Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-08-05
Another Rebel Massacre of Col,
ored Prisoners.

L ne tolloWlng is an extract from the
statement of DR.. H. o. Marcy, Surgeon
of the 35th Regiment of United States
colored troops, in regard to the massacre
of these poor, de!enceless, wounded men
in hospital;
$50 often have / been asked the ques-
ton, during my leave of absence home,
by the leading citizens of Boston and vi.
ciDity, How did the rebels treat the
wounded colored troops that fell into
their hands at the battle of Olnstee,
Florida ? that l am led to believe the
truth is not generally known. The morn
ing after the battle South Carolina re-
giment and the I'd Georgia regulars took
possession of the depot for the wounded,
and not as an armed mob seeking plum
der and destruction, but under orders of
their officers, who with their swords ac-
tually set the example, and in cold blood
murdered the colored soldiers, who,
wounded and helpless, lay there under
the charge of an assistant surgeon left to
attend to their wants. A thrill of horror
creeps over US as we remember Fort
Pillow; but even that has no parallel to
numbering in cold blood-(for II hours
and a nights sleep had interviewed since
the battle)---under command of officers,
themselves setting the example, of hos
pital full of wounded and helpless suf-
ferers.
Major Boyle, of our regiment, former
ly from Boston, and we'll known to ma
ny of her citizens, severely wounded and
a prisoner, was taken, as l am informed
by an eyewitness, the day following the
fight to house in the rear, and there a
guard Of soldiers had to be placed about
the house to prevent the mob wreaking
their vengeance upon brave and help
less soldier, whose only crime was his
being an officer in colored regiment
He is in close confinement, on bread and
water, awaiting trial by State laval
though the rebel Gen. Anderson, in
command in Florida, reported by flag of
truce, that he had recovered and been
sent to the interior"
Let rebel sympathisers reflect for
a moment upon the above horrid pic
ture the above melancholy facts, which
in inbumanity and cruelty has no paral-
lei in the history of warfare or the re-
cord OF murders. Neither this, nor the
massacre at Fort Pillow admits of any
paliation-both we're done under the
eye, by .the command and with the
hands of rebel officers instructed by the
rebel government. Who among US can
sympathize with murderers, and, if posi-
bic, worse than murderers None, we
answer, but those who, like Satan, have
said-"Evil, be thou my Good
In connection with this we only add,
that rebel barbarity and cruelty are not
confined to the murder of colored prison.
ers. In our last weeks issue we alluded
to the heart-rending condition of cur no.
BILE Northern men, who are prisoners at
Ga. Their only fault was,
fighting traitors under the flag Of Wash
ington, and for this they are taken cap
tive and confined in a stockade, entirely
destitute and helpless, to linger and die.
Such cruelty has no parallel in ancient
nor in modern history. May God open
a way of escape for the survivors from
that abode of horrors, and bring them
home, forever free-forever released
from the fiendish rebel grasp.