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S. Cooper (search for this): chapter 4.32
uired. Dr. Jones, however, who was specially sent there by the Government for scientific investigation, made a report which, though one-sided and long-winded, showed plainly enough the state of things. Colonel Chandler, who was sent by the Secretary of War, Colonel Seddon, to investigate the charges, briefly reported in August, 1864, that it was a place the horrors which it is difficult to describe, and which is a disgrace to civilization, and recommended the removal of General Winder. General Cooper, the Inspector-General, endorsed this report, writing that Andersonville is a reproach to us as a nation. J. A. Campbell, the Assistant Secretary of War, urgently endorsed the report. General Bragg and General Ransom and others agitated for Winder's removal. Judge Ould made the mortality of the prisoners the ground for a strong appeal to the United States for a renewal of exchange. And this was all. Mr. Davis not only refused to remove General Winder, but extended his authority to al
Robert Ould (search for this): chapter 4.32
eneral Ransom and others agitated for Winder's removal. Judge Ould made the mortality of the prisoners the ground for a strmedicines contraband of war --refused the proposition of Judge Ould, that each Government should send its own surgeons with nd neglected from August to December, 1864, to accede to Judge Ould's proposition to send transportation to Savannah and recport of the monthly mortality at Andersonville, and that Judge Ould, again and again, urged compliance with his humane propoat once repudiated by the Federal authorities; that when Judge Ould agreed upon a new cartel with General Butler, Lieutenanthistory the refusal of the Federal authorities to accept Judge Ould's several propositions to allow surgeons from either sidn the Confederates agreed to their own hard terms, which Judge Ould had finally done. 3. And when our Commissioner proposedn at once, on the reception of the Chandler report, sent Judge Ould down the rive, under flag of truce, to say to the Federa
G. C. Gibbs (search for this): chapter 4.32
rvy. Captain Wirz had gangrene in an old wound, which he had received in the battle of Manassas, in 1861, and was absent from the post (Andersonville) some four weeks on surgeon's certificate. (In his trial certain Federal witnesses swore to his killing certain prisoners in August, 1864, when he (Wirz) was actually at that time absent on sick leave in Angusta, Georgia.) General Winder had gangrene of the face, and was forbidden by his surgeon (I. H. White) to go inside the stockade. Colonel G. C. Gibbs, commandant of the post, had gangrene of the face, and was furloughed under the certificate of Surgeons Wible and Gore, of Americus, Georgia. The writer of this can fully attest to effects of gangrene and scurvy contracted whilst on duty there; their marks will follow him to his grave. The Confederate graveyard at Andersonville will fully prove that the mortality among the guards was almost as great in proportion to the number of men as among the Federals. The paper of General I
Wirz (search for this): chapter 4.32
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,
Wible (search for this): chapter 4.32
as absent from the post (Andersonville) some four weeks on surgeon's certificate. (In his trial certain Federal witnesses swore to his killing certain prisoners in August, 1864, when he (Wirz) was actually at that time absent on sick leave in Angusta, Georgia.) General Winder had gangrene of the face, and was forbidden by his surgeon (I. H. White) to go inside the stockade. Colonel G. C. Gibbs, commandant of the post, had gangrene of the face, and was furloughed under the certificate of Surgeons Wible and Gore, of Americus, Georgia. The writer of this can fully attest to effects of gangrene and scurvy contracted whilst on duty there; their marks will follow him to his grave. The Confederate graveyard at Andersonville will fully prove that the mortality among the guards was almost as great in proportion to the number of men as among the Federals. The paper of General Imboden, which we published, fully corroborates the above statements. But we gave the testimony of Mr. John M.
