Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-01-15
MISCELLAN E.
AFFAIRS AT CAMP DOUGLAS.
aLLsaEp ATRocloUS TREATMENT OF PRISONERS
LIST OF DEATHS DURING NOVEMBER.


ALLEGED ATRocloUs TREATMENT OF PRISONERS
LIST OF DEATHS DURING NOVEMBER.
From tho Chicago Timssl
Reports have been circulated round the city
during the past few d u, to the effect that the
prisoners in Camp Douglas were being shot
llwu rron,iscunu9ly and remorselessly by the
soldiers Of the guard, without real cause. 1t
was not for some tina, possible to trace these
rumors TO any reliable source, or to ascertain
the exa,t extent 70 which these abuses have
bGeu carried 4 littls inquiry has, however,
dcvelJpo the fact that, whether the reports
be true or not. there is at least very strong
reason 10 believe them so.
Il is said that Col. De Land has issued or
lel@ shat # Nny prisoners shall fail 10 comply
instantly with auy requirement Of soldier
h'ijnsiag 10 the guard he shall be shot down.
Taii regulation may be necessary enough in
ia st'ic. nccep.ation as requiring obedience
10 orders Of disciplinary character, but is
exceedingly liable - abuse wheu tho guard
Jog soldier ia made the judge of what const-
,,utes an act Of insubordinaton, and is permit
;si 10 revenge Noncompliance with commands
emana:ing from himself, and not from the
olfccr in command. It is charged that the
anusc Of this power has mt been unfrcquent
|. IS said, for instance. that about four weeks
a2., nae OF the prisoners, was kindling his
tire, watch act he had right to perform
When one o! tha guard acc ,stei him with,
'.U,ge, what are Won doing there?" The pri-
sQ::cr replied, "Taat is not your business"
waon sne guard instantly drew his musket
and sho. The fellow dead.
I. is said. als,. that malatto boy. SER
va0. u one Of tn, Cnlfe ierate captains, and,
rr 10 oil
known to have q -.asS tn 90 anywhere within
the lines, vas walking Inside the guard linn
liz ahout u day after the aboSe occurrence,
When toe gu lrd commanded him to halt
He did not stop, and was Instantly killed by
bullet.
/. is also charged that, at the time the dis
uovery was made OF an attempt on the part
Of so,ns Of the prisoners to escape, o party of
three or four hundred WIS iuddled together
and surrounded by a guard; that one Of them
vas pushed By comrade and fell to the
ground, and that instantly the unfortunate
1nan va shot. and that three or four others
yere wouaiad. Ii is further stated that it is
80 urcNmnon thing for a soldier to fire on
.la barracks without any provocation what
ever, nj .hat two men were thus shot while
sIs,nlls in their hunks a week or two ago, no
iuariry being male into the matter. No
conrt martial has been held, no arrest has
been made, though within the past month ten
,,r twelve OF tie prisoners have boon thus
nut out OF the way. Another instance need
only be given: One of the prisoners asked the
guard for chew of tobacco, and he received
the bayonet in his breast without word.
If the above reports are true, a reform
might be Instantly instituted. And if they
are untrue, then the public will be pleased to
he informed os that fact. 1t is difficult to be-
iese rhem otherwise than untrue; yet if the
charges shall be substantiated, the very oc
ourrences specified above, shocking and shame
full as they may be, will nevertheless be not
whit more disgraceful to the American peo-
pie than many other cruel and atrocious deeds
enacted du.in. this unhappy war by the ar
mics of both sections.
