, 1864-12-22
FEE PRISON PENS OF THE
SOUTH.
TUE DEAD AT SAVANNAH, FLORENCE
And ANDKRN0NYILLE.

4uc 1sEN 1uFh 4W@s8 correspondent VIII
ing from Charleston Harbor, Dec. Eth, fur
nishcs some additional details Of interest
relative to the prison pens in the South, the
treatment and mortality Of Union captives
From this account We gather the following
list OF western soldiers who have fallen vic
Tins to rebel brutalitics:
DrookeI, g. I'd Wis, died Sept =; ]. II. Baccu.
ee see s. ST. ESn sons sSp 8 IL oR M es1y es1 gs6 g.
D. Thorn, E. I'd Ohio cay. Oct /; j. D. Frederick,
Z, stl MInn., Oct =; L: Richards, F, 7ith Ill,
9et ?; !; ?. Hogan, =, 18th ~, Oct 5; 3. Lutz,
Mich., cav, Sept. J. y. Fini, L. 16th ill.,, st. t
ISL; Thos. Riley, q, Eth Mich. Oct. IS; r. Few.
lqna 31s 1st 1;a Mich say, Get 1s; G. Garfield, \,
II 2: Smith, g, III Mich. cav, Oct &; s. Fraxlcr,
C, t00th Ohio, Oct. O; James Ace, 9, 10Th Ohio
eav., Oct 7; 6. Gorlen, Il, I'd ohio Oct. 7; II.
H., Oct o; John D. Way, /. Gtt Mich, Get. .; II.
CLARK, F, sd Ohio, Oct. 9;.s. Oreryezs, G, I'd
Ohio, Oct .; ]. McAlams, F, 18th ILL.,, cav, Oct
q 81; ohio aiee5 st j. h %es Se2 e. 1 6hs Msc5S 81
J. Colwclt, G. 18th Mich, Oct. 10; Sczgt. j. r.
Mute, "a Mich, Oct: 10; sesgI J.: E: Cum
eax @ngs 9 = nsh Gs1n qe pPs 7tH as
smeltzer, l. 75th Ohio, 6et. Is; D. siders. i. I'll
9he s7x ssy Se RaSn s G. RefEy III e m ia az Shis os
B. sherfard, citizen, Ohio, oct Fl: II. White, G,
% Iowa, Oct: q; 8. +; White, N, 18th lows cav.
9eI e r Il; X Shaw 3, 3h Ohio e2y oet =; T.
Il, 1st M5nn., oet. s; james Eilis, (, 16th iii.
cavalry, Oct 90; A. coy!e, @, ed Oh1o Oct. 20; y.
Calkin, E, 7th nj: cav, Nor; =; Gcq. Barnard, |,
eav:, Nov. s; j. Grate, E, Sist bhio, n Nov. 4ii Il
Corp. 4. F. Zelker, 3, eth Mich, Noy. IS; j. b.
Baahorc, r, i'll Ohio, Nov. ii. - -
OF the horrors Of Florence the same corrcs.
pondent says:
stYour readers will remember, as l have
stated the tact in previous letters, the NOR
talhy> among the thirty thousand prisoners
confined ut Andersonville, Georgia, bccams
so otiightfnl-averaging one hundred day du-
thorities were compelled, in their efforts to
defend the ne!ghtorhood from .pcstilence,
to break up that drendful prison. Part ofthe
cnptiycs were temporarily transferred to Sa-
yannah, where they were treated with COM
paratlye Kindness by the women Of the city,
crously to the comfort Of tile sick. From ST.
vannah, after tt so[ourn ut that place Of about
u mouth, these prisoners were transferred to
pen at Milien, which had been stockadcd
for their reception. The other portion OF tie
Andcrs0nyille pr.soneIs-abnut IL, ,O0o-were
gent to Florence, s. G., where their sulftrings
were only allcyiated so far as this, that tie
more room to move abont.- The deaths ut
Florence from scuryy md diarrhna, during the
three months since the cftDp WAS established
at that place, arc estimated 10 have reached
the aggregate Of sixteen hundred. Here, as at
Audersonyille. there appears to hare been no
OF keeping correct list Of the deceased, and
probably hundreds have been buried
in unknown graves. Indeed cospses
arc said to havc sometimes remain
ed for as long Il period as two days in
the stockade before the small detail OF ne
groes appointed for tha purpose by the rebels
found time to remove them for burial, uncof-
fined, in the pills they had carelessly prepared.
An appeal was then made by Sergt. II, ni1e-
man, Co. II, 9Gth Illinois regiment, to Col.
1verson, of Georgia, who had charge of the
prison, for permission TO superintend the in-
terment Of the dead. This was granted, aud
from that time the bu1ials were conducted
being thrown Us higgledy -pigslcdy into the
pits, they were placed regularly, side by side,
and covered With pine bougbs before the earth
was thrown over them, and, as far as possible,
the prison numbers Of the deceased were
plainly marked on piece Of wood, and placed
also made efforts to obtain the names Of the
dead: which he preserved to the extent Of his
ability, and has handed the list to m. for
publication. as paper WIS almost impossible
to procure, these names are written On scraps
fragments Of newspapers and diaries, and
pieces Of envelopes and book-covers. They
arc inscribed with pencil, and some arc now
almost illegible. I have copied them as nc.
curatc1y US possible, marking Us unknown
thirty.thrce which ti1iled to decipher. OF
the entire correctness of some that haTe
given cannot certainly youch.
The following Is partial list Of deaths OF
Western soldiers at Florence:
T. FELTON,, q, 4ith Ohio; !; g. Flnkbonc, q, 10th
Ohio; T. McKoberts, E, 10Th Mich a. Heston,
2. nth toMa; T. Nl1er, G, I'd Mich; 7, Gsrvis,
I, 3sth nl:;J 2. Wallcn, E. Sd IT. cav: G.
Iarker, u: 10Th Ohio; 7. Geph, G., I'd Ind. " G.
Ciulman, D, 7th Ind: N. Hills, 4, 9Th Ind; 4,
" htSf Ses 2 @ Ra Raa;e9 Cog E Il h 15g5oe nss
HoIdur E, 93d Ind. J. cratch1eld. B, nth Mich;
F. Ral1oway, =, 5th Mich, cav; P. Bailey, !. nd
Ohio: Alex. Fisk, B, sth Mich. cay; b. norts-
man, F. 117th H.; J. G. Hitchcock K, 10Th Wis !;
Samuel r. Bin, L Sd I'll; car; ?. c. Sells, c, s3th
Ohio; y: +. Knapp, I, seth Mich; n. strlck, 1,