The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-03-30
THE SOU rH'S DEAD.
THIRTY THOUSAND CONFEDER-
ATES DIED IN PRISON.
Nearly Ten Thousand Of Whom Are
Buried in National Gem
eteries

The recart appointment of Col.
| William Elliott Of Columbia, as Com
missioner to ark the graves Of COL
t ,derate soldiers who died and were
buried near Northern prisons during
the war, reveals the fact that in 80
localitie, there are buried 80, 1852 Con-
federatc prisoners Of war, viz, tfi.
Ger 455, emil ted men %, 400, unknown
726 and citiz ms AL. Many Of these
were long ago buried in trenches Gas
In the case Of the removal Of the Don.
fednrate remains from Fort Delaware
md Pea Pa>ch Island, Pa, to the
FInn's Point, N. j., national GENE.
Jery) and 1t IL said that 1t will be al
most i'm racticable to Identify individ-
aal graves, Notwithstanding the fact
that the names Of many Of the per.
sons may dc fund on record. Approx.
1mately $500 C~onfeGerates are burl.
ed In national cemeteries.
The contract price for headstones
that are to be used in the marking of
Confederate graves will be 50. ID each,
at the place Of manufacture, and it Is
estimated that In round Plumbers So.
600 will be required for the purchase
Of the stones aIOne To this must be-
added 81 rs each as the cost Of trans.
porting, handling and setting the
stones.
According to the records Of the War
Department, the folio ling Is a com
plete list Of United States prisons used
to conline Confederate prisoners Of
war: Alton, H., Camp Butler, Pa,
Camp Chase, Olio, Camp ID. uslas,
Ill, Camp Morton, Ind, Elmira, N.
Y, Fort Delaware, DEL, Fort Mo
Henry, Md Johnson's Island, OHIO,
l. luisville, Kv., Fort Lafayette, New
York haibor, Newport News, Va,
New Orleans, La, Old Capital Prison,
Washington, d g., Point Lookout,
Md, r OK Island, ILL.,, ST. Louis, Mo-,
Ship Island, Miss, and Fort Warren,
Boston harbor, Mass.
1t will be noted that with the OK
ceptiOn Of the prisoners In Louisville,
Newport Ne Rs, New Orleans and Fort
McHenry, all Of them were located
north OF Mason and Dixon's line, the
place where most torture was suf-
tered by Confederate troops, possibly
being Camp Chase.
At the Elmira prison there we're
3 $50 deaths; all are marked with the
exception OF about 81. At Fort Del
aware there were 2 502 deaths, and OF
this number all have been heretofore
marked with the exception of Sl7. At
the prison at Frederick, w., 226 Con-
federateS died, and all out three have
been marked. There were 3 446 Con-
federates who died at Point Lookout,
Md, AID Of this number $50 remain
as vet unmarked. At ROCK I3lan.,
ILL.,, 1922 died, and Of this numt,r
all but 3O2 have been marked.
In the 80 localities originally men.
TONED there app ar to have been 726
unknown Confederates buried, but
there must be added q total Of &C.,
TIA who died a. prisoners Of war In
the hands Of Federal authorities In
other places. OF this number the
graves or 10, 020 have been heretofore
marked, leaving at this time, acc )rd.
Ing to the figures at + Q War Depart
mont about 1900 yet TO be marked.
There are known TO be IN existing
national Gem, teries 8 200 Confederate
dead, 30 that more than two-thirds Of
the Confederate prison dad are burl-
ed IN places other than national GEM
eteries and presumably not under gov.
ernment control or receiving the care
or D government at this time.
While It appears that about Sc GOO
Confederate soldiers died In Northern
prisons, the sta temant is made ny the
Wal Department that the number OF
Federal soldiers dying In Confederate
prisons reached 30 676, also that while
the Federal authorities held 22O 900
Confederate prisoners, there were held
In the South 226,400 Union soldiers.
-Four Guests Burned.
Tho GUINNESS portion Of the village
OF Tustin. Osccolo county. Mich, was
destroyed by fire which started in the
hotel Compton from q defective fur
mace. Ten guests escaped In night
clothes while four we're burned TO
death. The financial loss IN 81 900.