, 1880-08-18
Narratives Of tho Horrors Endured
by tho Prisoners at An.
1ersonville,
Con. fleatty's Speech, and tho Fl.
feet 1t llnl npon His
Hearers,
iIon Who Fought ior tho Union Will MOI
Vo!c 10 Pul lis Foos In
foWnr.

Ing States Is HOW pasted INTO history IL WIS
hy far the largest gathering OF those WIG
passed through. tho War ever w,t'"ss"u ~, III
Ohio md, President Hayes mil Gnl'. ollcl-
,nnn stu,,' FIN tnrrest ;l,ey hnyo aver nj
..i .',,.ia,i !, ,S,a rnu,,om RI tl,e rauk.nu,i.
i,llneu' ~ ~ "sa 49,, n,,,o r,,,,,,,n,,Io. nrt,
1l'c VINO cthnpnSet' t,ic V".o ~ ~ ",s .,>
1t was by nnA through their efforts tl!as thc
,rlo worl; If rorrysrou,lcuce, Of orgauixu-
.I', ' "s,M s ,,,, II ,ho ,"to,iu uron which thu
ti', "s w.. w. w. ~. ,,',ortol,,,,. ,,nnou,ja
Success ni 30 great all '1in!cl'"klas uepem"s.
wns all done by those WHO fought tile battles
of thu 1,nlon md lrad suffern,t tic pn1lgs Of
a s,,,[..,>,,,,t,,,, n,,,, ,t,cr sn,tharu ur,smls.
,'e,sun'a's" ,r''n s''r.,.a IT,, sn,'Ii,,. m'
Inc ihcel'nes heu.V
THE EX-rn1sOSE1eS-oF-WAH a
were interesting MD sad III tho extreme:
mt, ,yoy ~, .n.,rncitvc r,urr fur ,hnsn w1m
Ind s,fyrrru fhn hnrrnrs nf Soutl,nrn ,rfs-
INV ... n.a. .,,...,',,." ~ ',,is,,,nru
ohs. i'"ll''s ',eSc 'i'eu.'>" t"o eS ,,.a,.
~o,tlsl f'oult Tue pla!toi'n ",n' le'.'e ~ .ls,a
suifertngs, nnl. III their llh11' nlld kilhpte
manner Of speaking, would bring tcnrs tn
t),r cyps tf nearly the Wl,nn ynst nlIltfcNcf,
MANY attcmptc.l 10 detail tho horrible suffer-
ings n'at tlcAth OF t1o'hof'to'l'1''"e, p"t
would In iilany cases become so "vercn!e ns
10 be compelled To retire. Tle universal vrr-
dict WIS, that no hook hui eyer yctbecn wrlt-
t1,ttt1 II lpt,S+t
ie'l, h''" 'e.sl eo", w, anss o".. an
Tho reader the rcn' suffering cultured by ING
unfortunate ,heI WIN tell Into the liMntls nf
te s at"ftisS r. s,;n irSa ;Ins s s9 ~ 'nnt '}d
OF A1nlrrsunyl1lc. Ono speaker, who WIS
yet suffering from tlln GyIH'sure :atnl priv,'-
lions, s!rrlarsti tint Southern prisons. were
yet .nly lcl but The, tho very i slk,ist ;s ltsll IL
punishment TINT wns Inflicted ,iJon him, nnd
that he cul.',. nnycr fnryct nur forgive let,-
plc Win we're 81 cruel, 50 hcnri!nss. rs 10
staye thousands Of their fellow..bcings wI,el,
there was III, abundance of fund Ill t!n land.
Without shelter, puzzled III Hike tll1mb briltes,
uIt1,nut wptnt or water w,ilp tllcrU WIS Mi,
aI'Itn,ll,I,rc nrAr at l,nnl, thousands sutlere!
e1Ml,al tlicir Misurii,ln existence.
In front Of tile platfonl were the photo
Erap!ls uf Il grui,p II. soldiers taken Oil tlloEr
arrival ut JackY0,,yilie, Flu,
AFTER srESp1So A YEAns r1ME IN AN
uEIgoSylt.1.E.
poor. cmac'n.ctl. their featurcg ,tncllcd. a1,tl
with ciutljls l,nihing hut tatters af.l rnga,
thcs,. trtllrj.s sit,Et: tist,r, farciljy tl1l ly
lulig,lsu Of their slifferings; a1lu, i,s llu,l-
tlrcsls ii Oil Veterans gaxrt i.pun tho frces
Of thcir ct,,irntlcs wiioln. they llu,l known il!
lin rn.,,t n1i m thu unttlr-iirtt. !. trtlr would
riistcn In their cycs mid trIujs!a tluw1, Ills
checks, IN they turnt4i away with Il Sigh, say
juE, Aid tjli psu)le tllat t!Itl lint, anil Mcir
fri:utlt herr. In lin n oyt nsk tint tite victims
t,,,v fniin,f H. storv" nr ,n,,r'.r' si,nli n"in
tncS aniIt T.. t,f't,,. ~ y NJ. T.. ",,,,,t H. ~,
FL" ~" y H. p"ss @ .!s sst,, W rrsnonsh y, liz
Wr I'LL nur Wntat Ap.netcF Wt!! "e to III . .
II would by lnllMssthla tn relate ,slally HE
lhu affecting incidents tllut tt,Gk place during
rnI r,n"- lin afniul. hit ,Milil ,,.lv sipni, n
T"u; ,,,rlo Itxnmaii,t, Hin,snff IN, sniI wifi,
!eW Wn'Hs; EAG"1h"F M ',1 M; III, III o"rtf W. W.. e
!eals " HIS Gaaln.nt NJ tW1h,-!LS Ith'
horrls!!c.--nn.l. Mcit at!et !!1sGrh !eais navo
p1sHctl, my dreniS Mt 1'1Eslt 0tinli curry NIH
back to i!lu 4AtMlelHnnyllla prlson-Btn, md
aIl tho anlTcrings va endured" As III,
Jtlnptl oil TIN sinEc Il yD,stIger MIN t0nk Ills
,,iacu. nlut. referring tn Nelson, thanked t;nl
i,i IL h"f itvc to t,;,.nt ,r,4,t', Tia Imnu thnf
i .s ~ t NV" IL 1if H. ,.iIf, ",,,r t, i,n,n,,
nay saSetI Ills llte Whllo uituei 1i'o "e4itoil
NirtZ. ,.-,
4 noticeable feature Of tho ex.piis0llers''
rhIltIr.n WIN wt.ru istiel,ty1 listeners to tIh,
snri.s mr suiicrIn.. rM.eirI s,v fntlers. hroils.
~ ,,;,,, II fr;",,s ,,,rM,, ii" Wnr
''S' "''' l'",,rs, rS ""r"S '',,,,s. NV " NM 1,
nho ypoke Mt tho fairgrounds on Wetlues.
iluy. wns coi,lnuifcl 10 sion oil ,,ccn,,lIt Of te
s"' .,"i 1T " ti,"n wi,n. il ill int ,i..sirn !"
' Wa"i T. .'u sa n,n,rnti,, nv on,.d;.,"t ~,
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