Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-05-22
TIN HnREoHs az ASpERs"SlItLh.

Audrrsonv lille What is it that has given Ia that
place n- frightfu celebrity WHY u it that The
Conf dcraic inspectors themselves have denounced
il II. "a place Of horrors which it is difficult to De
scribe
The Confederate states prison At Ani-rsonvlle.
in Georgia, was sinatrd on tte Southwestern
kailr nd. about 81 miles south of MscDn. The
Fl mate there is snch that the Thermometer some
times rises in summer high 10 degrees Fab
rrnhci. It's mean degree for that season being -
degrees in the shade. In the winter il descend.
below ~ degrees, and ice two inches thick coca
sionallv forms.
ON the side OF red clay hill facing the south
aud near by the railroad. a clearing was made in
the woods, the site Of the prison. Al the base of
the hill there ran little brook, about FIVE feet in
breadth snd six inches deep. it is-ued from I'D
iaccpi swaIn.a ma ted inurass of tangled growth
of swamp myrtle with tussocks Of grass and de
caying logs NJ wood. The borders Of the stream
were miry. the How sluggish The ws'er, mpreg
mated with deeayIng vegetable matter had n taste
of the mould through wh ch i; ftered The pri-
snu was extended a certain distance mp an oppo.
sit" hill. 80 that the brooke flowed through It's
hdnud.. on the east side, and running ont
IN the west.
The prison wpa thus an open field. on " hch the
pines and oaks had heen e,,t down. u in the
norm of a paTaeiogram i5to feet long. $50 feet
pjde: it, walls wer. composed OF logs, IN. franks
~ trees, cut To be "A feet in length on end
was firmly hetsletl in the ground Tire other being
roughly pointed with the AK: these i~gs are fitted
a. closely possible side by side ,side of
This, an additional security, another lower
stockadc- At fhe angles Of the prison. artillery
Iitrrfi IS 10 cover al the area ana he
top of tile inner s'oeksde - ieprrv boxes
from WHICH fun view wis obtained. Within the
s'pcksde. and parallel to ~. ut distance OF 20
feet. pots feet high and 10 feet apart were
ranged, along their tops iarked n rail. known
As ''the dead line" The sentiaels in thrir boxes
On the platforms above were ordered to shpot
without notice who trausyress,4i This
line. II no, necessary that the ntirr person
should he eSposed--an arm or a hand extended
beyond it was enough, This rule WIS rigidiy en-
foreed. For the apprehension of fugitiyes pack
OF hioodh1unis was kept.
From the interior of th- prison everything was
clesred. not tire, or hssI, was left. There was
no protection from the ntelerabls heat of the sun
or from the rain.
THE NCNBEE Of PRISONERS CONFINED.
ON the 18th of February isa4. the first gang OF
prisoners OF war. 40 an number, turned IHio
the stoekaie. The locomotives incr-<sntiy brought
additions BS thu end of Nav tiirre were more
than 1900, in August Their. confined 10 This
narrow space not ess than II ,Si prisoners of war
The rattous for das were twy ousers Of
bacon or two ounces OF beIesf be, with tn. wafer
in which il had been boiirt. ons sweet potato. u
piece of bread 40 and o1s half inches square And
thick, composed Of corn and peas GROUND into
al, but not -istesf. II of -Bsf Of prison
,rz wrrr missing the rest deprgscd Of rafions
for that day
The continuous stir and r,ps.Iess movement
the constant crossing aud mixing together Of the
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