New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-04
'ANDERSONVILLE.
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turn was made ont and for that reason they not
The list of escaped or recaptured.
That only four recapurod is owing 10 the TACT
that neither the guard the officers Of The guard
reported man escaped.
The ro-call in the morning would show man miss
ang but he would be too far gone then to he tracked
AS we have no general court martial here, all such
efenses 90 UNPUBLISHED or nearly so.
III. WIBZ, Captain Commanding
The Endorsement on the paper is as follows:
Respectfully forwarded TO Gen 5. Cooper, Adjutant
and Inspector General
JOHN H. WNDER, Brigadier General
Thomas Hail testified that he belonged to the marine
corps and prisoner at Andersonvile; he had
charge of squad of 90 prisoners but only out Of
the entire number survived they gave him another
SQUAD from the stock; the men died off rapidly
good many sunk down from exhaustion aud starvation
and could not get mp; Capt WiZ threatened thai II
they did not rise he would blow the brains out of the
''God id Yankees" Wirz threatened TO fire grape
and canister into them he had a mans leg that
had almost been torn off by one of the hounds men
were yaccinated IN their arms, and soon Thereafter
appeared twice as large as silver hafholar anu
filled with maggots; he heard sentinel remark aver s
shooting man, "lll have furlough for that ana II ~
thought could get furlough for % days. "o"'
shoot another" 1T. .ho
Dr. William Baser testified that he had acted IN tne
United States army as Assistant surgeon w. oases
Jacksonville be attended large number OF tlo Id;
from Andersonvile, and described tue nof.So o,e
ton OF the sufferers. The larger poril9h u ~. ~ ,
mere skeetons or 400 ofthe released prisoners whom
he saw at the place there were not wv 1 .h
quire medical treatment and not one.a n VI oona
mons Some of those afflicted with the Scurvy were
dotic and homes had be removed from the jaws ana
ofher horizons of the bodies of the sufferers
lanes Clancy Of the 2sth New.Nork, VINO was
nrsoner AT Andersonvile, testified to the shooting OF
he men for crossing the deadiDe and also TO ether
facts previously established.
Oliver b. Fairbanks of the Ninth New York Cavalry
testified that he prisoner at Libby, and aiterward
taken 10 Anders0nvile; that the treatment at LDby
Prison was better in every respect than was at An
Jacksonville. He was examined on other points, cor
roborating previous descriptions of the prison snd s
inmates. He said that Capt. WIZ generally sauted
the men with you id Yankee SIS OF BIS me
stepfather of the prisoner was also prisoner ana al
feeted with the scurIy and was lying on the ground
and could not straighten his arms. WIZ approaching
him. said: You ID Yankee s-n of BIB, wont
give you anything TO oat and stopped his ratons ior
"a hours; Wirz also kicked his sepiatber causing MIN
great pain.
The father of the witness died In the prison aDout
month after the occurrence. The witness iurther Is
6ed that he refused 10 be yaccnated, when Capt WIZ
cufled him and punished him by putting him in the
chan.gang and that III order 10 be released from inc
punishment he consented 10 be vaccnated but after the
Vaccination was performed he washed the matter out
with soap and water and thus escaped the poisoning
He told others what he had done and they washed out
the poison in the same way His stepiather made
statement to him about minutes before he died. Inc
witness placed his hand the paper and wrote what
was now presented 10 the Court, as follows:
CAMP SUMTER, ANnERsoNylLLE, Aug. q, Ieo4.
OLIVER / died from sheer starvation, and don't for
fe world tell mother of the awful condition which
j am compelled TO die in. RICHARD FAIRCLOuGH.
The Court then adjourned till tuesday