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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 3. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Nation on our discussion of the prison question. (search)
surprise to learn that Winder was a gallant hero and Wirz a saintly martyr, though the immediate responsibilit thinks that this refusal of General Winder and Lieutenant Wirz to furnish shelter was justified by an attempt em. The responsibility of General Winder and Lieutenant Wirz for all this cannot be rationally denied; but wwhatever on it. Nor did we intimate the opinion that Wirz was a saintly martyr. We simply showed that the chare similarly affected with gangrene and scurvy. Captain Wirz had gangrene in an old wound, which he had recei killing certain prisoners in August, 1864, when he (Wirz) was actually at that time absent on sick leave in A thinks that this refusal of General Winder and Lieutenant Wirz to furnish shelter was justified by an attempt did not justify a refusal of General Winder and Lieutenant Wirz to furnish shelter (on the contrary, if these jny other evidence, an attempt was made to bribe poor Wirz by offerring him, a short time before his execution,
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 3. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 5.38 (search)
to Fort Delaware. It told me of the reception of one of my letters by brother James, the latest and only one since October 27th, and pained and saddened me by news of my dearest of mothers having had her arm broken in December. She was reported nearly well though. No particulars were given, as all flag of truce letters are limited to one page. Brothers John and Lemuel are in service at Andersonville prison. The former is major of the First Georgia, and the latter is a sergeant under Captain Wirz. I know they are kind to the prisoners under their charge. Major Sherrar, of Maryland, slapped or kicked some cowardly fellow, who had solicited the oath and release from prison, and, when reported to Ahl, was ordered to the pen occupied by the galvanized men. Here he was seized, and placed violently and forcibly upon a blanket, and swinging him rapidly was hurled repeatedly high in air, until exhausted and almost dead from the shameful violence. All are justly indignant at such tyrann