, 1864-09-25
"A BR1EF< HIaTokY
OF ma -
cRuELrlEs. AND ATROCITIES
OF THE REBELLION.
Compiled from tho Moat AuIheasto
Sources bJ sTh0ss L. Wilson.
"Immed'ate effurt4 ,bo nade for cessation
OF hosttlitfcs '-Isacs and .Disuato7 P4ot,
Jornsef tie Chicago cppsrhead con.ens*on.


deeds, even Ia tho darkest age and places Of
the nsld, have been written in al nfAtory
AZ b.rbaruus, md their memory Branded with
infamy. .M0dern civilization and enristlant.
IT, amopese moAt nations, hkyo Induced a
batter meinod. How far tuefr influence hss
bekn ihnptfcstea' nuder> the ausptce1 OF the
rtb<l Gnvesuuent, tho hrief, vel autheuti-:
cat Atate1uchts: OF actual occurrences, re-
corded in tbs following pages, will eaomt::
snsReon Honistoh ,w = Ase4 prisoner At
be sliowed to reualn upoYs the deld:e0 take
cats Of our wonndeo, mt In vain. Hs stated
that DE-. Daley, OF South Carolina, .was seut
TO- the field D Geu.- 8 autegasd to take
charge Of our wounded, but Houlduot al
10y rs tFedsE.l: aalgeoa.,} to perform ope.
performed b5 hts assistants, young meu-
some Of them with NO moro knowledge OF
whit they attempted THAI an 1potne-
csEy'a clerk "they performed the
sons q, oi then 1saelus'ly is.,e,s flight.
wounded, and it was Impossible for them TO
ret anything to cat; they lay through q
dIepchipg rain on Monday, the battle having
occurred on Sunday, and eultry Sun on
Tueeday, until Wednesday, before they were
permitted to be removed, when their
s'wounds were completely alive With ta.ufe;;">
some lay on tho field ,for~fiye days. Let 1t
bo remembered that this was 1t the outset OF
the contest, before repented collisions had
Hhested the passions Of, the eontendlpg Pas-
ues. j.
"ixn.ed;cte :1orfs b mads for ce,.atton Of ho,-
sill&ies,"
Surgeon Swalen testtaes, that he was on
the battle- field ten or twelve days after the
battle, and saw somo Of onr men still u1bu:
rted snd entirely naked, having been robbed
Of their clothes by tho rebels; lit seems uo-
natural that "H1Gu.H1HDED> >aRHTLEMEN," :"
chivalty, would steal, unless dnYee to it by
80 early In the history Of the Contederacy y
some Of our men were buried lace down
Ward-sn Intended disgrace. Some Of the
graves had been opened By pushing raila BE-.
meath the bodies, TO- get tho tops of the eculls
to make drinking cups. One of these cups
Was found by member Of q New Jersey re-,
tment. after our army aayancss upon the
which ID kept Mcclellan 1t bay tor eish.
/ teen months.
Lnsnediate scorfs b. ,na1 for attssation II A:s-
D.. Ferguson, OF New York, was
fired upon when attending >the
wounded, and after. he told tnem who be
was, they bsutally shot him In the leg.
When he was carried of the tteld the jol&tny
OF the ambulances so burt hin. that he IN.
voluntarily groaned, whereupon arebel OH.
GER rode up to him and threatened to bio Y
hts brains out II befepeated'' - his nofse.n
sIfn'nediafe efforts be made Tvr eess4tton Of
houiities."
General Ricketts, teattlle5 TINT when he lay
on the field wounded, the passing rebels
called out, '.knock out bis braius, the d--d
YaDkce.n He heardot many OF the pt tisoners
who were bay oneted, and two or three shot
sitter they arrived In Richmond
" han,s.tsate eb;ats b. made for CESSATION q
hosfllitie&"
|. Senator sprague, who went to recover the
>1odies of, Colonel e1ocum and MHjor RAllou,
testified that he was told, When eeatchiug
the battle e, ouud, that tho Coloners bou5
had been Dug Nh his head cut OF, and his
ihyesti9atlons, the Senator became fully sat
ist,ed that bpth OF these gali.nt men did i4l-
| deed suf1er this unhallowed and baIbarous
| rite Of sepulchre at the ilauds OF their IN
| country meu, who boast themselves gcutlc.
| men, pdr t1ctiienff, their chlvalry, and that
theirs Is the only genuine tFpe Of manhood
on the face Of God'e green earth. The sen.