Gerritt Smith (search for this): chapter 4.32
behalf of Mr. Horace Greeley and other gentlemen who were unwilling to go on Mr. Davis' bail bond until the charge against him of cruelty to prisoners was cleared up. Judge Shea went to Canada and had access to certain Confederate archives which had escaped capture, and he investigated all of the evidence which the Bureau of military justice had at Washington. The result was that he was not only convinced himself, but succeeded in convincing such men as Governor Andrew, Horace Greeley, Gerritt Smith, Vice-President Wilson and Thaddeus Stevens, that the charge against Mr. Davis of even connivance at cruelty to prisoners was utterly without foundation. The United States authorities did not dare to bring Mr. Davis to trial on this or on any other charge, simply because, after the most industrious efforts, they could find no testimony which created even a reasonable presumption of guilt. But these judicial gentlemen of The Nation undertake to convict where the Bureau of military jus
George W. Brent (search for this): chapter 4.32
did we deem it incumbent upon us to enter into any defence of General Winder, distinctly averring that if it could be proven beyond 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. But we did publish incidentally letters from Secretary Seddon, ex-President Davis, Adjutant-General S. Cooper, Colonel George W. Brent and General G. T. Beauregard, and the testimony of Federal prisoners themselves, going to show that the charges against him were false. The Nation then proceeds to ring the same old charges on the horrors of Andersonville which we have heard for years, and utterly ignores the testimony which we introduced on the other side. We gave the statements of Mr. L. M. Park, of La Grange, Georgia (for whom we vouched as a gentleman of unimpeachable character), who was on duty at Andersonv
Howell Cobb (search for this): chapter 4.32
lic nuisance. Hon. H. S. Foote, aroused by the Secretary of War's recommendation that no more meat be issued to the prisoners, called the attention of the Confederate House of Representatives to their sufferings, and asked investigation. General Howell Cobb, who had command of the department, investigated the hospitals, and, in the face of outspoken reports from the surgeons in charge, reported that action was not required. Dr. Jones, however, who was specially sent there by the Government fsonable doubt that it did neither. The Nation tries to fix responsibility on Mr. Davis by a series of assertions, for which we respectfully demand the proof. It will be difficult to get any one at all familiar with the high character of General Howell Cobb to believe the assertion that he refused to do anything to mitigate the condition of things at Andersonville in the face of outspoken reports from the surgeons in charge. We gave the famous Chandler report, and accompanied it with letters
B. Bragg (search for this): chapter 4.32
. Colonel Chandler, who was sent by the Secretary of War, Colonel Seddon, to investigate the charges, briefly reported in August, 1864, that it was a place the horrors which it is difficult to describe, and which is a disgrace to civilization, and recommended the removal of General Winder. General Cooper, the Inspector-General, endorsed this report, writing that Andersonville is a reproach to us as a nation. J. A. Campbell, the Assistant Secretary of War, urgently endorsed the report. General Bragg and General Ransom and others agitated for Winder's removal. Judge Ould made the mortality of the prisoners the ground for a strong appeal to the United States for a renewal of exchange. And this was all. Mr. Davis not only refused to remove General Winder, but extended his authority to all the Confederate prisons, which powers he held until his death in the following year. The apologists for President Davis have always contended that he was not aware of the horror ; and singular as i
I. H. White (search for this): chapter 4.32
were similarly affected with gangrene and scurvy. Captain Wirz had gangrene in an old wound, which he had received in the battle of Manassas, in 1861, and was absent from the post (Andersonville) some four weeks on surgeon's certificate. (In his trial certain Federal witnesses swore to his killing certain prisoners in August, 1864, when he (Wirz) was actually at that time absent on sick leave in Angusta, Georgia.) General Winder had gangrene of the face, and was forbidden by his surgeon (I. H. White) to go inside the stockade. Colonel G. C. Gibbs, commandant of the post, had gangrene of the face, and was furloughed under the certificate of Surgeons Wible and Gore, of Americus, Georgia. The writer of this can fully attest to effects of gangrene and scurvy contracted whilst on duty there; their marks will follow him to his grave. The Confederate graveyard at Andersonville will fully prove that the mortality among the guards was almost as great in proportion to the number of men as a
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