New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-05-26
matter of retaliation, and that their prisoners were

for the comfortable support Of ife-was it onehaf o.
one quarterf A. A man could possibly i've on VIVA
was first gven although not foil raion man cou,,
not possibly live IL al the time; what was calico corn
bread appeared 10 be meal and bran mixed ana cake,
In rough conditions for days we hvod Oh thas sn'
water alone.
Capt Emery testified that he was in the military ser
vice. and was captured Mt Winchester on the 10Th o.
june 1868 and exchanged on the 4th OF March ieoi
His testimony substantially the same as that OF tht
preceding witness in respect to the food and bad treat
ment the Union prisoners received. The money DC
longing To prisoners was taken away nom thein anu
therefore they could not buy food The bearing OF the
Rebel keeper Of the prison was very rude he always
cursed and abused the prisoners When prisoner
were brought from the hospital their condition
stood Of starvation. Aer the battle Of Chickamauga
Is or lG Of TIE Gck prisoners V9re tied on cart ~
keep them IAN falling OF, although there we're anoa
% not IL se ss s on hs
streush n. Committee Of the Rebel Senate knew Of
their horribe treatment but did not notice them on
their visit IN one occasion he told Turner ho wanted
some medicine; Turner said be Lad none to give him,
and that the treatment good enough for Yankees;
Inspector OF the prison. named Turner said the OBJ
jcct OF the treatment to kill tho prisoners, adding,
" Ii Is good enough for You; you had no business to
come here: II had command would hang oil OF you
| EXAMINATION OF BENJAMIN swEANY.
Asc'ea' h.m2 state to toe CcI ,1s Whether e.
Statesf A. hayeJ was colorsergeaDt IN the regi.
maDt to which belonged.
q State whether or not You were prisoner OF war
Mt timef A. i was / was captured on the Eth oil
October, lss.
O. State how long after your capture you continued
prisoner Of war and at what point you we're confined
4. Five months and days. was confined at
Belle Isle.
@. What number OF prisoners were confined with
youf A. Whom lief there was abon thirteen thousand
q Were they kept IN buildings or simply on the
naked land, A. OD the naked land OF the Island
| q. In what season Of The yeari A. Ia Winter.
q. Were Ley provided with any shelter a. Some
q. What proportion Of theni A. judge about one
.. whs, kind " treatment did you receiver A. wo
had about bali enough food To live on.
q. Of w1.f did tae rations consist A. There was
g pounds u meat served up Tor 100 men, aud bg spare
Of that wS LOnei some corn bread was Drowned mp
with IL.
q WIS, opportunities had You for cooking IN A.
IL " as cooked FOR
o What vas the effect OF this vsten Of starvation
upon The bealih II the meni A. II was very mofAed
The had nothing else to 1--we on and have seen
men on that Island starved ~ DEATH more than that
the bodies Of hose who bad died were allowed to lie Tor
csh or nine aays in the trenches uhou being buried
they would not allow Us 70 bury them they laid there
10 tho best Of my knowledge from seven to niue days
q Was that the subject ~ remembrance on your
parif A. JUDGE II was Ispoke to the Lieutenant In
charge OF the prisoners the Island and he told me he
had nothing ~ DO with h. that he had bis orders from
Major Turner.
4 Yos cay that they positively refused yon pormis.
sion ~ bury the dead A. Yes, air; L ASKED as u
special favor to be allowed 10 bury the dead but was
refused.
O. Did the men aie In largo numbersf A. I helped
% carry out from TN 20 fifteen and twenty day.
than that, saw men shot down without cause of
piosooation-
caused mainly by starvation A. IL was
v Was sny prcfostion made oy the prisoners TO
the Rebel authorizes 10 support themselves thsy
should b. SLOWED 10 procure provis!onsf A. think
there was cannot say for certain. bat there were
numbers VI tho 10 work In order to get sJnetng
numbers Of the men volunteered ~ WORK at building
IL nchinc ahop there.
O. Voc --y tia, one-haf Of these in the dead Of
Winter laid out at night on the open sand without any
shelter RON the weather or fuel to warm item A.
Yes air laid there for three months without any Shell
ter; my ordinary weight II about l70yonnds bat when
l came home 1 weighed only 10 pounds do not
think would have lived had stayed there q month
longer,
EXAMINATION OF WILLIAM BULL.
BY judge Adcoeate Hoh-Q. How long have you been
in tic military service of the United statesf ~ EN-
q. When wer. you captured by thc enemy' A. On
the 18th of May. Ioo4.
q How long were you pri'0neE' A. About IL
months aud 20 days
O. S,ats where you were confined. A. At Anderson.
Vile Tia.
O How many prisoners Of Wal were there OF the
time Of your confinement A should think thai Alto
gether there were in the neighborbood Of J20o
O. state what treatment they received from the kep
wss very poor indeed; they lad no shelter whatever
but were compelled 20 live in swamp their blankets.
hat, caps their clothing la general and their money
was taken from them.
o. You ray they were compelled 10 live In q swamp
A. Yes, sir; the encaHpnicnt was In swamp.
q. Had 1t any sbcl,erf A. NO shelter whatever.
o. State whether there woodland IN that vicini.
tyr A. Yes. Dir; there splendid pine wood around
o State The oharaeter Of the ratons served outr
A. Well, sir, every morning when the wagon came
around there would be served out 10 each half
pint of corn meal. two ounces Of bacon and half
spoonso OF salt this all the raions for "a hours
@ What was the character Of the bacon A. Well
Il was alive.
o. Was II rancid or rotten A. Yes, sir; once In q
while We would get hold Of good peco, but not very
ofen. lin,
OF the prisoners A. II was very hurfui, and Killed
them off, the largest number or ucatur IN any one GAY!
81 far as my recollection goes, was LtI
O. W.s q a.; understood then "a. most Of these
deaths occasioned b. starva'i0ns a. IL was
d Was any remon STRANGE addressed Ia The Rebel
authorities IN regard to these things A. do not think
there WIS.
q. Did you hear any statement on the subject from
O. What did they rsyi A. They said they did not
care d----n whother the Yankees died or not.
o Do yoa remember whether a man by the name Of
Howell Cobb formerly Secretary Of the Treasury Of the
United States. visited Andersonyillef A. 1 do; he
made n speech there, think some time in February.
o. DO you remember the tone Of that speech. what
no said in reference u the rrisonersi A. He made
very bitter remarksi do not recoect tho exact
terms.
Were they In support Of tie poll, which had been
pursued In tho treatment ., prisoners or otherwise
A. Ne said that vas the bos they could do for them,
meaning the prisoner, that If the authorities looked
aner them .i,lie more, probably they would fare
better, he only said few words, and did not seem to
care much about the prsoners. -
T. You say the men died at the rate of from 100 to 100
dsyt A. ] think that the day on which the largest
number Of deaths occurred was the 18th OF September
whsD 1873 Of tho prisoners died.
q. You SAY they wore in the open sun was tho heat
very greati A. 1t was very intense indeed.
z. How was the waterr A: We were obliged to