ator corrobofatca The statement that many oi
our mtR were buried face downward, aad
similar .outragcs unhtard Of and unthought
Of. save anong the unsouctiiied rites Of ps'
| Rnn and savage nations Heaven saee us aad
the 1eetSsf maokind from such christianity !,
t Rno suc6 civilization, Ii theirs is tho on1S
| genuine. An official report of Judge Advo-
| cate General Holt, dated MArch -. 1863,
| gives q hentt-rendtnG pfe&ure OF the barbara
lies Of The rebels upon fWenty-two Federal
! prisoners, captured near ChastauooGa,Ienn
Que Of them Was atrlpp7d, tied dowa
to stone. and whipped until life waa
brought rope 10 hing hin, but his lite was
finally spared. Eight of these, men were
hpn9,. alter having been t1led by court
ma1tiahsnd acquitted. But the authorities
| at Richmond overruied the court, and or
dcred them hnpg. From the bEeaking Of th'
of these unhappy victims were restored I.
consciousness; they begged for one hpur O
prayer and preparation ior death, which wa
Pe5smptoE,,s 1sfused. and ~. tns sxseatioa pse
butchc1Tf The remaining prisoners, re
duced to fourteen, closely eoullned in Jill a
Atlanta, accidentally LEARNED tnst 1t was dc
termincd By the Richmond government tt
/ hang them, and they laid plan Of escape
Eight succeeded, SIX entered our lines, Tux
were never heard from. The following brie
/ dispatch Fila the story Of the remaining eix
LAT the end Of eleven months terminate,
their pitileeB prosecutions In the prisons Q
the south-persecut1one begun and coutiu
ued amid lndigI1tles and Bufer1ngs on thei
part, apd atrocities on the part u the bar
oarousltoe, which Illustrates far more faith
fully than any human language can express
the demontac spirit Of revolt, every throl
race IL to which We belong"
"bmned;ate <Gorts 1e ,nads FIR q eess1tion g
| AostilHiEs."
LIBBY PRISON,
AT a meeting Of Surgeons - Of tn
United States Army mud Navy,
report was prepared November q, 1858. an.
sent to the President, which contained th
following facts: About one Thousand officer
Of all grades, and from both branches Of tn,
service, are confined In Libby Psisnn, who's
walls are unplastered, thus open to tho ful
boarda-Tender1ng,1 the place dark, dEearv ant
1oatbsolne In the extreme None Of the ptI
vatc soldiers are furnished with bedding o
any kind. Belle Inland contains six thon
sand three hundred prds oneEs, whose condl
tiou 10 w1etcned beyond all description: Al
men from the cold and rain, no bankcts no
bedding given them By their capt1rs. On1,
one Surgeon WAS assigned to the Island, viii
makes but one visit day, and then docs no
enter the enclosures Of the men. Such as ar
too sick to walk, never see him; they AZ,
tion is absolutely Helpless. An officer o
high standing, who visited the Island. eay
The men followed him in crowds, and in til
most csger tones begged Of him for bread
many literally star we'd to death. Some daf
asbieh a. alty d@tso, @ md from no other ap
otfenses, were confined for weeks In dark
damp dunceons. Men Were shot by th'
guards for standing near and looking ont 0
the windows. Some were shot, other
wounded, by the wanton Wretches, WHIT
stood their Kunso on the hour bsn ath and fir
ed through the floor overhead. To such ex
tremlties were these unfortunate men dfiyel
that IN one inItance dog was killed an
eaten: and the prisoners on the Island wcr
known to hunt the cutters Tor bones, to sucl
from them notriment to appease the te5Eiol
Ed from personal observation, transpirln0 Il
Christian community, among high-tonet
|. oerGsnes.n y but written hight across the rebs
Confe3oIacy, dark "a midnight and rcyoltinl
~ despair. =:
l,nMedtaae <sorts b n.ads for q ieessasionq
# host1ities"
| -. PORT PILLOW.
that Of Fort PILLOW The War Committec
after thorough inquiry Into the conduct O
Forrest and his murdcrous associates, Ee
port that. the atrocities committed were no
The result OF paaainns excited By the heat q
the conflict, but Of a'pnlcy deliberately de
| clded upon and unhoeltat1nXly announced
Wheu the women and Children were crosa
ing the river by the aid Of the Union guu
/ boats, the rebel eha1 p4hooters,. mingled Hitl
and shielded bJ them, fired upon the officer
and men. Like inearnate dcnds as they sre
they. moved upon the fort They rushet
into tha fort during the time the flag O
truce was flying, which is held sdared evel
by Turks and garages, and commencsd- -al
indigc1intnate slaughter, sparing nelthe
age nrss~1, white NOT black, soldier no
cIyj1tan. men, women nor. children; of tn
lztte1; those not over ten years Of age wer
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