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The Daily Dispatch: January 25, 1864., [Electronic resource] 4 0 Browse Search
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865 2 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: January 25, 1864., [Electronic resource], The prisoners of the North. (search)
cant and meagre. The food is bad, but this is not the fault of the United States Government--it is the fault of the sergeants, &c. They speculate upon the rations. The small-pox had appeared here, and there were quite a number of cases. David Island, near New York, was a very good place for our wounded. The Samaritans of New York, obtaining provisions, furnished our men with food, clothing and money, in great profusion. It is a singular fact, that the further a man goes North the better he is treated. It is explainable, however, in the fact, that what is criminal in a lady of Baltimore is simply an act of charity in a lady of New York. Our men at David Island, I can assure their friends, were treated as kindly as if they were at home. Johnson's Island has already been fully described by other writers. It is situate in San dusky Bay, and is used exclusively for our officers. They make themselves as comfortable and as happy as possible. They have their dramatic societi