Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-03-01


ranks and follow. All able bodied me
hid themselves, and througed tho street
es soon as our forces catered The Ia
dies were also out in force, and the ne
groes crowded all the avenues. Not
symptom Of animosity was manifestef
by man, woman or child throughout III
day.
| Making PTes pifh Property
/ Early in the morning large class 0
citizens began 70 help themselv &c TO ths
goods in the various stores, but proves
guard soon stopped this traffic 50 peeu
liar to rebel towns
The City
The city contains number Of rery
ine churches, ediGess and pa bile bald,
ings, and many beautiful private resi-.
| denees, but these serve to make the gen.
eral shabbinss Of the rest more eonspic.
uoua
The Union Prisoners--Sickeainq spee-
tacLs
The Union prisoners had been eonfin-
ed At Camp Lamb, about q mile from
the city. Their treatment was worthy
Of iends from hell Though the ar
ranEementa for general exchange have
been completed q. Richmond, the starry
ing process goes on. For three days
before the evacuation, these prisoners
had DOT received a moathfai 10 est. To
the credit Of the citizens, il is TO be said
many attempts were made 70 relieve
them, but the food was ia all cases taken
from them By order of the officer 10 com
mand, and srodden into the ground be-
fore the eyes Of prisoners and of the cit.
liens. II was thought that four hundred
we're recovered, but many we're ia q dy-
ing condition All which has appeared
in the public prints ia regard to this
matter utterly fails 10 prepare one for
the awful reality. After nerving myself
for the visit, and trying to picture al iss
horrors, while riding slowly over the half
nile 70 the house where they had been
collected, my brain rseisd for the mo
meat 80 the siekening reality bursts upon
me, officers came 10, and those Who had
never quailed on the 6eld Of death.
whose cheeks had never blanehsd, there
stood aghast With tears in their eyes,
grinding their teeth, cleaning their
hands and thanking God that there is
hell Pale, haggard and emaeiaied skel.
etons glared on as from classy eyss.
where the light Of reason was inst eTpir.
ing With matted hAir aud sk.n bisek.
ened With pine smoke, scarcely covered
With the hlthinest shreds Of cast.off rebel
clothing, without blankets, and mostly
without coats and shoes, they half CARED
at as with an almost idiot stare, while
the majority could With difficult be- reused
from theiT iistlessness Many had for
gotten their names Some could Be
roused aud their memories qaicksned By
asking them Of their bone, Their wives
and children, the magic words bringing
them back from the grave into which
they were sinking so fast Many we're
dying Of starvation. wish their haads |
elutchlng the bread uur soldiers bad
brought them. and ss they lay dying, an
old negro woman passed from one TO
another, tendsFly smoothing their awfBl
passage e 81 ne s gssys kRo55is .hs, he =
vas eonsoling to repeat, Vengeance i
mlne-I vill repay. saith the Lord.
The following are the names Of ihs |
Western soldiers in the building. As !
many more are scattered through The
town
James EImrieh, Let Ohio Artillery.
John II Ashmead. 80sh Indiana. Geo
0swalt. r, 9Th Ohio, Cincinnati Jas.
Robinson, + 5:h Ohio, Cincinnati. {, 1
II Clark, K. lst Wis; wm 7 Collins. q.
18th Mo- Albert McCarter, /. 7,h lad; /
jaines Coehrane. II, S,h Iowa cavalry
Wm Il Everman. II, s.h lows cavalry
las y Hayes, T, sth Iowa cavalry Ties
Rhodes, /, Sd Illinois cavalry; John
Taylor, c. l2sh U Taylor Weldon.
n, l4.h Illinois cavalry; Frank Reno
bun, ID, "a ohio cavalry; Wan b Mer-
gee, I'd KY cavalry @ ling, 18th Iii
nois cavalry; Jos A Tweed. LIST lad;
,ohn W Lee, g, l4'h Illinois cavalry: /
lohn Tsrvensoa, !, 18th Wis; C Pierce
A, 99th Ind Thos C, Groves, K, Goth
Illinois; Wa Plumb, A, l4th Illinois
cavalry; VIM Munahaw, Il, 5sh Mich.
Casualties.
The following are the casualties among
Western troops after the evacuation Of
Fort Anderson Wounded-Serg't PM
Pavy, X, l4th Ind Calvin Stevens, F,
l2th Ky; % II Phillips, c, e5th Ills;
\ J Buliane, l, 18th Ky; CM Craas. K.
l4sh Ohio; Wm Dahbs, lo4sh obio; Jas
II, lO4th OHIO; Curtis Grune-
reg, II, l04th Ohio; John Checker, n.
l04lh 0hioi Henry Cahill, Fl. IO4.h
Ohio; Richard Woodall, ID, 18th Kv:
Corp WIN II smith, d, 12th Ky: Corp S
AeClare, b, 18th KY; Serg't Major ID s
Herb, Tooth Ohio; VIM d Worlamber.
d, Tooth Ohio: John Richard. B. lOOth
Ohio; Austin McDevitt, c, 10th Ohio.
Jas Cassady, II, IO4sh Ohio, Jobs
Whetsorth, c, l04th Ohio; Vim Il Gas
too, c, 10Th Ohio; A ] Moore, C, l04th
Ohio; Jas Meek, c, 10th Ohio: Aaron
Mccoy, c, l04,h ohio; Corp d C Bout
we'll, c, l04th Ohio; Jas G Mcconnell.
c, l04th Ohio; - killings, B, 18th XIV
Geo II Jones, C, 65th lad; " n Jolly.
A, l2sh Ky.
Nesrs from skerulan.
The citizens report that Sherman's
advance was within Is miles of the CITY
On the 2lst
CosuGffaes IN fAs attack on Fort Ard
crsoH.
The special correspondent Of the Gin
cinuan Gazette with Scho6elds column,
sends the following list of casualties
among Western soldiers in the attack
on Fort Anderson, on the l7th Jas a.
Chase, D. ll2sh Ills, leg; Wa TooIey,
6, 18th Ind, abdomen, severely; And'w
Suite, ]. 65th Ind. leg; James Still, E.
ll2sh lad, thigh; J S Bray6eld, 65th
Iud, leg fractured u. ReinhArt, q, s5th
Ind, face; Taos Switienel, s5rh Ill. groin,
severe; Peter Decker, <. 65th Ind, arm.
Sergt J. q. Julian, (, Ssh Ind; Sam'I
Stiekasy, A 23d Mich. shoulder fracsur-
ed; E 4 Thornton, A. 26'h Ky, shoulder.
slight; ] L Harper, C. 63l Ind, leg am
Corp & F Watkins, B, 26,h
Ky, fos ehead, slight; Corp E P Roberts,
g, 10Th leg fractured; Anthony New
man, |, 23d Mich. arm; Thos G Horton,
s, Ssh Ind. thigh, severely; r. Ciossou
Z, llsgh Ohio, back, slight q.