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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 2. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 5.29 (search)
y miss me? 'Twould be an assurance most dear To know that some loved one was saying, To-day I wish he were here. Those touching words, too, of Home, sweet home flash before my memory, and I cannot restrain the tears that rush to my eyes. Over three months have passed since I have heard from home and mother. What changes may have occurred since my capture, the 19th of September! Two of my brothers are members of the First Georgia reserves, now guarding the 30,000 Yankee prisoners at Andersonville--one is major, and the other, a youth of sixteen years, is one of Captain Wirz's sergeants. These two are no doubt absent from the annual home reunion. Others may be too. I hope and feel that my brothers are civil and kind to the Yankees they are guarding. They are too brave to act otherwise. My poor prison dinner was in sad contrast with my Christmas dinners at home. It consisted of beef soup, a small piece of pickled beef, some rice and a slice of loaf bread. Lastly, to our aston
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 2. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Editorial paragraphs. (search)
letter are those which will inspire the conclusion of my work if I live long enough to come to that point: therefore I cheerfully aquiesce in your request. Believe me sir, yours truly, L. P. d'orleans, Comte de Paris. I have received your monthly publications and two bound ones — the first containing several numbers bound together, and the other on the Treatment of prisoners. I shall study the later carefully, for you cannot ignore that the treatment of the Federal prisoners at Andersonville is considered generally, and I fear justly, as a dark spot on the page of the Southern annals. Anything which would contribute to bring the truth forward on that subject will be gratefully received. office Southern Historical Society, Richmond, Va., November 10th, 1876. L. P. d'orleans, Comte de Paris: Sir — I need only acknowledge your favor of the 14th ult., and express my cordial reciprocation of the spirit in which it is written. The time has come when men on either side o
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 2. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Book notices, (search)
Book notices, The Southern side; or, Andersonville Prison. Compiled from official documents by R. Randolph Stevenson, M. D., formerly Chief Surgeon of the Confederate States Military Prison Hospitals, Andersonville, Ga. Baltimore: Turnbull Brothers. 1876. We are indebted to the author for a copy of this very valuable contribution to history, which we have read with deep interest, and of which, at some early day, we propose a full review. Meantime, we most cordially commend the book tin preserving a large part of the Andersonville papers, and he has most abundantly made good the assertion in his preface: I propose in the following pages to show, from official Confederate and Federal documents: 1st. That the sufferings at Andersonville were the results of a malignant pestilence, coupled with the uncontrollable events of a fierce and bitter war;. 2d. That Captain Wirz expiated his alleged crimes under the form of a trial that can reflect no credit on the Government that tri