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Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 13: occupations in 1863; exchange of prisoners. (search)
I do not believe it existed on either side. Mr. Davis makes one assertion of fact which is very possibly true. It is based upon the statistical report of General Barnes, Surgeon-General of the United States Army, which I always believed to be erroneous, and which is now held so to be. In this report Barnes places the whole nuBarnes places the whole number of prisoners on the Union side at 270,000, and I believe that he is approximately correct, and that of the rebel prisoners at 260,000, instead of 220,000, as Davis puts it on the strength of General Barnes' estimate. Then Mr. Davis says that 26,000 of the rebel prisoners died in our hands, and only 20,000 of ours died in theGeneral Barnes' estimate. Then Mr. Davis says that 26,000 of the rebel prisoners died in our hands, and only 20,000 of ours died in the hands of the Confederates, making an aggregate death of twelve per cent. more of rebel prisoners than Union prisoners. I have an authority for the statement of the number of Confederate. prisoners held by us which would relieve substantially the imputation, but it is hardly necessary to go into such examination to do so. Can
will give the navy in taking and holding the different positions deemed necessary (which should be named), the number and kind of transports requiring convoy and protection, where to and when. In a word, to give me such full and perfect information in writing as will enable the Navy Department fully to understand the nature of the service to be performed, to ascertain its ability to furnish the means needed, and to enable me to make timely professional dispositions. I send this by Fleet-Captain Barnes, my chief of staff, and solicit an early reply. I have the honor to be, General, respectfully yours, S. P. Lee, Acting Rear-Admiral, Com'g N. A. Blo'g Squadron. to Maj.-Gen. B. F. Butler, Commanding Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, Fortress Monroe. [no. 22. see page 638.] [Confidential.] flag-Ship North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Hampton Roads, Va., April 27, 1864. Received 8 P. M. General:--I received, late on the night of its date, your confidential communicatio
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 1, Chapter 1: early recollections of California. 1846-1848. (search)
e me an order to go to Sonoma to carry out the instructions already given to Brackett. I took one soldier with me, Private Barnes, with four horses, two of which we rode, and the other two we drove ahead. The first day we reached Gilroy's and camrmer period when the priests had ruled the land. Just about dark I was lying on the ground near the well, and my soldier Barnes had watered our horses and picketed them to grass, when we heard a horse crushing his way through the high mustard-bushesary — the wind as usual blowing a perfect hurricane, and a more desolate region it was impossible to conceive of. Leaving Barnes to work his way into the town as best lie could with the tired animals, I took the freshest horse and rode forward. I feoutheast corner of the Plaza. I stopped with Folsom at Mrs. Grimes's, and he sent my horse, as also the other three when Barnes had got in after dark, to a corral where he had a little barley, but no hay. At that time nobody fed a horse, but he was
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 2, chapter 25 (search)
ril 10th, and then embarked on the steamer Bat, Captain Barnes, for North Carolina. We steamed down James Rivto our destination. On our way down the river, Captain Barnes expressed himself extremely obliged to me for tack, accompanied by a numerous staff, including Captain Barnes and Mrs. Ord; but Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Grant he President and party, followed by Mrs. Ord and Captain Barnes on horseback, rode the lines, and returned to t wrong road. Mrs. Lincoln, seeing Mrs. Ord and Captain Barnes riding with the retinue, and supposing that Mrs. Ord had personated her, turned on Captain Barnes and gave him a fearful scolding; and even indulged in some pretty sharp upbraidings to Mrs. Ord. This made Barnes's position very unpleasant, so that he felt much relmorning of the 29th we were near Cape Hatteras; Captain Barnes, noticing a propeller coming out of Hatteras Inseven miles below Newbern, whence we went up in Captain Barnes's barge. As soon as we arrived at Newbern, I t
re is a society called Perfectionists, and in their behalf some ten or twelve of this number addressed a letter to the Commanding General of that department, setting forth their objections to swearing allegiance to any earthly government. The subject was disposed of by General Butler in the following characteristic manner: headquarters of eighteenth army corps, Fort Monroe, Va., January 13, 1864. J. F. Dozier, E. H. Beaseley, and others: gentlemen: I have read your petition to General Barnes, setting forth your objections to swearing allegiance to any earthly government. The first reason which you set forth is that all human governments are a necessary evil, and are continued in existence only by the permission of Jehovah until the time arrives for the establishment of his kingdom, and in the establishment of which all others will be subdued unto it, thus fulfilling that declaration in the eighth of Daniel, fourteenth verse, etc. You therein establish to your own satis
