. Andersonville : a story of Rebel military prisons, fifteen months a guest of the so-called southern confederacy : a private soldier's experience in Richmond, Andersonville, Savannah, Millen, Blackshear, and Florence . the tempestuous rage of a tall,fine-looking and well educated Irish Ser-geant of an Illinois regiment. lie pouredforth denunciations of the traitor and theKebels, with the vivid fluency of his Hiber-nian nature, vowed hed give a year of me life, be J s, to have the handling of the dirty spalpeen for ten minutes;be G—d, and finally in his rage, toreoff his own shirt and threw it
. Andersonville : a story of Rebel military prisons, fifteen months a guest of the so-called southern confederacy : a private soldier's experience in Richmond, Andersonville, Savannah, Millen, Blackshear, and Florence . the tempestuous rage of a tall,fine-looking and well educated Irish Ser-geant of an Illinois regiment. lie pouredforth denunciations of the traitor and theKebels, with the vivid fluency of his Hiber-nian nature, vowed hed give a year of me life, be J s, to have the handling of the dirty spalpeen for ten minutes;be G—d, and finally in his rage, toreoff his own shirt and threw it on theground and trampled on it. Imagine my astonishment, some timeafter getting out of prison, to find theSouthern papers publishing as a defenseagainst the charges in regard to Ander-sonville, the following document, whichthey claimed to have been adopted by amass meeting of the prisoners: At a mass meeting held September 28th, 1864, by the Fed-eral prisoners confined at Savannah, Ga., it was unanimouslyagreed that the following resolutions be sent to the Presidentof the United States, in the hope that he might thereby takesuch steps as in his wisdom he may think necessary for ourspeedy exchange or parole;. A MAT) SERGEANT. A STOEY OF KEBEL MILITARY PRISONS. 429 ** Benohed, That while we would declare our unbounded love for the Union,for the home of our fathers, and for the graves of those we venerate, wewould beg most respectfully that our situation as prisoners be diligentlyinquired into, and every obstacle consistent with the honor and dignity ofthe Government at once removed. * Besolved, That while allowing the Confederate authorities all due praisefor the attention paid to prisoners, numbers of our men are daily consignedto early graves, in the prime of manhood, far from home and kindred, andthis is Dot caused intentionally by the Confederate Government, but by forceof circumstances ; the prisoners are forced to go without shelter, and, in agreat portion of cases, wit
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