The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1863-11-06
The Cruel Treatnsnt Of Usiss Prisoners at
IA Rirb0 eud.

ne Cruel Treatment Of Usies Prisoners at
Ia Ricbassd.
The mrs, rs'n'I a, cOan,s con,i-ue 70 reach Us
of the slTrnss 81 We Union pt.n.s 1. E,i.
fnoni. Hh-I fess rsIorss sts %. toJ v,I y.a.-
I'd, isrs.d"., from TIE isct that recent ANA. e..
pds,uers 81 p Point included cst coria,, r
inen VIC As1 lied dunns tie pssss,s itoI. 4 b.
IN nd T. ts p ace, and nc. then ,hfiy -G,s MOT,
have lied, AID the surgeons give 4 IS utlr orin.1
that 10 90 cass death rs.ulted from .tarvAt OF
and expo nire. Tha,su,h ,hins. e.nlsil.tL.s.
20. iArd 10 well u, .ntoler,be ani our ipdI, ns
tion sT' ro'rs' ar, .nCrcwed ~ tae know led q Al
TO- sro / ~ Uot ltss than nlns thousand brave
to'ders derg)iog tle same Lsfdsi ip', and So.
- 10 te .sme lac, n tht loisll.eIr .sol-
hmrud. VI these, 10 less thsn9 are G.,er.
IL IL scsresy mitigation & or iee lugs 1. he
IA, tuIon n .soHeri receive no wore Treatment
:, - me rebel 'ilef., owing g. tas secretly q
fJof mi clothing IN the Confcdst.cy. EVnve.
Nistre u you'd only incfe~s our senum.n, n
horror Nths misery which the sutLors u th.s-at
have inf tel On friends 40 rs al.ae ost4c
'uncfngs Of our brave so'disrs, W nitn.h tie
following account from BAL, moro corre,J-,u c.'.
There we're about t-o hundrca OF these p,i.ou,r..
every one Of ~hoD. when they reached Old Point
sss 'ot..la,n,tY .riy,d At AnnsF".. va. 'let
Eve IA ell had yielded W their spirit; ds, bsfore ye,
..d.y oiA' n,i h.vs given pth' eho.t.lnee n,
= ines. MAD. BY d. ..i.nsihs so.p,a pS',3
,ian', and vas the deliberate opinion that they sunk
mo death solely from pre.iou. neglect, Starvation
30 III treatment whilst confined the vie pri.ons Of
dr'. tho ground in sand, and Jpn or amid hIth of
sv.ry Kind un'ii .hsir chin. .ete % eost.d actually
pefststc1-thst serubbinS and washing could ther
remove the ont. emit edd,t of ssr W r
sroats.A reaction upon the skin. Every SYMPTOM
eh. n s. DSp ss
i.d T., n IN 'cts Of e'arvatisb and NEGLECT .hi.t
% e co s. hear ts5 :" . ssI1s
lafeef tsuld sm?st have Melted Al Oshoiding thefs
2,,s,onsn shsn hey isnded from the boat, o. -,re
them had nothing under heaven to cover even pof
ION o. thsi n. 1sdn... sAespt n'i,,rsbs old Ia
Iohbcd OF their clothing, shoes. money, and every,
ihiur else. Not one Of them vas able 10 ak from
Whit brins carried UPON litier, il would .sera a.
though .h,y had been thu. rep, under ii tT,a,mrnt
ihsh eensiitu,iors shattered so ~ 10 b. Of % moe
-, and then, 20 save th. trouble and eIpcn.e 81
further service. 10 subject Il uuiy.nAl eondsfn-
nsticn u"h I'll who have had their b.sfts sickensd
t-..s'l 'esd we're 80 weak When delivered from
80 ne rebel nag Of truce =. not to be able to ar.
~, elem 10 des.snsts the company ~ regiment 20
s.sh 'hsy bs9nssd, hay. died aud tesn bui1ed
iTieuds vhs II wss Nao had thus found a soldisr's
grave
To support Ns Above statements 80 aptend II.
flo~'as dispatch. rscs.yeI ysNsrday. Nsnurely
Exposes tie uatru,h'unsss Of the g, .usemsi.
the rebel authorities, that our, men '.re 10 worse ia
tie matter 4 food than the,r ovu
Foshtn0tor, Not. b-hr Bshansn, who "a. captured
In the vicinity OF Ocoquan last Christu an atelv
.sturned 20 his home IN AlerAndra has among other
thar -, Informed the JuuRsAL that Castle Thunder s
ih' oiily prison IN Richmond where prisoners are Al.
ie".o 70 "nrchne anytbinS shortly after tue battle
n Clietamsnrs, 200 wounded prisoners srriv.d a,
Richmond from the FOLD. They we're slino.. all IN q
furnishing and starving condition Jh,U ir,r, fhre.
days on the rood befrsen The tteo ioi,ii aud aithsv
hdf 10 sP during that time rus JOtr hard rractsrs
s0ch. Tn their arrival at Richmond thsy were ..tn
TO libby Prison, whore they Idn tiro dogs 'o'iosr
utthout hdrtn0 their uOnnds dvesssd, aud dunn,
all rhish time III had not inOutI nj r. 20. som.
81 thsm Who wGr fSrtnnste enough 70 haVGs ii.tls
money, offered o. high i've dollArs for = LOAF Of
brssd but the officer in eharse soud no, let be carr