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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 1. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Report of Colonel D. T. Chandler, (search)
d all doubt that the officers at Andersonville were the fiends incarnate that Northern hatred pictures them to be, there is not one scintilla of proof that the Government at Richmond ordered, approved or in any way countenanced their atrocities. It is not, therefore, necessary for our purpose that we should go into any Defence of General Winder. And yet, as an act of simple justice to the memory of this officer, we give the following letters: Sabot Hill, December 29, 1875. Mr. W. S. Winder, Baltimore: Dear Sir — Your letter reached me some two weeks since, and I have been prevented by serious indisposition from giving it an early reply. I take pleasure in rendering my emphatic testimony to relieve the character and reputation of your father, the late General John H. Winder, from the unjust aspersions that have been cast upon them in connection with the treatment of the Federal prisoners under his charge during our late civil war. I had, privately and officially,
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 22: prisoners.-benevolent operations during the War.--readjustment of National affairs.--conclusion. (search)
it is said of Howell Cobb, the commander of the District, by Captain W. S. Winder, son of the Confederate Commissary of prisoners. It comprisne trees, which would have made a grateful shade for the captives. Winder gave orders for them to be cut down. When a spectator ventured to ake it proper to present an abstract here. Suffice it to say, that Winder, with his son, nephew, Wirz, and others, performed their horrid tasufficient to be of real service. A clergyman (Mr. Davies) told General Winder what the women were about, and the latter promised to allow thein. Reed, with an oath, refused, and when told by Dr. Head that General Winder had authorized it, said that he did not believe it — that he wape around his neck. Driven from the office, the doctor went to General Winder, when the following conversation, reported by Mr. Spencer, occute men in full vigor — Ould exultingly declared, in a letter to General Winder, from City Point, where exchange had been resumed, in which he
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 7: Prisons and Hospitals. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Northern and Southern prisons (search)
ened the pressure somewhat, but subsequent captures made further provision necessary. In 1863, it was determined to build a large prison further south, in territory which was not tributary to Virginia as far as food was concerned. After much investigation, Anderson, then a railroad station twelve miles north of Americus, Georgia, was chosen. Here was constructed in 1863-64 the structure which acquired notoriety equal to that of the Bastile or Newgate. The locality was selected by Captain W. S. Winder, a son of General John H. Winder, then commanding the Department of Henrico. The plan of the post allowed both for offense and defense, and showed engineering ability of no mean order. The prison was a stockade, within which it was intended to build barracks for from eight to ten thousand men. This stockade was constructed of squared trunks of trees, about twenty feet long, set five feet into the ground, enclosing an area, first of about seventeen acres, afterward enlarged to abou
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 7: Prisons and Hospitals. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Treatment of prisoners (search)
erests as was given to him during those sad months of 1864. He was a man of mercurial temperament, prone to anger, and prone to abuse. When things went well he was kind and good-natured; when they went ill he was the reverse. . . . He might have commanded a company well, and possibly a regiment, but thirty thousand men got away with him. He was at sea in their management. Other commandants and officers of prisons, including Major Thomas P. Turner of Richmond, Richard Turner of Libby, W. S. Winder and R. B. Winder of Andersonville, were imprisoned for a time after the war, but they were never brought to trial. Major Gee's acquittal has been mentioned. Because of the early appointment of a United States commissary-general of prisoners, conditions in Northern prisons were more nearly uniform than those in the South. The railroad lines were never closed, and the Commissary and Quartermaster's departments were able at all times to furnish any A Federal court-martial after Getty
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)
nderwriter, Capture of the, 136. University of Virginia, Founding of, 353. Vallandigham, C. L., 367. Worsham John H., 148. Virginia, Bill of Rights, 62; her love for the Wright, General H. G., 324. Union, 68: traditions of, 82. Virginia infantry, Career of the 15th regiment, 48; casualties in, at Sharpsburg, 50; 21st and 48th, 147. Virginia Military Institute and other buildings burnt by General Hunter, 179. Virginia to the aid of Massachusetts, 68. Wade, Ben. F., 367. Walker, Major D. N., 51, 328. Walker, Major, John Stewart, killed, 49. Walker, General, R. Lindsay, 327. Wheeler, General, Joseph, 133. White, Dr., Henry Alex., 52. White, Captain Matthew X, Murder of, 187. White Marsh road, Engagement on, 208. Wickham, General W. C., 314. Willis, Captain E. J, 51. Winder, General W. S., killed 149. Winchester, Engagement at, Sept., 1864, 173. Wood, Captain, John Taylor, 137. Yancey, W. L., did not urge the revival of the slave trade, 100.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 36. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.2 (search)
