The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-09
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A confederate MatrOn on the Inhu.

view, yesterday, with Mrs. E. NJ War.
rem, Just arrived from Eufaula. Ala. ON
her way TO Nashville Mrs. Warren
has served as nurse and matron in the
rebel hospitals in Georgia throuebout
the entire period of the rebellion She
left her home and friends in Teunes-
see at the beginning of the war. and of.
lere9 ner services IS q nurse to the
rebel authorities, with the full deter
minatloni hher services were accepted.
10 deal with gentle hand, and ad !.
minister to the wants Of the sick and
wounded alike to both friend and foe
low well she has kept this truly
Christlsn resolve throughout her
lengthy experience with the manned
and fallen victims of the recent bloody
war, Is best known to herself and Him
who prompted her Christian admins
trations.
We believe her TO be good woman.
as the sequel will bear teltimonv. We
acknowledged her refinement and intel
hgence, and learned from her the fol-
lowing sad account of affairs at ApdeI-
sonYille and Albany, under the MANAGE
ment of the notorious Wirz in the
winter of 1864:
Mrs. Warren was sent from the UFn-
pre- Hospital, at Atlanta, on or about
the first Of December, TO lend her aid
TO the sick and wounded at ALBANY
Hospital, Doherty county, Ga. On her
way thlther she visited Andersonville,
at which place she stopped over for
several days, for the ostensible purpose
OF waiting upon the sick, wounded and
prisoners, and learn from personal OBJ
servation whether the sick, etc, were
being treated in such cruel and in
human manner as reported and wills
pered among the more Christian and
humane people Of Atlanta
Mrs. W. visited the sick, wounded
and prisoners, but ere she half com
pleted her contemplated tour, her heart
so sickened st what she saw in that
foul den, that she covered her ewes
with horror, and turned away and
sought refuge beyond the limits of the
place where nought could be seen but
mans inhumanity 10 man" She saw
half clad skeletons, devoid of shoes aid
stockings, standing upon the frosty
ground, and occasionally would lift
their feet, goose like, and wrap them
in the tattered rags that hung about
their person, and press their feet close
TO the body for its warmth to SHIELD
them from the frost.
Groups of men could be seen hover
ing around and over green pine-wood
hres with their faces and persons so
BACKED with the suit of the pine wood
smoke that they appeared like negroes
Other men could be seen, engaged in
carrying the dead bodies from the straw
pallets Of the den-stacking them I'D
at the entrance TO be carried away for
nterment without collins, friends or
comrades to follow the corpse TO its
last resting place
lnhuman wretches were there clad in
gray, with muskets overlooking these
sad and solemn movements of the
dead, and should one of the prisoners
engaged IN removing the dead fall uu-
der the weight imposed upon him, the
wretches in gray would prick them
with their bay comets and curse them for
neglect Of duty. And not unfrequent-
~ the bodies OF soldiers were carried
away for interment before life WAS ex-
tinct
Other bodies were carried past with
Wisps Of straw in either hand, grasped
ln the last agOnies of death.
OF horror let Justice be quickly
meted out 10 those who are guilty Of
such shocking crimes.
We did not further question Mrs. W,
for particulars respecting the foul deeds
she saw enacted, and crimes perpetrat-
"a at Andersonyille upon the prison
eIs, for fear Of touching upon too deli
cate matters, for we had already dis
covered that our fair informants mod
esty prompted her 10 keep silent
She further stated, however, that
while IN company with several ladies,
she ssw Wirz, at which time she ad-
dressed HIM and demonstrated against
such luhuman treatment of the pris-
ouers under his command The col
l0quy terminated by Mrs W. calling
NHz "a Dutch monster" Wirz replied,
by Saying that several ladies of Ander-
souyille had recently very mysterious
ly left the town for making similar ex-
pressious and you may 20 in the same
way Do you persist IN making such ex-
pressions
Mrs Warren became frightened at !
this remark of Wirz, aud the ladies &C.
cumpauying advised her 30 leave An
Jacksonville az once for if she remained.
VIM would certainly 90 as he said on.
lutmatrd put her out of the way.
Mrs " left the town the following
morning and went direct TO ALBANY.
p1herIty county, Georgia, where she
entered the hospital as matron
ON 0r about the 18th OF December
the prisoners Of Andersonvilla were
moved 10 Albany in consequence Of an
expected advance of the Federal cav
alry. At Albany the prisoners o. many
of them were forced TO climb the china !
trees and eat the dry berries wkich are
very estriugent and said 10 be uoison> !
uus. The china tree berries of The 1
south are never eaten By any body IN /
der any circumstances
AZ tbis place the prisoners ware
eamped ln an open field, grown l11 with !
-rdEa grass, without tents or hlsnkets |
Snd with fcNrcely sufficient clothing TO |
cover Their nakeduess. ON account Of |
The severe cold the prisoners dug holes |
m the ground and brried themselves
a. best they coulo 60 shipld themselves
iInm the iuclement weather.
The prisoners remained al this place
three weeks with barely sufficient food
to sustain Iie, IN consequence Of which
many OF them became SO weak and
faint that they could no1 walk.
Al the close Of the tine stated above
the prisoners were ordsred 20 return to
Audelsonville. Those that c1uld pos
march did not fall in when SC, ordered !
but remained i'm ths camp in thev
nules covered with se,i5ee grass. (which |
had been found In the field and wss
gathered by hand and thrown upon the
lUse rails over their holes IN the ground
forming q covering that shielded them
irUu the irosts OF winter, to be buried
ahye, AS NlTz ordered the camp 20 De
hI'd and many a poor, sick, FAINT pris-
"u'r was burned 10 death on the SPOT 4
sui many died after in consequences of \
their injuries
Ms Warren does Dot speak favors-
hiy oi matters political nj Eufsula. Ala
Robbery Extraordinary An EdItOr
Loses Four Thousand Dollars ana
kecoVerS it-an Inexpllcable me.
n0meHOn.