The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-12-17
PRISON LIFE At POINT LOOKOUT.

PRISON LIFE AT FOlNT LOOkOUT.
Ne have had Q conversation With Mr..
Robert Crsddock, late an orderly Of tho
President, and Afterwards connected with
a.dstective force In this city, who was .
short time ago captured by the Yankees on
,b. Peninsula and taken to Point Lookout,
from which place he escaped and arrived
,fsS In this city few days since. He
dvu the following particulars Of prison Life
aPont Lookout:
ne prisoners canp, under change Of Capt. Pat
nseu, Provost Mashal, IL surrounded BY fence
seu, fourteen feet high, with platform near tn >
s. on the outside, on which the senunels walk.
N. guard consists Of three regiments of infantry,
ned. 3th, and l2ih New Hampshire, and squad
na naofcavslry of the ID reeulars
The ENCLOSURE embraces ab0ut 6ftoen acres OF
epssA, aud the psfsoners are tn tests. Three
,ar the rest tsay shout 6000) are In Wall Z 6ib-
liz trns, from IL 10 80 In tent. The teuts
as laid Cd In camp form, 100 men to q company,
,ad ten companies IN division. There are ntns
divisions.
xsere 500 eat At one time, and each house feeds
100 men. The pEovislons consist Of one-quaSier
Il, poasd Of damaged pork o. beef, and ten snali
tneiefz, {say, three quarters Of pouud,) and .
SHl Of wash, called By the YANKEES coffee. Occa-
assaIly nee or irish poeat0es are substituted tor
kesd end about ouoe . fortnight half = LOAF OF
pa bead and one spoonful Of m0lssSes. About
twice week they GET What they call bean soup,
Ii lieu Of coffee. Each day detah Of hve men
iss suard win noe LEI them 70 beyond the essek,
nsy have 10 dig up stHmps and roots 10 m oPan
sleee Of new ground, without IN axe, unless they
sal one With - mach wood - wouid last coas-
as.biy for half IN hour they must shiver over fOr
su nIehta; and this u al the wood allowed them.
Many of The prisoners have n0-biankeu, and moth
ts tat the cold damp ground 70 sleep on. About
100 weeks ago they had orders to appeey In 'front.'
dther quarters with knapSAcko and blankets
ny were mascbed 70 the beach, and then passed
h. lhsas) BY the Psovost Marshaj. About one out
asvery i've who bad no blanket was told % stand
saas, and was given blanket. They pressntsd
avssy woe -beeone lo0k, and were generally poor
vsad and enseiatsd. Many have given up ali
sepe, and will Of course lts.
The hospitai II lsid o6 on two sadss OF wide
assst, and each wsid hss two wall tsnts Joined at
~ ends and holding fourteen beds. The kitchen
aness tent ID at the end Of the street. The ftek
se n well attended BY the Confederate surgeons
I'd hunes q the. meass gives then VIII permit,
b, there has been weeks q ume When they hed
70 aedicine on hand a any kisd. Three or four
" daily In this hospital. When their cases sesm
Aapeless they taken 70 the geaeEal hospital On
laa seen Of them. For some iims The dead wers
lsded without coma o. box, bat thrown % . hoIs
ss y they died. TIE snall- po1 hospisal y dtnar
isd ona creek outside Of The main guard: The
.se'ase number Of cases ore from six 20 eight per
eay, and about half Of that nuDher de. The pe-
aeau must BE- very strong 70 recover VIA ne ssea:-
ssetrecetved, - they are n tents On the groone,
hay.
.te guard shoot the men without haltae then.
oa eAe occasion ve Of tbea bribsd the seatlnsl 70
a e..s sS ,ss = s:ssPs s'S osr .s ssss ss so:
saef hey Surrendered. A yOung nAn, Named Aec-
a.ealy, was shot thFoulA the head, s1peeiee ~
naia, and then shrouSh The body, ~ aaA who
~ called "a Ofaeer. another oue 01 Ne men WAs
,ssst lsen were made 70 walk aboue half . Mlae u
.a9 eonditioa. THIS lnseanee a. brutality eans
.seef ne in@ediste obsesvaljoa of Us. Csoadoek,
Hho voaehes fos tts truth.