. 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 . ^ plantation dogs, mixture of hound and 642 ANDERSOX^^LLE, Dr. J. C. Bates, who was a Surgeon of the Prison Hospital,(a Eebel), testified that the condition of things in his divisionwas horrible. Xearly naked men, covered with lice, were dyingon all sides. Many were lying in the filthy sand and TEIAL OF CAPTAIN WTRZ. From a Sketch in Harpers Weekly, made at the tim
. 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 . ^ plantation dogs, mixture of hound and 642 ANDERSOX^^LLE, Dr. J. C. Bates, who was a Surgeon of the Prison Hospital,(a Eebel), testified that the condition of things in his divisionwas horrible. Xearly naked men, covered with lice, were dyingon all sides. Many were lying in the filthy sand and TEIAL OF CAPTAIN WTRZ. From a Sketch in Harpers Weekly, made at the time. He went on and described the terrible condition of men — dyingfrom scurvy, diarrhea, gangrenous sores, and lice. He wantedto carry in fresh vegetables for the sick, but did not dare, theorders being very strict against such things. He thought theprison authorities might easily have sent in enough green cornto have stopped the scurvy; the miasmatic effluvia from theprison was exceedingly offensive and poisonous, so much so thatwhen the Surgeons received a slight scratch on their persons,they carefully covered it up with court plaster, before venturingnear the prison. A number of other Eebel Surgeons testified to substantiallythe same facts. Several residents of that section of the Statetestified to the plentifulness of the crop* there in 18G4. In addition to these, about one hundred and fifty Union pris- A STOEY OF PwEBEL MILITART PillSONS. 643 oners were examined, who testified to all manner of barbaritieswhic
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