The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-10-26

Or IN the battles van,
The fttest place for man to die
Iswherc he dies for man."
On the left:
"The hopes the fears, the blood, the tears,
That marked the battle strife
Arenow all crowned by victory,
That saved the nations life" m
At the second, on the right, is:
"A thousand battle-felds have drank
The blood ofwar1ors brave,
g, % And countless homes are dark and drear
Thro' tholand they died to save"
On the left:
'.Then shall the dust
Return to the cstrth as il was; and
The spirit shall return unto God, who gaych."
AT tho corner of the. section, in the
northeast corner. is:@
"Through all rebellon's horrors
Bright shines our nations fame;
Our gnllantsOlders, perishing,
| Have Wona deathless name"
In a place by themselves lie six mon,
buried side by side, on each of whose
head boards is written, below their
names, "Hung, July II, 1861" Could
human Imagination conceive a record
more infamous than that men should
have been hung in Andersonville for
robbing and numbering their fellow
prisoners They were tried and hung
by the prisoners, with the consent Of
General Winder. He had been ap-
piled to for permission to hang them,
and telcgraphed to Richmond for in
structions, but before an affirmative
answer was received they had been
hung. So the hidcOus tale is told -
l was told by Union Captain, who
was present ut the time, several months
ago, that they were hung by placing
them on a narrow board over the
mouth of a well, to which was tied the
rope, and which, after allowing them
five minutes for prayer, was jcrked
from under them, precipitating them
into the well; ITO the length Of the rope.
Their necks were then wrapped about
with cloths, and besmeared with mud,
so that the marks of the rope escaped
the notice of tho Surgeons and the
guards.
The first prisoner who died in An
dersonvile was J. Swander, Company
II, I'd New York Cavalry, February
27, 1864. On the 1st of March there
was one death; on the I'd one; and so
on the 9th, when there were seven; on
the 9th, four. On the 30th of August,
there died eighty.two; on the 3lst,
eighty-four, on September 1st, 1O5.-
The last death was that of r. Hanson,
Company f, 1st Wisconsin. April %,
1865 The exact number Of deaths al
Andersonville, including those from
smallpox (sixty-fouD and the rebel
soldiers (1l5), is 13,O61. Since the
number has been so often misstated, /
asccrtaincd it with accuracy from the
head boards themselves.
THE SENTIMENTS OF THE PEOPLE
Are decidedly hostile to the brothers
Griffin, who havo so faithfully looked
after this historic spot, and to whom
we, undoubtedly, owe its preservation
from partial or total obliteration.-
They consider that no Southern mar
} should have identified himself with
this place, and there are mutterings
and threats accordingly. 1t was no
deemed safe to leave these two mer
without guard; they have, therefore
squad Of eight or ten men to protec
them from any violence that may bC
offered. One B. B. Dykes, formerly
Postmaster here, and who has not re
ceived his pardon, is said to be plot
! ting to disturb and to finally dispos
sess them, in order that he may turf
the business into one of profit to him
self. He owns the land on which tn
f cemetery stands, and though the Gov
f ernment might, with perfect consisten
| cy, declare so much of it confiscated,
: is doubtful yet whether they do no
= intend to pay him for it, The inhab
{ itants arc not at all communicative
| and it is to little profit to ask then
= any questions concerning the prison
I Beyond pointing out Wirz's headquar
= ters little can be learnrd from them
G [ found, however, that it is the gen
\ eral conviction, among Southcrner
S and Northerners alike, that the rea
c culprit has long since gono to hi
a grave, General Winder, while Wir
: was only a passionate and irritable
Q though not an unusually malicious
: tool to do his bidding.
t Mr. J. r, Griffin, the superintendent
: nowin Washington, writes to.hi broth
: er that Secretary Stanton intends t
o pay visit to Andcrsonville, IN abou
= four weeks from this time. .
| In conclusion, [ would say to travel
G crs tnat every one who can, shoul
: not fail to see Andersonvillo. An
t who intend to do so, should do it q
+ soon as possible, for the features tina
p render it interesting will rapidly pas
o away, and soon tho pine walls wi
: have to be replaced by walls Of stone
o and the thousand namcless, little pal
il ticulars that can be seen now, but ne
g described, will have perished.
d The railroads now are in good cor
h dition, and the journey from Cincil
= natl to Andersonvillc can easily /
d performed in four days. Q, P. f.
a NA.A Now York paper advises i
ID readers to lay in their stocks of CO..
y and other winter stores at once, an
d illustrates tho advice by tho followir