, 1864-09-26
''Very respectfully,
e'Yuur obedent servant,
John Il. WlNDER, Brig. Gsn'l
Prison Richmond. YIrSinfa y =. -

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After moving us from Richmond they took M tn
Dan!ile, on the 9Th sl My. ard IRON thtnce they
contsnntd moving US until they 70. to Macon. We
were packed, sky men IN boz car. one door ot
guards" was Of little use to u.s. MANY sick men
Were amongst us, and In order TO attend to the
Tsnss ~ q 9 Meso compelled 10 mke hoes
ohio, vas pronounced By Confederate surgeon,
unfit to travel" but Captain Tabb commanded
thae BE- ,honld ~ g. and + be dea hs could b
Gays, and on arriving at Macon Here placed In Al
open lot. To keep pruvinons cool We dug holes
In The ground, and this caused oar guards to think
WeWcre hurroWang to escape Fho made us get up
In the night tske shovels, and ill the placer up,
4 Major Of MASSACHUSETTS, regiment fefheed 10
90 thls and Coaiede1ats officer, taking calbine
ear. Another man was taken aud Raeged : and
similar atrocities were committed On numbers.
FIFTY Of ua were afterwards taken to Charles
ton. and were there trested yerY kindly: the m.
thor511es seemed TO DO al they could to make Us
tSa fa55n e rq@ thst place on
The Asjor thinks The treatment shown to him
etyle Of Sighting them, had concluded they Tould
streets cay1lsy Numbering ten men TO one Of his@
aiter him. In this theT succeeded capturing him.
self and a25 Of h1s men. after twelve hours fRht-
@ isg and a%mnlia9a having Rlve1 out, bns them
and wounded.
He ehaIaetertzes the taatmeat OF Federal prls-
were left on i bare iHRnd and starved to death.
They lay in the dtches, without covering, and fiye
Of bte own men died n one night from exposure,
For any little oversight on the past Of either
officers q men, it was common for rebel soldiers
to shoot them. -.
ea dl5 SGdsa xas s o.: obs t.E II sns
the brain whilst reading newspaper; and nume-
rouR other instances Of like brutal treatment were
Witnessed by Hator Beeres, -
Tn raia $r In Init ~ A.
Sonth a. 10 the election Of 4 Presadent, Majo!
Peerea stated:
in M travels through the confederacy, I had
q lie saa hey ssia a. It. ee Re9ps
fenouoinatea and reelected their case was hope
rsss eus tahy IN hoPss that he opposite
asy .san :sa i 'Rfae aeoa e
to fight until they were Enb1urnted; the.s Va. mn M
chance Ct reeqnstruction; there vas 10 chance Of
no5 T. 61 Mcclellan we1s eesed there
1n Charleston, after the Baltl9 na nomination.
hey seemed t2 take soue hone that Lincoln and
6font woSd spat TIE Republican 1ote and Nc
De ~ right They said they knew they wero al
11ght; there vas perfect understanding between
tne peace party North and thsie leaders, % TO
how things Ehou1d be managed. They used to
talk vey freely on this subjecI; all the influential
men here, including Nj. Trenholm, Secretary Of
escted hs5 esaeFs al Fyht ia IT,
also SAID that Jed Davis was doing ali in hS5 h1s
p9@Wes eve 70 ald he election o. Mcclellan'' ~
Ine Al1ot said he found 1x1ge amount at gym.
pathy with the Northern cause amongst both Oh.
cet1 and civilinns ID the sonth: th.t there were
many Of them ea,ed By Federal znccess, snd that
ton Was propottion4tely greater than in New YoTt
tO-uay. ''bu1 When nen got to this point in con-
resssnon hfy weuld that 20 bust
ssness was to obey the mandates Of the bchrnond |
a9LoefaL ana to haye no opinion Of their own,
~ n sh ieefe4ee to tae condition and prospects Of
ten; tbtrs Wss no ench thing ~ exemnflon sron1
dnty HERE, 60 long a. man could do anytbiaR at
without legs, doing the t1nty oi = clerk. No man,
lieved that lhey could Dot more ea en- as- oe
head sends North would join them; then gRe,, fbeT
beis; Bot The South had more confidence @ e. il a he
than 1n fhelf 1shtlnR qualities, and did not want
Ehss ihsa hy hid r. ths!F
pect AZ af1ntBtlee; this would enabia them to 70
On making pIeparations for further ws1. and LEAD
70 asng S @ 6y i9ressn NJ
sra1 Government, and their independenee would
be an accomplished fact. They then expect The
9hich would ultimately link iteelf with them, AID
snee M and poEeE than the Fedora States,
!
munitions Of 1ar are exhausted-they have
3othinE 10 rely upon for another campaign, unless
brcnch an arnIstice-ia Georgia, in Tennessee.
Sorth Carolina, South Carulna ard Ylrxtnla, thefe
saA literally nothing to eat and cYen in the valley
u Virginia now IN their poasessiou, thera is not
;Tsss enough to feed sixteen mn]ea a week,
II Ntheae men who are talking shout peace, real1s
Vant It. the way IL to shove fheae people right
'yer The wall. They ara now IN the Top ofit, and
y pnehins this war on for hve Or SIX weeks We
huu1a secure peace that would be lasting In its
hsracter, snd Instead Of the American GoyeEn-
nent sinking into ruin and eternal disgrace. II
Eould be estab1ithcd for all time. and rcverencsd
nd looked up to bJ tho nations Of the earth in the
1trre as In the patE
The gallant Major has received orders to Join his
eglment, and viii leave here in three OF four days,