ers which is now assumed for the purpose of maligning me. A short time since W. S. Winder, the son of General Winder, wrote to me in urgent terms, asking me to vindicGeneral Winder, wrote to me in urgent terms, asking me to vindicate his father's memory. I informed him that the report of Colonel Chandler had not been submitted to me, and that I had but recently learned of its existence from yallegations I could only offer in reply the confidence I had entertained in General Winder as a gentleman and a soldier, and the conviction I had felt that he was tooletter W. S. W. stated that the report of Colonel Chandler had been sent to General Winder for explanation, and that he had answered; also sending replies to special nel Chandler was not laid before me. It is probable that the explanation of General Winder was satisfactory to General Cooper, for I have never known a man who more dh of duty, regardless of personal bias, than General Cooper. Though he and General Winder had been cadets together and were friends, I think he would have notified m
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Index (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), W (search)
, 139, 302, 304, 306, 307, 310, 360, 364; II., 148, 150, 326, 328, 330, 332, 336; IV., 78, 86; Berryville turnpike, IV., 244, 248; battle of, VII., 228; Sheridan's ride, IX., 70; battle at, IX., 87. Winchester, horse of P. H. Sheridan, name changed from Rienzi, IV., 297, 308. Winder, C. S.: I., 366; II., 23, 28, 320; X., 149. Winder, J. H.: VII., 29, 36, 76, 78, 86, 90, 172, 173, 175, 177, 178, 199, 210. Winder, R. B., VII., 180. Winder, W. H., VII., 192. Winder, W. S., VII., 74, 180. Winder Hospital, Richmond, Va. , VII., 284. Winfield Scott Camp (see Camp Winfield Scott), I., 259. Wingo's Inf., Confederate, I., 350. Winnebago,, U. S. S., VI., 247, 254. Winona,, U. S. S., VI., 190, 201, 204. Winslow, E. W., IV., 198. Winslow, F., VI., 189. Winslow, J. A.: VI., 300, 302; and officers on Kearsarge,, U. S. S., VI., 303, 304, 320. Winston, J. D., VII., 351. Winter, W., IX., 238, 239. Winthrop
The Daily Dispatch: July 12, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 6 (search)
Personal. --There arrived yesterday at the Spotswood House, besides others, A. B. Long street, Columbia, S. C.; Philip H. Montague Florida; W. S. Winder, N. C.; J. Richardson Savannah; F. Van Bibber, C. S. N.; J. A. Seddon, Goochland; S. J. Sharp, William Canere, Baltimore; A. D. Dickinson, Prince Edward; R. W. Patrick, Centerville, Texas At the Exchange, A. McCleish, Alexandria Major T. W. Woodward, S. C.; Col. Hill Catter. Va.; D. J. Whittington, Tenn.; Dr. Bonman, N. O., and others.
The Daily Dispatch: August 26, 1862., [Electronic resource], Later from the North. (search)
Fortress Monroe. Miscellaneous. A Fredericksburg correspondent of the Herald, under date of August 17, says Gen. Burnside has inaugurated the assumption of his command in that vicinity with prompt measures to repress the command which in progress between Richmond and the rebel sympathizers. On the morning of the 15th, the following Marylanders, who were endeavoring to make their way to Richmond, were captured: A. Gives, M. E. Haines, W. H. Archer, John L. Welch, G. R. Hodges, W. S. Winder, M. Thompson, H. Barch, E. K, Goldsborough, Lloyd Lownders. Albert Mudd, George Mudd and G. C. Burch. T. M. Hodges and two others. escaped. Dispatches from New Orleans announce the death of Connnander Thomas Wainwright, of the U. S. sloop of war Hartford. Old Abe has just made the following appointments: Brigadier General H. G. Wright, of the United States Engineers, to be a Major-General; Col. Michael Corcoran, of the 69th New York Militia, to be a Brigadier-General; Col Orland
The Daily Dispatch: August 27, 1862., [Electronic resource], Further from the North. (search)
me of them are given (by the initial) in a letter which I append. The following are the names of those captured. They frankly admitted that they were bound for Richmond. A. Gires, M. E., Hains, W. H. Archer, John L. Welch, C. R. Hodges, W. S. Winder, G. C. Burch, M. Thompson, H. Burch, E. B. Goldsborough, Lloyd Lownders, Albert Mudd, George Mudd. One of those who escaped is T. H. Hodgers, brother of C. R. Hodgers, given in the above list. --These two men had documents in their posses and says it is quite possible it reached in killed and wounded 2,000. He compliments the Captains of the Fourth and Sixth Maine batteries, and says their aim was terribly accurate. A shell from Capt. McGilva's battery, the Fort Maine, killed Gen. Winder while he was in the act of signaling for reinforcements. How soon we are to advance beyond the Rapidan and again commence offensive movements, I am not allowed to say, even if I knew, which I do not. Gen. Pope's original plans were entire