The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-09-26

No squad could moi give a satisfactory account Of
any OF their missing number, they were deprived OF
their ratiuns this was the case frthree DAYS early
i'm July there was not sufficient room IN the pris-
on scarcely enough for the men to stand npon; tbe
limits were enlarged on the north side there were
forty-two thousand prisoners there at one time he
had heard Wirz say he was killing more ~ snkees"
than those who were serving Mt the trunt; witness
had seen twenty ave or thirty men shot over the
dead line. and others fired into who were not over
the dead line rrr
James IL Davidson member of the Iowa
cavalry testified in regard TO another man
lie was hanging up bis clothes, which he had
washed, to dry one Of the pieces blew over the
dead line. lie stepped beyond the line 70 get the
piece, when he was fired upon and shot in tho
breast; another man had reached beyond the dead
line for some crumbs of bread when. he was shot
in the head WirK shot man short tIae after ho
assumed command of the prison the latter was
sick, lying on the ground, and asked Whz some
thing. when he shot him Wirz remarked that be
was killing more Yankees there than Lee was at
Richmuud this was said in August; Wirz was at
the time with the witness in the graveyard in the
wagon with the dead men; the witness had seen
men starved to death. Food was so scarce of ono
time that some OF them picked mp particles of food
that had already passed through the system.
A paper was then offered in evidence
signed by Wirz and endorsed by Wiuder.
being report for the month of August.
| 1864 showing that the aggregate of pris.
| W
! 2293 died, The report states that 20 cs-
| oancd prisoners wero "takcn ND by the
dors."
Thomas Hall, prisoner at Andorsonvillo
| deposed, If squad OF hin ty prisoners un.
| der his charge only one escaped death.
When the poor men sunk down aud could
not get up Wirz threatened that il they
did not rise he would blow tho brains out
of the God.damned Yankees ..Iaeey
Wirs threatened to fire grape and canister into
tbem lie had seen mans leg that had almost
been torn of bv one of the hounds Men were vac
cnaicd In their arms and soon thereafter sores ap
nsnrrd twice ns large ms a silver halrdollar and
hned with m tggots He heard sentinel remark
after shooting man, III have u firlough for
that. and ir / could get furlourh for sixty days
! ,ynnia shoot another" iu
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~; n'a'n n'Neoi' nSels'"ui . o"be'"'
testlned tpa', Wheh ~ 'HckeohNHo' rsft
snnyille, and described the horrible condition Of
the sufferers The larger number OF them were
Nero sk, / tons OF three thousand thres hundred
of the released prisoners whom he saw at the place
there were not two hundred who did not require
m ,dical treatment aud not one half Of those who
an, yiyed will ever be ft tn resume their former
occuretions Some Of those afflicted with the
scuryy were idiotic and bones had to bo removed
Trnm he iaws and other nort IONS of The bodies Of
| the sufferers .Hft
Ic,, IT,. ,,.l - q, ,,.,,r,od iron,
oep,euoe' '"e "'"' ""'
saturday i. ru
+ After some evidence corroboratory OF
that already given. JOSEPH r. Archcuil, a
, mrisoner Mt Andcrsonyille. testified that
r. IN l..,, ,., ..
Having gone out WIN Ieoel Eueiu, ne yu'nPet on
, the Iehel y BACK, Whl'e the TWO PRISONERS VINO nc
conpameu MN tOok away nis gun nearing ue
Sogs III chase nc anu ms TWO comPAn'ols sVsuSisu
r the witness ian INTO swamp, anu soon ss" , nso
hounds and seven rebels on horsepack; tne hounus
were not takeh 4u Vi iiu ur nueen unutss, . Sul
ing WnlCh t'ihe NC hau W nEn' he,n WIN uiS 'isst
he had nothing upon MN out palr Y pantuooss
made oil tepei meal saSksi ne SUI. VsIIleu .no
. marks ol the piung On pS 'Vgsi me n nyiu @ Mes
blown as . s'sHal 10 lees .he nouhus 9ni hs Nss ~
4 taken before NaP'aih NiN VINO oIue,su Is nm ~ ~
DC put III tue s'9cksl ne Wes eAPoSSu " tug sun w
was thus pup,sheu iol tnlr! -s;A houi :, anu uuI
ui ing that time hau ohy TWO drinks OUT OF tns mNuuy
= creek; when lie spoke To "hL ABOUT this Iifs!-
mcnt' ne was Ioiu W u'y up VI he WVuiu uA'' Ma
. WiTr struck Michigan boy over the head with
o his revolver, the result of which was the boy
died of fits the witness said he saw the man called
y "Chickamauga," killed. the men had nlek-named
y him " mutton.head;" he belonged to Illinois, and
= was silly and lost leg; the boys having plagued
= him, he applied TO Captain Wirz to 20 ON parole
Wirz cursed him and threatened TO blow his brains
" out; the man at the time within the dead-hne
Wilz ordered the guard to blow his brains out
n the guard fired, the shot striking the man in the
i left side; the victim carried out and died; The
v witness saw " irz lay out the dead line in April
" 1854, he saw Wirz kicking poor skeleton arounC
there, ana heard ,rz curse NM ne nameu io"
w, r,s Wh;Ie nf t;ermanown Pennstlysn;a
belonging to the Marine Corps, after being woundo,
,yas O. lrried off 10 the hosuita the Young man re
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