Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-07
Trial Of Henry Wirz. VII
SANITARf STORESUSED BY THE REBELS
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Adjournment Of The Court Because Of the
- Illness Of The Accused.
ENTH DAY
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UNITED STATES MILITARY COMMISSION

UNITED STATES MILITARY COMMISSION
HES. LEW. WALLACE, President,
SoL T NJ. GnlrsAS n Judss Advocates.
The Commission assembled this morning at II
o'clock; all the members present, the Judge
Advocates aud the counsel for the accused. The
prisoner was brought in, and occupied his usual
seat.
After the reading Of the testimony taken Oh
yesterday
BERNARD cOLLrGAN
Testified that he had been In the service Of the
United States. Was taken prisoner and carried
to AndeTsonville. Saw Witz there when they
arrived. lie called the names Of the prisoner.
Had seen men shot. One man had been out for
medicine. He had two tin cups in his hand.
Heard wirI tell the sentry to keep the men back
or shoot them. The sentry fired and killed tho
man who was going out for medicine.
Witness had been bucked aud was struck on
the head by wirz with his revolver because he
did not answer to the name Of Corrigan, his name
being Coll'gan. Was backed for three hours.
Had seen a man badly bitten by the hounds.
Cross -examined Witness arrived at Ander-
sonyille on the 18th Of May, 1864, with ten or nj
teen hundred other prisoners. Was taken to An.
dersonVille from Danyllle. Was present at tho
hanging Of the six raiders in tho stockade, but
had nothing to do with It.
IouS ". CASE
testified that he had been in tho United States
service Was a prisoner at Andersouvllle. Ar.
rived there on the 2nth Of August, and was put
in the stockade, where he remained until the
- Of September. Witness was on crutches
and could not get In car. wrz said, YOu
d-n Yankee son OF n b--h, get In there or will
blow your brains out" At the same time he
drew his pistol.
Witness was fred at by sentry the ball miss
ed him aud struck and killed another mau. A.
ter the guard shot he said ''Halt, Yank, I'm
gwine to shoot - Witness was not over lhe
dead line when he was fred at It was com
mon occurrence to shoot men. Had heard the
sentrios say they got thirty days furlough for
shooting Yank.
Gross examined A gentleman named Tippel
knew that the rebel sentries received thirty days
Through when they killed n prisoner
Witness had seen men shot. Was near item
when they were shot. II was common tbipg
to hear the report OF aguu in the night.
EDMUND RICHARDSON
having been sworn, testified that he resided i
Albany, Georgia, about forty. Ave miles from An.
dersonville. Had been to Audersonyille =
eral timeI. Was there most every mOu,b. I 01C
were .wO large storehOuscs at the depot, SO.
A Andersonville. one be longcd to the railroad r :
one TO the rebel government Was always VIC,
Glled with proy ous. In lGoa good corn ron
was made, and n'enty sweet potatOes-nOt N, il
Of wheat crop. watermcous and vegetIbl-
were sent up to AndersOnyille every day from
Albany.
Witness had been to the burying ground. A
trench about seven feet wide and two aud halt
feet deep was dug and the bodicI were put in
that. Every time witness was there, s w them
burylng prisoners. Rails were put over the
bodies, and then the dirt was thrown in.
CrOss-eXamined Witness was often In the
store house Bacon, syrup and corn meal was
In there. Had seen ffty barrels Of syrup there
at one time. Witness went to Andersonvlle as
a Wis tor. The wheat is ready for market about
the month of septemberor August. There was no
law against carrying provisions to Anderson e
willie. The bad atmosphere around Anderson
Vile was caused by the burying the dead. The
bodies were frequently allowed to lie some time
before burial
by the Court. Southern Georgia is a Tros.
corn growing country. In 1854 there was 2 very
good crop.
CHARLES J. WILLIAMS
Testified that he haG been In the LIST New Jery yey
cavalry. Had been prisoner at AnderLonvillc
Was in the hOspi.'. DR.. White was In charge
at first the next was DR.. Stevenson, aud the las,
DR.. Clayton. The treatment was better under
DR.. Clayton's administration. Heard Captain
Wirz order prisoner TO the stocks on the 2jth Of
March, 1855, because he did not answer to his
name at roll call. Had seen the hounds and e
chain gang. The catch dog was u bull dog; G
others were hounds. Witness had been at 10
depot three times. Had seen two men shot d
the stockade and one in the hospital. 1t was
very common occurrence to see men shot. Had
seen vegetables brought to Andersonyille. Some
times three OT fOur wagon loads Of watermel ls
were brought in one day. Witness had seen
clothing sent by the Sanitary Commission. Had
seen some of II distributed in the hospital In De.
cember or January Very little Of the clothing
was distributed 10 prisoners. Had seen the con =
| confederate guards use tho blankets and pa g
sent by the Sanitary Commission. At one liL.. {.
when the clothing was being issued to some pIis-
0ners in the hospital by man named Dauce, II
DR.. billiard came in and stopped the clothing be-
ipH issued said he would attend to 1t.
Cross examined: Had seen men who we=e
caught by the hounds The vegetables were
brought in by a Confederate suter. Witness
had never been in the store house. Yankees
were not allowed to go 10 the store. Had seen
nil anf1 nd lntlt tn.V hk Ga nj
tary Commission.
Mr.. Baker said the prisoner was very unwell,
suffering with pains In the head, breast, and had
the bowel complaint. He asked the Court to ad
jOurn for the day.
The Court adjourned until to- morrow at ten
O'Clock. General Wallace ordered that in the
mean time the prisoner receive medical attend
ance.