The following list comprises the names Of
C.mfedcrate prisoners who died at Camp Dou-
slas during the month of November:
Elijah Averett, company G, l0th Ky;
Pm Allen, 1st Missouri Artillery; R II AL
lon. company B, Gan n G; E < Brysou, COM
pany A. Ssh Kentucky; E Byassco, company
4 ~ Kentucky; Ben, q negro, 18th Tennes-
B.oi Butler. company A, 34th Alabama; Jno
Bryant, com auv D, 9th N G; " Buriett,
c,mp'yR, l4th Tenn; J Coppage, 18th Tom;
Jao C:lnsry, COMFY u, Sth Ky; VIM G Crump,
Brynes' bat; VIM c Coal, company G, 10th
kentucky 'Hhoa Campbell, company f, 23d
Tennessee; y } Cochran, Haynes bat; Ii
Comfort company L. % Kentucky; James NJ
Drake, Haynes bat; Chas Davenport compa-
ny a, 70 n C; JEFF Dobbs, company I, 10th
Tennessee; Jay & Davis, company E, 7th
K4ntuokt K A Bundle, lst Missouri cavalry;
VIM Enidg, company B, 55th Georgia; Sam'l
.Edells, company. B, lst Tenn; John Fueua,
company E, 7th Ala; .Ino Fortmsn,. co II, Goth
LIZ R " galloway. Co B. 63d IN c.: G NJ
q ,nd, CO Il 81 Ky; @ Green, CO d, 18th Ga;
Ell IA ai1tt, co |. 6Sh Va; Nicholas House, co
A, 9th Miss; G NJ Hearn, co D, 4th Ark cav;
e AndrewS Hsctnr. OH, lst Tenn cav; G w
Hill, clE 6aiN C; W II Hutchiugs, 90 p,
l0,h kf;J F Henry, co B, 55th CAL NJ
62lN q; a V Herring. co G, 55sh Ga; Nicho-
las ,hnson. co K, L II johnson, co A 9th
XIV: Joseph Keses. 60 D, 9Th Ky; Geo Kinzio,
e,iF, 54sh Va: II F K ,nnedy, Hawley's Battal-
i,n; nm Uangford, p Ark battery; John F
L,Lz, 90 l. G2I n C, Jas NJ Crocklin, co G.
s:h KY; Wm MORE, co II, Oath N c; + F
Adams, co E. 10Th Ii. James 2 Mari, 55th
Georgia; William Miller oe Z, 9th Ky;
j r dpreheai,. ca c, l4sh Ky; E Mitchell,
90 Il, 10Th Ky; D Mason, co /, 62dN c; IF
Miller, lss battalion Waups Legion; David
Mckinney, co A, 9th Va; Tandey Martin,
co f., 10th Ky; L B MeCabc, co B, ed N G;
Froid Greene, lss In; W A Pate, co A, Both
Miss; Jas Plen. % g.. 5ish Ala; VIM L Pratt
chard. 90 H, ilSh Texas; j W Paul, co Ii,
l4;h Ky: Iishbury Pien, 90 I. 62d n c; Joe
Plumber, iiaines' Bat; John Papy, CO B, Sd
Fla; L Richardson, co A, Sd Ky; j Red
ford. co J. l2sh Tenn; S j Richardson, co E,
6eh Ky; VIM River, co A, 9th. Virginia;
William H Ryle, co G, lOh Kentucky; Lo-
renzo Russell, CO G, 9th Virginia; VIM
Lumneu, CO b, 10Th Kentucky; Chrisman
Spean, co B. 9th Kentucky; Saul t Shannon,
co f. 6sh Ky; Wm Sanders, CO D, 10th Miss;
John W S,xell Co C, 55th Ga; R W Sawyer,
co, Sd Ky; John Sawyer, co G, Goth N c.
s.muel Smith. 60 C. 9Th KY; Jas Sparks. co
B,3dKy; VIM Shreve, co e. 9th KY; VIM
Juprnan, co l, I'd Ky; John Townsend, co A,
25sh Tenn; Z Fl Tisdal. co E, Sd Texas; T
Thrash, 90 X. 55th Ga; Joseph Yogles, co
B. SSH Ga: James Winh, GO E, Cd KY; John
S West. CO /, 13sh Tenn; James Waikom, 90
C. 10Th H.; James II Wyckrf, co D, Sd KY;
HI Williams, lst Ala Legion; Jes L Wade,
~ a, Col q C: John Wade, co Fl, 9TH Ky;
Hrary woai. Hanes' Battery; A L Wright,
CO B. 25sh Tenn; R p Winget, CO E, 4th Fla;
AS Tnnag, GO D, l4th KY.