Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-09-05
LIFE In REBEL PRISONS.

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NUMBER -FOUR.
Death in Almost Every Conceivable Form
"A Despondent Prisoner Walks Beyond
the Dead Line to get Relief Z ON his
suffering-Four others Killed by the
Guards on the Same day Some Georgia
Sinking Yanks "--0ne Of them finds
Dead Brother Among the Prisoners
Gloomy Prospects Organize for Gen er-
al Revolt Suffering from Heat, Vermin,
and Raiions Growing Shorter The In
humanity Of Wirz,
In my last gave description of the
funeral OF one of my comrades whose death
was occasioned by the vaccination that was
ordered by Moffit while we we're at Dan
vile, Va. AS already stated at this time
august, 1864 death was in our midst in
almost every conceivable form. Scurvy,
hux, typhoid fever, swamp fever and the
guards shooting some every day, 30 that
the negroes who hauled the dead away
were kept busy nearly all the time.
l win here relate two or three incidents
that happened about this time. A man
from the oath Illinois regiment, who wns
badly wounded in the battle of Chckama-
qua had suffered the amputation of one of
his legs; and, although he had recovered
so far as to be able to go about on crntches,
his spirit was completely broken down and
lie bacame so despondent us to prefer
death to such continued suffering, so he
took farewell of his friends and then very
coolly walked outside the dead line and
took seat by the side Of pine stump
nnd the guard soon put an end to his earth
| ly career. The same day four others were
launched into eternity by the guards one
! young man H. trying to catch his brother
who was rarirg crazy with fever, ran
across the dead line and they were both
shot and killed. A few days after these
events Il little scene took place over at the
south gate where the dead were living in
state. Some four or five of the Georgia
ladies came to the gate and asked permis-
sion to go into the prison, saying that they
wanted TO see some of the nasty sinking
dead yanks. "Well," said The officer.
you are perfectly at liberty to go in, but
! can tell you" said he, :" it is not a very
nice sight for ladies TO look upon, for the
dead men us well as the living are halt of
them without dud Of clothing" But"
said he, If you wish TO see them walk in,
and in they came. Here let ME pause n
moment and give our means of knowing
who were dead. One of our sergeants
kept u book in which he recorded the
name, company and regiment of all the
men who died, and when man died or
got shot some one who knew his name,
company and regiment wrote 1t in full.
If he had any clothing on him the card
was pinned fast to his clothes, but very
frequently it had to be pinned fast to the
naked hide on his breast As fast as they
were carried over to the gate, the sergeant
took the record from the breast and enter
ed il in his book Thus the dead were
| lying when the ladies came in. One of
them had brother in the union army, II
member of Company G, 37lh Indiana, and
as she was walking along reading the
names OF the dead men her eyes met the
name in full of her brother who was living
stiff i'll death, without n particle of cloth
ing on him and almost black with smoke
and dust. She shreked and reeled away
from the sight, fainting, and was carried
out OF the stockade by the guards. After
she recovered she had her brother tax.
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