The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-06-30
Rebel Treatment Of Prisoners.
Report Of a Rebel Iuve.tIr,tirg Couu,i,t. >,

-~'b'f'"i N hfbft
In kanh last. report W. made to tho rebel Con-
gre. by committee appointed to investigate the
alleged n-tre.tuent of our prisoners. Their report
has inst come to Northern e,e, It commence. by
denouncinF Northern publication. narratins reAei
eruel'ies No sensational in character. and dc.igued
to inHsme the evil passions of The North" II uuotr-
apArA aph OF secretary stanton NJ = fair Gp'cu en-
oi ne blood-And thunder vrltrc u t'siket Uu ths
subject II stas. that thcv hsvc visited sui a. yam.
ined Northern prisoners and taken evidence which
en- ciAtgd prisoners, whose pirturc' have bceu pull
lfhsd Al the North, are tair representative ot tho
g,tVn b ]. ..n, ,ng isce p,,N' .i.aus 'h,it ,',
compliance Win their own csru,st p',ysrs. aud A.
an act OF chhriy ~ thein. IL say. "Surh aces
nltht uc iound IN trgs hNp'a, No-ih OPP .uth.
hey nurht even le found in pIvst. tari ,,- " N're
tht sufferer ~ouid lie suiIounc,d hy every cor Tort
lnat love spd le'tow, Yet there ae t', ,..,.
which, Win hideous violation o. Grtorcy tue NpI.l.
ern committee have psf,dcd in pictures and Lotto.
scie sdmirabie. "rHt. 1. proved iy tIr lei i.5i''
Of D. T. n.puplo OF Nev loik Gcotsc iicu,v
Brosn " iennsy wants and Fireman h. I,1suc
Of Ne- HampshirG -hore deposition, acclm-
pany th's rcpor,." Iow tho .a.tinonv vas
10 iD"uion. IL dcnic. the ch--r, Of nosic shoot.
"a O. lInsy ~. 3c'. snu c' rulr Of shat d''o-
be me uron br sentinel othe- person. otccpt On
"'sfe Of revolt Or attempted cscspc" Il dcurs thst
the prisoners haNo been pllsg,d II dcuita thRt tho
l bN VA difV aud l'uscv, nua says IL lad lots II
"lt is doubtlcs, trrc nothwi'tsfandinr tr,.s is,li
tss, many Of the prisoners v,,o ous, AMI hlti,. luI
II va The tosnl' oi thcIg own hHb.ts, amt not ot
NEGLECT IN the ducpiuo OF arrangements Of tho
lfhoL' II admits the nine under lilbv % lson,qui
thi- the only tulug IL t.,s .almt-hut ou4,,vuis
TO 'Ncuse II nv s,yiur thai raid wrp expected rom
syiacl Therefore u vus utcu.rI t,st to su.nro to
blow tLcm al mp tecsuse II tho tuos oi a., mine.
uev would hcl ave. lie sum and rsl.tnrcc of tht
report u s.Hgty ma ut cyorytIiug th, hoe lr.u
-hatcl upou q Pc Cou'o crl.rs a. ~ 'I,iiu,.t of
our men. Ia Aduiion ~ Tie, 10 ploasut'i a number
oisperimens ot iItr'atucut of .t,nrI pr.souc.s il
No.tueIn prson'' coins to prove conr uslrri.. Ito
these Nrfnriou, C1niedera'e tpuresautu.l tint
N"Itn"th treatment OF - '"ncrT "1f iu ttu.l w bad
~ Souihein ti'a'meut VA charged 10 be. The uoid
false" occurs M the report about five hundt,l
uuer' "Ihe 'tricmcuts uI tho sanitary tntrfusslou
ast p'"onrfs iteUiGs 70 death On noiI, l'o aic
g,sifiIy it'r. " IAN th- letru,d d,-quisitions of
~. ~ e.he Wallace on tue rui.ect oi rt1fNt iou,
u isltc basia"
This is ,he style Of the whole rport Thst portion
which CHARGES upon us the sa'nc treatment they lc-
slowed upon Federal prisoners, I. simply unit To be-
priu'cd, contradictory is of every fact connected
with the Northern prisons In which rebel, wcro n.
carceraict The North indeed, h. no need "
further evidonce Of the inhumanity with which Fed
.rM prisoners In tho hands Of the rebels were
treated, than has been already furnished br tho
rebels themselves but the following dipilch 10 81, en-
~ the lAtest revelations;
Harrisburg, Ia June Ex-Governor Curtin, Ia
conjunction with surgeon General Phillips, hp pro-
cured stolabe list OF the Pcunry lvania soldcs Who
died In Anderronville, which will soon be published
Among the accompanying papers are let of Federal
prisoners received at Anderonville, which total.
1904 OF these 40o took tho oath Of allegiance ~
the rebels, doubtless to prevent them.ci,el from
'tarvstiou SIX Of the prisoners wor. tried hy count
martial AMI executed within the stockade in one iay
The total number Of deaths roro l2,ssl The highe.t
number Of deaths single day Ohio 29d of Aulu.ty
was l27. Tho ,overal lists embrace only p.l,oner,
confined At Andcronville from February 2Cth, l,Gt
TO March 18th 1903.