Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-09-16
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ARRIVAL OF A DRPtTATTON FROM |
THE FEDERAL PRISONERS IN
GEORGIA. sr
Among the passengers by late arrival |
of the steamship Arago from Hilton Head,
S. c., are four exchanged prisoners McssTS
=. Bates, AID New York; p. Tracy, SD
New York II. G.. IIigginson. 10Th Illinois.
and 5. Noirvt, 9th New tcriey commit +
sioncrs appointed at n mohster meeting q!
the $4,000 Union prisoners confined IN
Camp Sumter, Andersonvi!le, Ga, to wait
upon the Executive at Washington, with
peltio praying that immediate action he
taken to terminate Their sriierings, eli her
BY parole or exchange. When the commits
sioncrs left thu. dsathSrescfrti ! I 3 per day i
The deaths slice the Opening cf The pgifo.. J
on the oath qflsst Eebrasy q tks 9 |,
Of July were $50 atN ssassAeaA,,-l, =
alone the deaths were 2, 1870, in. u July
from scuryy. II is added .uding boz
the picture heartrend,r and it makes
four hundred Of n < that upwards "i
wandering th- &c prisoners are maniacs,
having g. .ough the camp, their miudS|
aesp~ zen way by the fearful irosp set =
.ring Of ever being either exchanged
,r paroled. Thousands Of these prisoners
have spent fr, N eleven to fifteen months IN
Belle island and Camp Sumter; and 10
word Of hope ever reach them that they VIII
be exchanged Indeed, so,tesTibs Ia the
aeony of mind endured by the prisoners
that dozens Of them are shot down weekly
on the dead line" where they rush aaA
invite the guards ID XIII them, in order 70
terminate them sufcrtugs y
THE MEMORIAL or THE us.oS PRISONERS TO
TIE PRESIDENT.
Confederate STATES PaIsoS, j,
Charleston, 5. c., Aug. =, 1864.
To the Prerdtnt Of tie United Sfctes:
The condition Of thoenI stesl mo,, belonS-
ing to the Union armies, now prisoners L
the Confederate rebel forces, is such that j!
becomes our duty, and the duty OF ever
commissioned officer, to maze known the
facts in the case to the Government ot the
United States, and to use every 'holorabs
effort to secure general exchange Of prs
oners. thereby relieving thousands OF oui
comrades from the horrors now surrounding
them.
For some time past there has been con
centration Of prisoners from all parts cf ill.,
rebel territory 10 the State OF Georgia--ti.'
commissioned officers being coniined at Ma
con, and the enlisted men Mt Anlcrsonvillt
Recent movements of the Union armies ur
der Gen. Sherman have compelled the RI
moval OF PRISONERS to other points, and j
is now understood that they will be reno,
ed to Savannah, Georgia and Coluinbus, an
Charleston, South Carolina. But no chang.
of this kind holds out any prospect OF rt;
lief to our poor men. Indeed, as the local.
ties selected are far more unhealthy, there
must be an increase rather than diminu
ton Of suffering. Gen. Hill, Provost Mar
shall General, Confederate States Army, al
Atlanta, stated to one of the under signed
that there were thirty-fvc thousand prison
ers at AndersonvilIe, and by all account;
from the United State soldiers who have
been confined there, the numtcr is not over
stated by him. These thirty-fivc Thousand
are confined in field Of some thirty acres,
enclosed by board fence, heavily guarded
About one third have various kinds Of in
different shelter, or even shade of any kind,
and are exposed to the storms and rains.
which are Of almost daily occurrence the
cold dcws of the night, and the more terri
BILE effects OF the sun striking with almost
tropical tierceness upon their unprotected
heads This mass of men jostlc and crowd
each other up and down the limits Of their
enclosure, in storm or sun, and others Ii
down upon the pttiless earth at night with
no other covering than the clothing upon
their backs. few of them having even q
blanket.
Upon entering the prison very man is
deliberately stripped Of money and oihcl
property, and as no clothing or blankets ar
ever supplied to their prisoners by the rel,
el authorities, the condition Of the apparel
the soldiers. just from an active campaign
can be easily imagined Thousands ar.
without pants or coat, and hundreds with
out even pair Of drawers to cover their ma
kedness. sSsn&A t4a.A
To these men, as indeed to all prisoners
there is issued three quarters Of a pound 0
bread or meal, and one eighth of a pound o
meat per day. THIS is the entire ration, an,
upon 1t the pris, ner must live or die. Tn
meal is often nnsittci and sour. and tn
meat such IN the North is consigned I,
the soapmakcr. Such are the rutioas upo,
which Union soldiers are feb by Che reb,
authorizes, and by which they are barrel
holding on the liGes Hut to starvation an.
exposure, to sun and storm, add the s;el.
ness which prevails TO 4 alarming and terri
BILE extent. Ondn acreage 100 de daily
It's impossible that any / MON soldier Shout,
know all the facts pertaining TO this terri
BILE mortality As they are not parstled i,
the rebel authorities. Such statement n
the following made by ----. speak
eloquent testimony. Said he :. "Dftwclv
81 us who were captured, six died; four ar
in the hospital, and never expect to Sc
them again. There are but two of US left
In 1862, at Montgomery, Alaba,na, unde
fer more favorable circumstances, the prs
oners being protected by sheds, from on
hundred and fifty 10 two hundred were sicl
from diarrhca and cllills, out of seven hun
dred. The same percentage would civ
seven thousand sick At AndersonviIic. /
needs no comment, no efforts 1T word min,
ing, to make such picture stand out bold
" ia most horrible colors.
Nor is this all! Among the Inflated o
the many who have suffered smputation i,
consequence Of injufidA recsived before % !,
ture. sent from rebel hospitals before the;
wounds were healed, they arc eloquent wit
ncsses OF the barbar.tcs Of which they a.,
victims. Ito these facts is added fbis tba
nothing more denoraaises soldiers AMI ia
4 vclOps the evil passions Of man. than starr.
H ton, the terrible condition Of Union n,;.or
\ ers ct Andersonvillc rAsslle readily in,s -
4 "a. They ere fast losing hope, and bcco,n
N ing utterly reckless Of life. Numbers -. !,