The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-13

that the Federal prisoners were not fed
on the fat Of the land, but they received
more and better rations than those brave
men who stood Ike a stone wall tetween
Mr.. STATIONS well-fed men, and who on "A
crust OF corn bread and n cup or water
would, and did again and again.. repulse
three and four times their numbers ~
was a necessity which the government
at Richmond could not avoid. and the
prisoners were treated better than the
soldiers. But there was no such reason
on the part of the Federal government:
and only the devilish, malignant minu
OF such a man as Stanton could nave
ever devised the scheme or Keeping AZ
the Rebels caught, starving them nearly
10 death. In order to keep them from
aiding the southern cause, even thousn
his own men had 10 suffer. as ! nave
no doubt they did at LIBBY prison anu
Andersonville.
7 will guarantee no Federal prisoner
was executed under the same cruelty as
one who was hung as a spy at Johnsons
Island. Who else can remember the hanb-
ing of a man there In the spring OF Ioot;
who was driven around the prison ydr9
sitting on his coffin. while the post D3nd
marched In front Of the cart playing
Home. Sweet Homer / remember IL as
wildly as II 70 had happened yester,
dav. and | also remember that the coionel
commanding the prison knew that ne
would stir the devil in the hearts or the
$500 men I'm the prison, for he doubled
his guards. opened the port holes Of the
block houses in the corners OF the renee,
and ran his 12-pound howitzers out. iI
was done for "A purpose, ana VINO can tell
what were the feelings or the poor reno"
I'm the cart, who would never see MS nome
again.
AS | said. I do not know why our side
Of the story has received 80 little atteh-
ton. Or. John Wyeth some time ago
asked for contributions from the pens OF
men who had languished and suffered IN
northern prisons, in order that ne
might hand down 10 history a true state
menf Of the manner IN when tney were
treated, and he IS capable OF treating the
subject as it deserves TO be handled, buy
suppose others, like myself, hesltated
10 tell what we had passed through,
either because we could not tell an tnat
we would like TO tell. owing 10 fallhB
memories after 50 many years OF p,-
cause we did not feel competent 20 90
so. Blu now that this false account OF
the humane and generous treatment
OF the prisoners at Johnsons Island mas
gone the rounds Of the papers. hope
that others will follow MI. LLOYD .eN-
ample and tell what they know. PossloiX
I'm this way some competent writer VIII
be induced 10 take up the subject. Let
ms hear from the other prisons. Let the
Grand Camp Of Confederate Veterans
take M the subject, and call for articles
from all who care 10 write about their
experiences. Come forward, fellow-conn-
rados. and even at this late day let the
world and our children know that the
Libby prison and AndersOnville were ~
the only places where men suffered ana
died from starvation, cold, neglect ana
inhumanity: but let the onus OF the
blame FAN, not on our loved South. but
on the shoulders Of the men who refused
to exchange prisoners. because every man
kept i'm prison was one less fighting man
In the army. j. b. MOORE.