, 1864-12-02

ANDBRsoNVHLK, ia, Aug. q, 1851.
"; II; credi1, ASST Surgeon in charge Of the I'd
SIR :As medical officer of the day for the
last twenty-fou hours, I have the honor to
make the following report:
notice that there are very many Of the
sick in great need Of clothing this lack is a
bad one. and if possible clothing should be
provided for the most needed cases. I also
notice the cooking department is poorly sup.
piled with salt; scarcity Of this article Is a
fruitful source Of bowel altftctfon, and would
suggest that the gnnErene ward he enlarged,
as it Is quite Insufficient to receive all gan
creme cases.
vsEy respectfully, ySp5 ossaient li2a eerTant'
CAM sCHrEa, HosP1rA1 PRISON.
ASDERsoNyn1E, Co., Sept !, 1851 {
II. 2 credll, Asst. Surgeon in Charge Of I'd Di-
SIR: as medical officer Of the day, for the
last tvcnty-fuuI hours, I have The honor to
report the following: notice the rations
for the sick are entirely insufficient especially
salt, and respectfully recommend that thelz
| 1ations I've increased.
Yours respectfully,
". s, MILLS, a. A.. 8.
Correspondence Of the N. T, Timcs.l
OF the condition Of the prisoners in the
stockodc at Andcrsonville, their mode Of ex-
isteucc, their prlsations' their dcstItution
and their hope1cssness, at an earlier stage OF
this letter I had not designed to write, pre-
fcrTing to give the facts In the language Of the
simple daily memoranda Of two Of the de-
a few hours before the departure Of the mali,
and it will be impossible to hav these diaries
fully transcribed. I must, therefore, content
myself With a summary on these points,
the facts having been obtained from at least u
hundred witnesses. The stockadc or pen in
s.1,& ~ nd pt1 ar
fined, is an enclosure Of fourteen acres, five Of
which were a morass. Here the men were
without shelter, and in many instances almost
naked; huGdlcd together without room for
exercise. During the hot summer months
there we're scattered about In this pen an aver
Ing from disease In almost every form Incident
to man In climate to which he ia unaccus-
toned. Five acres of the surface Of the
ground were covered with hnman excrement,
/ exhaling morbific influence which would
prove tatal even to the rice plantation labor
er, accustomed from infancy to breathing the
mnlasions atmosphere Of his native sarannahs.
Constantly drcnche1 By ruins, receiving bad
food, always poorly prepared and often raw,
in many cases naked and laboring under q
mental depression vergiug on melancholy,
feeling that their days were numbered, tic
Under these circumstances the mortality be-
came ffighttal, and as q matter Of defence
from IN epidemic, the rebel authorities were
compelled to thin out the shambles early IN
| September, by sending several thousand OF the
| prisoners to a new stockade established at
Savannah, where their sntfcrings were eonsid-
elahly ailcriatcd. Subsequently these men
en- The breaking ont Of the yellow fever at So.
vannah were removed to another prison pen
| at Milan. Before the change from Anderson.
vile had been made eleren thousand ricfiu1, had
been buried, uncotllned, in the shallow
trenches near the prison. From the offlcial
record transcribe the number Of deaths daily,
| FINN .Iulr o To Sent s fnctusiua. Is