neral, counted and buried upon the battle-field of Antietam. A portion of their dead had been previously buried by them. When our cavalry advance reached the river on the morning of the 19th it was discovered that nearly all the enemy's forces had crossed into Virginia during the night, their rear escaping under cover of eight batteries placed in strong positions upon the elevated bluffs on the opposite bank. Gen. Porter, commanding the 5th corps, ordered a detachment from Griffin's and Barnes's brigades, under Gen. Griffin, to cross the river at dark and carry the enemy's batteries. This was gallantly done under the fire of the enemy; several guns, caissons, etc., were taken, and their supports driven back half a mile. The information obtained during the progress of this affair indicated that the mass of the enemy had retreated on the Charlestown and Martinsburg roads towards Winchester. To verify this, and to ascertain how far the enemy had retired, Gen. Porter was authoriz
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 3. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Nation on our discussion of the prison question. (search)
up from statements of Secretary Stanton as to the number of prisoners taken, and a report of Surgeon Barnes giving the total number of deaths. The result of the calculation is startling, for it shows treatment of prisoners North and South on the official figures of Secretary Stanton and Surgeon-General Barnes, which were thus presented by Hon. B. H. Hill in his masterly reply to Mr. Blaine: N only 22,576 died, while of the Confederate prisoners in Federal hands 26,436 died. And Surgeon-General Barnes reports in an official report — I suppose you will believe him — that in round numbers tup from statements of Secretary Stanton as to the number of prisoners taken, and a report of Surgeon Barnes giving the total number of deaths. The result of the calculation is startling, for it showsthe number of prisoner's who died on both sides during the war was made July 19th, 1866; Surgeon-General Barnes' report of the number of deaths on both sides was made the next year, we believe — and t<
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 6. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Historical Register on our Papers. (search)
ithout equivalent fifteen thousand of the prisoners we held. On the other hand, we gave the most abundant proofs that the Federal authorities were guilty of every cruelty which they charged against us. We gave the figures to show that the monthly deathroll of Confederates at Elmira ranged as high as four per cent. of the whole number of prisoners, while at Andersonville it was less than three per cent. for the same period. And we gave the official figures of Secretary Stanton and Surgeon-General Barnes to prove that, taking all of the prisons into the account, more than three per cent. more Confederates died in Federal prisons than Federal prisoners in Confederate prisons. But as our climax we showed that the sufferings on both sides were due to the failure to carry out the terms of the cartel for the exchange of prisoners, and that for this the Federal authorities alone (especially Stanton and Grant) were responsible. Now, it would be more candid to meet fairly our argument on thi
nt that our men were comfortably maintained. Finally, to the bold allegations of ill treatment of prisoners on our side, and humane treatment and adequate supplies on that of our opponents, it is only necessary to offer two facts: first, the report of the Secretary of War, E. M. Stanton, made on July 19, 1866, shows that, of all the prisoners in our hands during the war, only 22,576 died, while, of the prisoners in our opponent's hands, 26,246 died; second, the official report of Surgeon General Barnes, an officer of the United States government, states that, in round numbers, the number of Confederate States prisoners in their hands amounted to 220,000, the number of United States prisoners in our hands amounted to 270,000. Thus, out of the 270,000 in our hands, 22,000 died—while of the 220,--000 of our soldiers in their hands, 26,000 died. Thus, more than twelve per cent of the prisoners in our opponents' hand died, and less than nine per cent of the prisoners in our hands died
ng, 483. (ship), 172, 222. Atzevott, George A., 417. Averill, General, 444, 447, 448. B Bachman, Dr., John, report of Sherman's atrocities in South Carolina, 601-06. Bagby, Colonel, 198. Bahama (ship), 210, 211. Baker's Creek, Battle of, 341-343, 346. Baldwin, General, 25, 334, 339. Banks, General N. P., 67, 88, 89, 90, 96, 97, 114, 212, 251,253, 275, 335, 351, 352, 455,456, 457, 458. Commander of New Orleans, 242, 638. Barksdale, General, William, 295-96, 301, 377. Barnes, Surgeon-General (U. S.), 513. Barney, Lt. John N., 165, 169. Barnwell, Lieutenant, 589, 595. Barron, Capt., Samuel, 62-63. Barry, Col. William S., 329. Barton, General, 428, 459. Battle, General, 18, 434, 449. Baxter, Governor of Arkansas, 642. Beale, General, 512. Beaufort (tug), 165, 166. Beauregard, Gen. P. G. T., 29, 32, 34, 35, 37, 40, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 51, 52, 54, 59, 177, 345,429, 430, 431,432,479, 480, 481, 485, 491,530, 533, 534, 536, 575, 586. Report on first
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