turned into the enclosure for
prisoners at Atlanta. When the Surgeons
entered the Military prison at Atlanta,
\ they saw and conversed with Major Nose
| by, a Tennesseean from Nashville. and
Major ofs Tennessee regiment Of cavalry
He was q skeleton-wasting by disease
/ lying upon a bed with q sixty pound
weight attached to his leg; and this, he
said, "becsuse he was q loyal Tennes-
seean.
Before our release from Richmond we
/ learned from officers who had been recent
| ly sent from Atlanta to Richmond, that
Major MOseby had been released. The
welcome messenger-death had come and
| knocked off the fstters, not only that
bound him to that prison, but that might
still have held him subject to the fendish
barbarity Of this inquisition for treason,
treachery and torture.
The Committee submit the preceding
statements as examples of part of the bar
barious treatment to which they and other
prisoners were subjected while in the hands
of the enemy.
HENRY J. HERRICK,
Surgeon l7lh o. Y. l.
ALEX. EWING,
Surgeon 18th Mich. V.
JOSEPH FITHIAN,
Surgeon 18th KY. Vol.
Losses in Ohio Regiments in the Late Bat
tie In Eastern Virginia.
The New York Tribune, of Wednesday,
reports the following casualties in Ohio
regiments in the battle Of Mine Run, Va,
on Friday, November 81:
EightA Ohio.
David LemoB, killed.
Corp. Henry Ovens, company D, arm frae-
tured'
Jacob Senior, company F. killed.
Simon Garble, company F, thigh, slight
Corp. Adam Young, company G, abdomen, se-
| we're.
Corporal Thomas o. Kelly, company B, knee
| severe.
Sergeant Mason Blanchard, company C, arm
| severe.
Joseph W. Newland, company I, shoulder.
Pat. Cashin, company B, shoulder.
| Fourth Ohio.
Corporal Jesse Sims, leg. severe.
G. A. Sparks, company D, side, slight.
/, W. Morton, company F, knee, severe.
Lieut. Col Stewart, sight, on duty.
T. L. Kaff, mpa6y X, FOOT slight
/ SeTgeant Edward Grure, company G, ankles.
w. Tuttle, company G, thigh, slight.
Enos Shannon, company D, bosh legs frac-
/ ture5.
Robert Wallace, company A, foot, slight.
John A. Cram ard, company c, killed in a sir-
mish near Robinson's Tavern.
One Huadred and Tenth Ohio.
NJ RaTklow, company B, arm, slight.
W W. Alexander, company A, arm, slight.
J W. BSrnh lsel, company B, slight
W. S. RaynOT company F, groiE, slight.
Martin Baker, compsny B, rghtleg, serious.
John B. McVre0, company B. leg, serious.
One Hundred ond 7'0eHty- y-Seeond Ohio.
John N Hall, shoulder, slight.