The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-04-27

of them died, nearly third more than
the Federals who died in Southern
prisons. =.
camp and hospital dying because med
obtained. Ny father. himself pnysi
clan. sat by the side of my 16-year Ole
brother, William Bib GOODWIN, in 9
because not one dose Of, quinine coult
be had for his cure. This dear brother
had recently recovered from wounds
received in battle. but fever attacked
father with a smile and place his feeble
young arms about mis- neck as he
passed over the river and joined the
martyred band of brother patriots who
had just preceded him at Shiloh.
Starvation Forced Surrender.
In obedience to an order issued by
mediately after the bloody battle Of
Chickamauga an election was held in
each regimental company to choose the
private soldier most distinguished Tor
gallantry in that battle, his name TO
be forwarded to Richmond to be placed
on the list of immortals.
Jonathan r. Rogers was chosen unan-
imously from my company. A true,
honest man he was; as brave a soldier
as faithful to duty as any soldier in
the service Soon thereafter as he
passed my tent one day he looked as
though he had been crying :,
why are you so sad. Rogers? j
said. Captain I'm hungry"
You haven't any bread?' l asked.
until l am nauseated,' was his an
swer.
Let us give the fact to the world.
and one of the paramount facts is, that
starvation forced the surrender
Another fact was the murder of Cap
tain Wirz--an educated gentlemen,
patriot twice wounded in battle.by the
authorities at Washington, for the pur-
NJ sting off the reSDOnSIDtlltX
and misleading the people Of the North
in regard to the causes that lay be-
hind the eondition Of prison o,, IRE re-, ooa9
the proper time and place, erect mon
ument to vindicate his memory
Let me relate an incident in my own
experience to show the wrong impress
sion given out by the press and other
public agencies OF the Federal govern
ment. When on the field OF battle,
driving the enemy paSSs passing on OYER s0ed tne
| heard one of them cry for water
| stopped and gave him some, and in
pouring water into his eanteen he
Il thought you men were going to
kill me, but you have been as KIND 10
me as brothers"
son Davis, held in prison In dire af-
Fiction for two years. and then IN
dicted for treason. and in spite OF his
own earnest pleading for q trial, the
enemies knew there was nothing in the
constitution. nothing the laws OF the
land to justify such a charge ana that
il prosecution was attempted the whole
civilized world would be witnesses of
the proceedings, and the conspiracy in
regard to the prisoners of war be mac
public and the responsibility OF the
death of the prisoners, both North ana
south, placed where it belongs
The humanity in arms or our peer
less Lee, COMMANDMENTS Chief of all the
fOrGR&
throughout the world An oficer. on
General Shermans starr mas wfltte u
an account of The March 10 'he sea
and here is what he says; .,, g..
History will In vain be searched TOT
a parallel to the scathing and destruc-
tive effect of the invasion of the Car
olinas. Day by day our legions OF
armed men surged over the land, over
a region forty miles wide burning
everything we could not carry away,
on eyery side the head. center and rear
columns of smoke by day and the
glare of flames by night
HOnOred Sons of south.
While we are here To-Day 10 place
wreaths of flowers and evergrcens
,fnon the graves of our beloved dead
let us recall some of the names OF
those whom Alabama Will ever hold
sacred as among her bravest ana best
Here in this cOnsecrated ground lies
I,omax. who said TO the gallant Gordon
as they were going into battle To-
a setnfi let me BID you you good bye, am gq
ing to be killed in th Ro5 battle rbd T ,ia
p pc Sc csrceIv passed before he fell,
pierced by the enemy's bullet,
The courage and self-sacriflce that
animated Lomax were eNemplihed In
the many others who lie mere beside
Mn, Here lie Clantop Holtzclaw,
Watts. Tyler, the Bibbs. the Bellin
gers, Arringtons, Seibels, the Bald
wins. the Betheas. Lanier. the Taylors.