Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-11-09
I.s-r--sisx F.<s- k-a.sssx TO tn. sf.u

Ns..i.sipof Coufesl.rate- VIII r~s1I
~ith arsp interest the tDIIoxinx facts
and axarrs <xtraetes. fr',rn the report Of
Or. e. a. r~haaEt. Of New Orleans. He
Is sHrg~ou-~vn-ral Uait~Si Coufederate
Veterans. azd hss been engaged for
.everal yrarS IN eompilinx data relas-
inS to the m>3irai s<rvts.s Of ts- Con-
tesi-racy- This work has been rendered
diticulr by t4se destruction. IA April.
I-.f5. u the medical .sa surxieal records
d~pusitsd n the surgeon generals Of
dee in RishmonsL
The r~port frum which these figures
are taken !. the on~ submitted by Dr..
Tebaalt at the Atlanta r~uuisn- r-s-s
OF tho thirty tour stats snd Territories.
only si~w.u s~.--i~t In th-~s eleven >tsts-.
the men sf military sx--frum u ta ~
y-srs-numb~r~i LssrEs. inclusive Of
la<ns, halt. bind. sre On the Union side
IN. same eiar~ numbered ss1s So. over
foar ~ one without Estimating the CON
slant srr--<iuus from the worhf as Iarx-.
saxm-nriax constantly the Union sssi..
Tho United Stats. In snltsts.i m-u. num-
h-r-i /. ~. sss sxsin-t not -xr--ssiux Sao
ssaa the sisss sf IN. Southern Conf-i-rsry
With tho States Of Kentucky, Missouri.
Maryland. West Virginia. r-nu----- sn.i
rhs r-mainxt-r af ths southern stats, the
rsnarxaois fart sppears. that th- south
iessif the slave SsAt-~r-gsv- .xr~-ssinx
500 To tho Unioa sai-. nor- than half
many ~slsii-rs m compris~f the entire
Conf~Ierxrs army
In aamberS shs FeisrsI il-= vas :. ~
silIsi ami si,dI3 di--f of ssansis. tatal
ild.dz1 Of tn. Csuf-israf-- the hike tat.l
~s= ALA rhs Csnf-i-rsr-~ nasi - ~
siIl.sf eufrixhr and tssGeH woan,irsl an shs
a-lai af battle. Ir Is s-rimate-i THAI -s.h u
the ss.ss Canf@lsr.s-- we're on an
average. fi-abl-t Cor greater or lesser
p~riosts, BY wounds or ssrsn--- sbaus III
TINES during IN. war rhs h-ruic. untir-
Inx Important part thus born. by the sEill-
fai Confederate surg-sns IN maintaining
"a the i-ist effective army st lnsxampi.st
C1nf-tsrars soIfiers. must challenge par
tieaIsr attention.
rhs report Of Mr. Stanton. a. secretary
Of var, on IN. 18Th Of July, I-dsi. exhibits
the fsct that Of the Federal prisoners N
Csnf~i-rate han.is during the var. oalv
=..5sa disis Wills Of the Canfssisrafs
prf-onsrs IN Federal hsnsts. ~ EB ,tl.-i
rhts report does nos s~t forth the exsrs
number Of prisonsrs h-isi by each ss,is re-
spevt1vsiy
Ths who'd. number of Fe.israI prisoners
espsnr~i BY Tn. Conf-i-r.E-= an,l hslsi IN
Suufnsrn~ prisons from irst % last during
the war was IN ruani Numbers .-Itasa.
while the whols number ot C1nfesisrnres
captured ant heit in prisons by the Fest
erals ss- IN ll<s round ngmb.rs only -..u.-
lsu From the~. two r-porr. Il appears
that with sa,fa9 more prisoner N Southern
-so-kais-. ar other ns-is~ ~ rguf'ass,,snE
Ia. deaths we're &9a ls.--. Aer8rrtinx -
these dgur-s. the p@rr-nrum ef Federal
deaths N Southern prisons sass unltsr nine ;
~hils rhs perr.nrum Of Confe.tsrass deaths
IN Northern prisons WINS over twelve
These mcr-uarv stssisri-s are Of as small
s-tsnt IN determining on waieh slste there
sss the mo-t n-gi-es. cruelty AMI IN
humanity. proriaimin< Ar thew do a Ilss BY
tearh IL more than per cent. ef Confe-i-
-rsTs~ over F-stsrals IN prisons, while the
F.israls hasf an unztints-I command of
everything
rhs whols number Of C0nf-.iersres sur
r-nster-l from the srh Of April 1851. 10 the
NTH af NAV. E-E5. the date Of nnaI sur
r.nsi-r, under Gen. 4. Kirby smith. was.
s'rorrtinx % the uusrer rulls, shttls under
isNDa Tins smhrsrs. quite a number.
vho from tissase AMI wounds we're nut
srtzaify in the ieisf sr the time The whole
number Of F-tsral s1rr~- then In the iel,i
ant aftsrvart mustered out af serviee. A.
the rscursfs show. a.nsanss-L in round
numbers. 20 t.ha,aksi
The total los of killsi and sii.,i Of wounds
m the FrAnco-sssrman war was II per
cent, that u the Asrrians N the war
Of hsia. - psr cent that Of the Allies IN
the Crirnss> h But in our war the hsnor~
rnsxs wa- Car greater. Cor the Feierals b1st
at per cent and the Cenfssferates over 0
per cent. rhs HEAVIEST Los sf sny modern
army. that f>l around irs Standard have
here srr~nx~t . skssstsn Of fsrrs. which
with anirsrf and earnest purpose ws can
fil cut to fts talT snd perfect professional
contour To the honor aud eresilr Of our
sourhIarsf