Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-19

ground. Tne cemetery was uOt enolOboo'
buried last were not numbered. Witness found
Col. Grimm In charge Of the eemeIery. In some
| PLACES the men were. but few inches under tne
ground. In digging place for the head board
cemetery was laid out, enclosed, and beantihed
As well as could be by witness and those with
him. Witness saw none Of the bodies. inc
cemetery was well chosen piece Of gr9uno NM
| In the course Of time can be made beautiiui
place.
| JOHN u. YOrEEH
testified that he had been In the military service
Of the United States. Had been prisoner Of war
| at Andersonville from June 10 September, 1884.
man about 30 years Of age was In charge Of the
blOodbounds. He rode on mule, Rode around
the stochade every morning. When the TACK
ionged 10 an Indiana regiment, was terribly torn
/ By the bloodiounds Witness helped to bind up
his wounds. He gave likeness OF his motherto
acomrade with tle request that he give y 70 her.
He said he was caught aaout % OF 40 miles from
the stockade by the hounds. Witness saw MIN
| after he was dead II was few days preyiou5
TO the hapgins Of the raiders They were hung
| on the llth Of July, Shortly Afterwards witness
was detsiled on duty in the graveyard.
| Witness one day met the old man who mad
charge OF the blood hounds asked him why he
was 50 ernel 70 US Yankees Ths man S ssia nnd l,,s
back one Of you d-n Yankee sons OF b-hes.
Lieutenant Davis came out one day and said
"If any Of you Yankees escape, Will try and
catch you, because i is my business to keep you
I'm. will not be ike old wirr; will put you
back IA, the stockade, to try II over again but u
Won grave diggers try u escape will punish
Won. =, The bo, dies were half mortified and full
Of yermin. Many 'Sp anS Sms sgs U we're sept to pS
In old sacks this was day occurrence r, me me
sores from the vaccination were ter.oisi mere mere
was two four teams employ VI III D''"S'"s
The frst cruelty witness ever saw in Captain
wirE was on the hrst day that witness arriN gu ~
| tbs prison. Capt, wirr wss around there, Gu.
ing and threatening: The mon were marched
guards was little friendly TO witncssy end tols
| him OF the miserable condition Of tho prisgreIs
In the stockads. Witness saw an ola Yeee Of =
Being n blacksmith, he thought he cdtlA make
himselfa psu cut ef the tin, and reached iJt u.
At this moment Wirs game out and said, "Why
| don't you shoot that Yatsce s-n Of b-hp
will put you in the stockade add let you rot, like
admit man to the'hospital until he was DYING.
| Rations were frequently stopped. Had seen ten
! or dCteu men In the chain gang. Had fire.
quently seen msr in the stocks, and many shot
By Mr. Baker: Witness srrited at Anderson.
will. on the l6th Of June 1854. Went 10 COM
pany with SHOUT 800 prisoners from Richmond:
Had seen him III lstreat men and threaten 10 kill
them. Had seen him stand by and order his
| subordinates to put men In the socks. WirL
| would stand by at the time. The grave -diggers
had made plan to run away. wirf PIT one in
the stocks because he said he was the ring lender:
Daring the day he would have to dig graves saa
at night 10 In the stocks. Witness was in the
stOckade one month before he was sent to the
gray horse. wirT gave direction that the graves
! should be dug three and half feet deep.
JAMES p. STONE,
! Having been called and sworn, testified that he
formerly belonged to the ID Vermont volunteers.
Was prisoner at Andersonyille from February
10 September. The first two months he was In
he stockade. After that, made fires In the
bakery.
s2-oouud ball attached 20 the leg Of each man
aud u Ca pound bali to every four men One man
| IN the gang was very Eick with chronic dtacfhea.
he was kept in the chain 'ssus un.il Il was i'm
| possible for him 10 move he Wa then taksn out,
| but The 92-pound ball kept on linn aud the chain
around his neeh. He died with the bail and chain
attached to him The ehatn gang was broken
| up at the time General Stonernan was making his
raid. General winder and Captain Wirz had all
| heir goods packed up to leave, thinking General
Stoneman would be there. Often 84-pound bali
Of guard house near the stocks where the sick
| man was left under guard.
Witness saw the first man shot. He was
insane Dutchmap, perfectly crazy. He bad
| he dropped his bread. II rolled under the dead
line and he stepped to pick IL up, when he was
shot and killed Instantly. The hrst dogs used
Andersonville II was said Re was hired by the
authorities to catch the men with his dogs. A
| second pack, Of about fifteen dogs, under man
named Turner, were kept at the post. He drew
rations from the bakery on paper signed by
| WirT. Witness saw one young man In July or
| August His legs were torn so he could not walk
| He said he belonged to Western regiment, and
was trying to make lis eScane. He was over
taken by the dogs, and climbed a tree. Capt
Wirz aud old Harris shook the tree 80 that he fell
down, and the dogs tore him. Had seen men put
| In the stocks because they failed to appear at
roll-call or answer to their names Heard
young man once ask Capt. wirz for something to
eat. Wirz turned around with an oath and or
dered the guard to take that man out and put him
in the stocks.
| BY Mr. Baker: Witness had seen II dogs at
| one time. They were under Harris aud Turner.
GEO. CONWAY
| testified that he had been a member Of the Sd
New York artillery. Was prisoner at Ander-
sOnyille from March to September, 1854. The
| raiders were Tried by our own men. One Of them
belonged to the same regiment with witness. On
the scafold he bid witness good bye, and said
that Captain Wirz had watch belonging to him,
which he should get and keep to remember him.
| Saw Capt. Wirz and asked him for the watch
Wirz said, Z" know nothing about your watch
| all the d-n Yankees ought to be hung. - A man
who reached under the dead line for cup Of
water was shot by Capt. Wirz, while standing In
the sentry boz, with revolver. This was about
the time the raiders were buug. He often stopped
the ra.ions. The first day he took command tae
ra.ionI were stopped. Had often heard him II
he would stop the whole squads rations II a m N
did not appear In the ranks at roll call. Witness
| never got the wa.ch referred to.
Cross examined /: The men were hung for rob-
| bng prisoners. Had heard Of men who they
murdered. They were bad men. Witness did
not know how many were in the gang
T. S. AUCKERD
test'ae that he had been in the military service,
and was prisoner at Andersonville. Were
marched to Capt Wirz's headquarters. One mal
asked for drink OF water, and stepped out.
| WirZ said kill the d-n Yankee. The guard
struck him over the head with gun, and cut his
| head awfully. Witness heard that he Afterwards
| died. Heard Wirz say something about giving
all the Yankees a land warrant six feet OF land
MAJOR ARCHIBALD BOYLE
Testified that he was captured and taken to An.
dersonvlle Arrived there about the l4th Of
March Was first put In the stockade aud could
not get medical attendance, though he was
yercly wounded. Finally was taken 10 The hos
pital nearly dead. When he went in the stock
ade one Of the men was binding up his leg Sur
geon White came in and ordered him to desist.
About the latter part OF Ap"il witness went up TO
the hospital in the stociade. The stewart came
In and asked him II he was officer In negro
regiment. He then ordered witness out. Wit
ness thought he had no authority to order him
out and he did not 90.
Robinson, lone of our own men, came in and
said That hospital steward will put ball and
chain on you Witness made two demands on
Captain WirZ to have his rank recognized; the
| second demand WirZ sent him to see General
! Winder. At Milen the officer commanding there
put him In the stockade, aud refused to put his
name on the register. Saw Captain WirZ fire.
quently.
This witness was on the stand when our re-
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