The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-09-04

os ~ hs .sSd could mot give ssn',e,ory .eoun,
prtyei Of their rs,ions this va the for three
.sy, DAY, early IN July there y. insuffcien, room in
the limits we're enlsrscd on the north aide there
ssre for,y-tv thousand pnscner there at on- time
than those Who we're serving al the front wines.
pad seen twenty-five or thirty men sho, over the
oesd line, and others fred into who we're not over
the line The vitness eayo various instances Of men
helng shot vas shot While he was in bis TOR
.nother va. sSo, a. ior trcaiiSs over the 'ddosi
me someof ,hose shot ~ we're Killed and oIher.
tAksn to the hospital.
rrsriSosr or JAxEs u. DAVIDSON.
James II. Davidson testified that he va. member
ot the lows cavalry, and taken prisoner W An
aersonvtle on the Sth Of March; be described the
smsy. sy c9Sdi,Gn ono Of The prison and ne great mortality
.Eon sometimes twenty five men thrown into
Mn tine and on the return he would brns vcod
snu rations ia the same cart he had secn rebel eo
diers With bisnketL shoes and shirt, them sen,
mere by the SANITARY Comm i.son for the of our
Oh some crscters eheeee and beef cent there for
pi-oners he had ,een four or 1--WE hundred bores at
tne depot With supplies; they rero NAKED L. g. IL
vas common thins tor men TO be put IN the cham
tans one man died In the chain sanE with Iron
there we're s-o iind, "csteh dose" and bull terriers
one Of the DOES badly the flesh from mans log
s.S ns,hnd nm hsnsef ~ ms elo,hos, rhieh he
uesd line, he uepped be'ond the line 70 got tho
snother man had reached beyond the dead line ior
s.me crumbs OF bread when he vas shot In the head.
Wit sbot man short me after he assumed com
mAnu OF the prison the latter vas Sick lying on the
ground, and asked wirz something, when wirs sho,
himi NnE remarked that he .as killing more
'aid IN August, wirE va at the time with the wit.
nes' In the sIavoysrd, In the wagon with the dead
m'n the witness had seen men starved TO death
icoi .s % scarce NJ time that some Of tnen
picked up particles OF food that had already passed
.nfough the system the graveyard eomprsed Nea.
G-hvo or thirty acres. and when he left Anderon-
,hie on ihe I'm OF September last u ~. about iso-
thltds iull Nitncs had nsvor seen Wirz shoot more
tlNn ont an. the Itgsefs nton soldiers
,he dead we're buried about two ioet and half deep
Mltneu had never tecn any ct the dead stripped
before they were buried men buriea in
s'nches on one orcarion ono hundred and hiJ
poalts we're put into single trench.
ISHrNoSr OF THOMAS HALL
Thomn Hall testified tha, he belonged 10 the ms
iihe cqrpt aud was ynsoner At Ander-ouvillo; he
had ehsse Of ,qu,d OF ninety prisoners, but only
hh smother squad tom the ne stock the NJ en- died
Oh rapidly; good many suuh down from exhaustion
Threatened that II they did not rise be would blow
the brain, out Of the God damned Yankees" wirr
had seea man. es Tia, sss smo.. BEEN tor. ~ Sy
one OF the hounds men we've vaccnatcd in their
sr@s and soon thereafter .o5s. appeared ,vce q.
ne heard sentinel remark, after shooting man,
III have furioush for that and II l thousht
should got iufloush for sirty days | would shoo,
another"
rrsrroNY oT WILLIAM BAtrYu
Dr. William balfer testified that he had acted In
the United states Army as Assistant Surgeon; when
at Jacksonville lie attended large number Of tho
eora,,is of sae ,. anu aescnbcd ihe horiibe
we're moro skcloon,; OF three thousand three hun
uiou i III .he eeneI pii.onets shoin he nr A. the
medical treatment, aud ono-hali Of those who
VII t ns'ei s ~ pe W 70 iesuhc 'nef ioinof occupations
AMI bonc IA -, Win 'no -caIvi, we're iuloe,
| paib OF the body Of the sufferers.
hNor Hosmer Assistant Judge Advocate, vas
sworn, and testified that he obtained the paper,
| (piuta al .lt
rebel pap,rs at tho War Department. Tho paper
y" foAh IN e''uenc" ana 10 " ioho"si
| CONSOLIDATED RITuRS TuE coNYEDvRArE
| STATES MILITARY TRIsoN, CAN'T sUMIKh 9FonGIA
| roR rHE 1oSn oF AuGUsT, 1864
Pnsoner ON hand on the last OF August, 1854 -
In 6ospital 1908
| Tots. =, czs
| Received from various place. during Aug,.i AZ,
| kscaptured ............ ...-.....
|
Tot.l. .................... 1t6l
Making Ia the aRgtesate q. "a 100
| MA a,rtr. ,ho r,,,,h =, ., a 90,
sat t ,h, ~ % . vi E''g5
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EhcnAfeu ''''''-'''''''''.''' u
'o
| u.t,rs eoc7
of.u hh 40 On 40 qi.,' q, ''"'
| t 80, 81 '' '"''' ~ v" '"' "''''' Hus"'' 90 a.,
IN taup l,5 M
Az no'p"ai' HAso
r.-, a, 90,
| in'''''''''''''' ''''''' ''''''''''''''. '''"''
The same complaint has 70 be made Mainst tho
caTeeSness ami inshciCncv ofthe guard oithe thiuy
priIonors Who crcap ii even OF them did 20 while
their parole Of honor not 20 e.csp 80 Ions ~ they
| employed TO work outside the balance, nineteen,
| escspei, some By brieng the sentines with green
tscts some BY simply Walking of from the ground
while reu hng irotn the place where 10 tools are
deposited st night that used the .tOcksdc IN tho
| daytime. fethaps tHeny .nNo mole c,cnped during
the month but they we're tssen up b. the doss before
they ne not on tho lst Of escaped or reraptuIej