The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-12
'THEPR|50N L.IFEQF
JEFFERSON DAVIS | \ {
True Story of $,hc Stay 81 tile
s.s3 IIx-Prcsident At Fort 8SS
III Monroe.
GEN. MILES |. coNT 7 / 40. Fl:
HE Part That Dana Played IAN .ill
tile Disgraccf,tl Drama
Of shacklcs.

tile Disgraccful Drama "a
S. Of SllaclSlcs
CWritten forsthc Sunday Times D7lspa'cil, e
III l3y COLONEL WILLIAM II rlSSNpAl y \
THE steamer William 1'i5 lYde,as8Wvittlli'$$
President Jefferson Davis. Mrs l- }avl >,
II son and two daughters Vice President
Alexander II. stephens, Hon @ g. Clay
and Mrs. Clay, Hon. John IL, REAGAN
Confcderate Postmaster cneral y General
Joseph Wheeler and other prisoorers, con-
voycd BY tho United states ship $"'l'usca-5
i5rors, ~ 4 rived lii Hampton Roads on the
10Th OF May, 1866, from Port Royal
81 l,hc arrival was Immediately wired 10
washington and that afternoon Score
nryS or Nv ar II. M. Slant ton ordered Major
III General ii. NJ. lIalleck to proceed to
N FORTRESS Monroe, take charge of5the&prls-
Suners and toRimplison NJ essrs Davis and
&5Clay seciircly5in that fortress; TO send
Ncssrs. Stephens and Reagan to Fort
sESyurren by sea In a EunbOat; General
Wheeler and staff, Coionels Lubbockand
Js Johnston, .ilds to- President Davis, " ".
IA Fort Delaware also inn gunboat Colonel
VI N-asliington and tho remainder or the
plsone,ss to FortMcl1enry. in tho 'G lSues#
$5S under convoy. ZIG was 3alsotinstrnctedEtn
ailnW$the ladies' and tchildrenGof the $1HirtS
IA 40 10 such places in tho South as they
might prefer. 7put forbid their going
5Mcrtl,Eor remaining at Fortress Monroe
81 or Norfolk lie was also directed 70
@prpve,t any. one ronlEvislting or holding.
denomination with President Davis or
@&Mr.YC,laS, either vcrbally&or in writing
This was I'd deny them any conmunich-
ton either wltliFtheir wives Or children
,5 OTHER .'I'IaISONTRS'S4DE DEPART
8 lha 'AIaumce,'i Commander r. a. Park
"A. or sailed with General Wheeler and party
#sons tho 2lst Of May for Fort Delaware
land the s'Tuscarora,N Commander james
Madison tI,railey. sailed at the same time
TX With Messrs. Stephens and Reagan for.
8 fort Warren. Z 5ii Is 3 Ell
The orders for the "Clydc'5 were
i changed, and she was directed to take,
1lie3 ladies' and children q to Savannah.
GA, without restraint, and arriving there
#tofgive them perfect liberty.
53As the prisons could not DO prepared
II for Mcssrs Davis. and C'laNjilt once, they,
were held on tho /" Clyde until the 22d%ofi
MAY: then the prelude TO tho infamy OF.
tho nineteenth century began !.
@ General lIalleck ordered Ma jor-G General
Nelson A. Miles to proceed at ] y. NJ on
q tug with a guard. from tho garrison to
AZ bring the prisoners from sshc "clyde"sto
the engineer Hlifirf,1 thence through he
az battery to their prisons.
54 MILES ON THO SCENE.
III Y At precisely i o'clock General Miles left
TX for the nCIyde" and at 1:3O O'Clock the
tug left The Clyde landing mt the en-
@ Eineer's wharf The procession to the
sprson was led by cavalrymen from Col
c mel Pritchards command, and moved
through tho water battery on tho east
front of }the fortress and entered by. y
Epostern leading from that battery The
cavalrynicn were followed by Genera !
II Miles, holding Mr. Davis by the right
ARM Next came half n dozen soldiers,
and then Colonel Pritchnrd With Mr. Clay,
ana last. the guard Of soldiers which
& Miles took with him fromathe garrison.
#$ The distinguished prisoners asked TO .see
8 General Tlalleck, hut were denied. They
were thdn incarceratcd each III u sep
arate inner room of q cnscmntc Wild
81 4, window heavily barred, and o sentry
was placed before each OF the doors lead
IL Ing Into the outer room These doors
as were secured 5y bars fastened on the
outside. and two othnr sentrlcs stood
4. outside of these doors, aud an officer wnp
put on duty In the cutter room, With
s instructions to see the prisoners every
j fifteen minutes, The outer door of III
was locked on the outside, and tho key
kept exclusively by the general officer
* Of the guard and two CENTRES were also
x stationed without I at door, Js
I'D UNNECESSARY SE3NT1NE,14S
EE s strong line Of sentrics was posted tt
81 cut off I'll access to the vicinity OF tht
e. t.ascmate; another line stationed OF th'
top OF the pprnpet overhead and thirt
#sllun posted across The meats on The com
s ter sctrp opposite the places Of conilne
#f5ment. The cafenates on each side itnt
g,bbetween those occupied by the prisoner
Il were used AS guard rooms, so that sol
g aers would always be Mt hand, Mr.
" Davis occupied caSemgte No = Mr.. Clay
No. 4; Nos. /. 3 and were occupied b!
* rliaras Of soldiers. A lamp was KEEP
Fl constantly burning IN each of the nris
Auners' rooms. The furniture or Gael
8 prisoner was q hospital bed With iro
itedstead: Il stool table and lnoNabl
6 stool closet. A Bible was allowed eae
6 hut afterwardsa prayer-hook and tobnec
were added
IN These regulations must have heen al
rccted or supervised by g, A. Dana, AZ
slstant Secretary Of War, Who was pres
H emit, for he says: ~ have not giNen o.
81 drrs to have them PLACED in irons =
III General lIRlleck senmed opposed 10 i
M D,t General Miles Is instructed 10 hay
igfetters ready ~ be thinks thNm neces
& sery,'' III
ont,le aItli Of MAY 1865, Miles reporte
E To IJaIa -. yesterday direetc
@&that irons he Put on Dayigs ankles, While
Il lie violently reslsSed, hut became MOI
oulet afierwara, His leAas SIRE uDen
#cumbercd'0 &
S These Ietiers rtnaiiei pn I've day
& although Or. rrayell. urged ilieir teippY1
S beTansa tho irritation caused rs II