. The Photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . BREVET BRIGADIER-GENERALG. W. NEFF BREVET BRIGADIER-GENERALP. J. REVERE BRIGADIER-GENERAL I. VOGDES As Colonel Michael Corcoran was held as hostage for Walter W. Smith, prize-master of the schooner En-chantress, who was convicted of piracy in the United States Court in October, 1861, so the officers shownon this page were held as hostages for the privateers taken aboard the Savannah. They were to receiveexactly the same treatment as that meted out to the privateers. G
. The Photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . BREVET BRIGADIER-GENERALG. W. NEFF BREVET BRIGADIER-GENERALP. J. REVERE BRIGADIER-GENERAL I. VOGDES As Colonel Michael Corcoran was held as hostage for Walter W. Smith, prize-master of the schooner En-chantress, who was convicted of piracy in the United States Court in October, 1861, so the officers shownon this page were held as hostages for the privateers taken aboard the Savannah. They were to receiveexactly the same treatment as that meted out to the privateers. General Xeff was lieutenant-colonel ofthe Second Kentucky at that time, General Revere major of the Twentieth Massachusetts, GeneralVogdes a major in the regular artillery, and General Lee was colonel of the Twentieth COLONEL W. E. WOODRUFF BREVET BRIGADIER-GENERAL W. R. LEE COLONEL A. M. WOOD the unreasoning censure of public opinion, and at the same timekeep their prisoners. Prisoners in the North got more to eat than in the South,after 1862, at least, yet they often got less than the amountto which they were entitled by the army regulations. In theSouth during the last year of the war, prisoners starved, whiletheir guards fared little better. With all the resources of theNorth, prisoners were often hungry, frequently because of theinefficiency of their commanders. Commissaries in collusionwith contractors sometimes reduced the rations of the prisonersboth in quality and quantity. In one case, at least, a commis-sary was dismissed from service, but because of his politicalfriends was restored. The reports of the Federal inspectorsare set forth in the Official Records. Shelter was provided in the North, but fuel was oftenscanty, and in some cases lacking. In some of the Southernprisons no shelter
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