, 1865-09-13
THE ANDERSONVILLEPRISON
Southern Testimony Concerning
tile Monster 1Yirz,
Il Confederate 1Intron ON IL, e K1.f,uu,an,
ny Of the Prison Keeper.
IErQU the Ehatfnnnonn e. rot4a

ity off1,e Prison Keeper,
From the Chattanooga Gazette.1'
We had tho pleasure Of brief Interview.
yesterday, with Mrs. E. NJ Warren, Just ar'
flsed from Eufaula, Ala, On her way to Nash
vile. Airs. Warren has served rs nurse mil
matron in the rebel hospitals In IL Georrfa ;e %
thronshout the entire period Of tho rebellion.
She lett her home and friends In Tennessee nt
the beginning Of the war, and offered her ser.
vices as nurse to the rebel authorities. with
Tue full determination, il her services vert.
accepted, to deal with gentle hand, and i'd
! alike TO both friend and loe. How wei, sic
has kept this truly Christian resolve through
! out her lengthy experience with tho mai1nel
and tullen victims Of the recent bloody VAR.
Is best known to herself and Him WIN
| prompted her Christian administrations,
we believe her to be good woman, rs the
| sequel will bear testimony. We acknowl-
edged her refinement and intelligence. md
learned from her the following; sad account Of
affairs at Andersonyille md Albany, under
tue management Of the notorious Wiz, In the
winter Of 1864:
Mrs; Warren was sent from the *sEmpire
Hospital" ut Atlanta, On or about The first Of
December, to lend her aid to the sick and
wounded at "Albany Hospital,n Doherty Co..
Gn- On her way thither she visited Audcr.
:sonrille, ut which place she stopped over for
several days, for the ostensibte purpose Of
crs, end fcarned from nersonai ohscrrat;'t., ~,
whether the sick. etc. were hrinr frratcsi IL
such cruel and inhunnan manner ~ rrnortaa. ~
and whispered among the more Chr;stiaa md
humane people of Atlanta.
Mrs " visited the sick, woundel aad
Contemplated tour, her heart so siekenej nj
what she sny in fiat fnni Ien thnt sla 49,. ~
cred her ewes with horror. ana % tn1ne' ea' a"v wv
md sought refuge beyond the limits Of liza
{nhumon:tT to ~ ~ ssea1 Saa9 o1s har 9a
skeletons, devoid Of Shoes and stoct;ngS
standing Upon tie frosty .ground. nni oc9aa
sionaliy would lift their feet ,ronse. .Iitc o1rt
wrap them in the tattc-cd fa~s that i,t,.,r
about their person, and nress tisir fat cinaS
to the body for It's warmth to sh,e1d tho;n
from the frost. o''4~'N '''Ss44
Groups Of men could be seen hovertne
around and oyer rrcen Mn nr.vnod a-o. I-;ti,
their taces md persons Eo h1ncket, with tba
Eoot Of the pine.Tood s1nnkc thai ther ,noar.
ed like negroes. @''N >'''e' '~' 1st's
iue The dead bo'isz r. fenn MI t,,a u
the den. stacking thcm nm Mt the entranco tn
be carried awav for intcrment wifro,,t ca11i,s ~
friends Or comrndes to follow the cornsa IL =,
last rcstios-placc. ~"'f'' ~ 'S'
Inhuman Wrctches were there c,nf1 IN or,v
solemn movements Of the dead. and s1,omi1 nil
one Of the prisoners engaged In rrmoylnr tic
dead fall under tho wtirhf imnosefI s,nnG lin,
tie wretches IN eray would prieis @ lien en Wit', ~
their tayonets aud curse them for ncr1cct of
duty. And not unfrcquent1y the BONES Of
soldiers were carried away fGr ,nfsr.ne,t ~.
fore life was extinct. =
Other bodies we're carried past will, wisns
Of straw in either hand. rrasnel in the lnsl |
asonies Of death.
o, horTorl let Justice be quickly 1,etcd ont
to those who arc guilty Of such shoskinr
/
We did not further question Mrs. ". for
particulars respecting the foul deeds she saw
enncted, and crimes Perpetrated at Anderson
vile upon the prisoners, for fear oftonching
Upon too delicate matters, for nc had already
discovered TINT our lair intormant's modesty
prompted her to keep silent.
She: further stated, however, that Willie In
which time she addressed him and fc,nopstra-
leg asninst such inhuman treatment Of the
PRISONERS under his command. The coloauy
terminated s1.1ai y MIS-. Y: calling WIrz Dutch