The Daily Dispatch: September 30, 1861., [Electronic resource], Treatment of prisoners.

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Treatment of prisoners.

We have information direct from Fort Lafayette, New York harbor, in regard to the manner in which the Lincolnites treat their captives. It appears that this depends entirely upon the prisoner's ability to pay, and that exactly coincides with all previously formed conceptions of the Northern character. The Almighty dollar opens a way to good treatment, and procures decent food; but if a man has no money, his fare is inferior to the rations of a soldier. The privateersmen are in irons, and, from all accounts, are treated worse than if they were brutes.

The Daily Dispatch: September 30, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. September 30, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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Treatment of prisoners.