Chronicles from the Diary of a War Prisoner in Andersonville and Other Military Prisons of the South in 1864...: An Appendix Containing Statement of a Confederate Physician and Officer Relative to Prison Condition and Management |
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... dark- est shadows could not dim ; a hope and a purpose terrible reali- ties could not obscure . I grasped the idea that an active , cheerful mind imparted added life to the body and strength to the soul . Though bound in conditions ...
... dark- est shadows could not dim ; a hope and a purpose terrible reali- ties could not obscure . I grasped the idea that an active , cheerful mind imparted added life to the body and strength to the soul . Though bound in conditions ...
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... Dark Ages . Before the beginning of any movement looking to independence from the rule of European powers , its existence in the Colonies , transplanted from those countries , was condemned by the best and ablest men of that time . It ...
... Dark Ages . Before the beginning of any movement looking to independence from the rule of European powers , its existence in the Colonies , transplanted from those countries , was condemned by the best and ablest men of that time . It ...
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... dark , orders for three days ' more rations . Had a tedious task lasting until 9 p . m . Quartermaster is getting everything ready to leave and hinted we should move at 12 midnight . Got orders at 8 o'clock to strike tents , pack ...
... dark , orders for three days ' more rations . Had a tedious task lasting until 9 p . m . Quartermaster is getting everything ready to leave and hinted we should move at 12 midnight . Got orders at 8 o'clock to strike tents , pack ...
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... dark swamp and came out near a clearing . A portion of the ground had been fought over . Dead and wounded were scattered along . Mostly Union , but I saw two dead Southerners . For a ways guns , knapsacks , hats and blankets were strewn ...
... dark swamp and came out near a clearing . A portion of the ground had been fought over . Dead and wounded were scattered along . Mostly Union , but I saw two dead Southerners . For a ways guns , knapsacks , hats and blankets were strewn ...
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... dark we were marched about two miles to near Barker's store where we found other prisoners . We got over the trenches , rifle pits and breast works and lay down for the night . It was very dark , and we were closely guarded and not ...
... dark we were marched about two miles to near Barker's store where we found other prisoners . We got over the trenches , rifle pits and breast works and lay down for the night . It was very dark , and we were closely guarded and not ...
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Page 115 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night...
Page 12 - A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this Government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved, I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push...
Page 115 - ... creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night : how often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator ? oft in bands While they keep watch, or nightly rounding walk With heavenly touch of instrumental sounds In full harmonic number join'd, their songs Divide the night, and lift our thoughts...
Page 14 - Secession is nothing but revolution. The framers of our Constitution never exhausted so much labor, wisdom, and forbearance in its formation, and surrounded it with so many guards and securities, if it was intended to be broken by every member of the Confederacy at will. It was intended for
Page 84 - Tis of the wave and not the rock; 'Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest's roar, In spite of false lights on the shore. Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee.
Page 115 - How oft do they their silver bowers leave To come to succour us, that succour want ! How oft do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting skies, like flying pursuivant, Against foul fiends to aid us militant ! They for us fight, they watch and duly ward, And their bright squadrons round about us plant, And all for love, and nothing for reward : Oh, why should heavenly God to men have such regard ?1 This agrees with what is recorded of St.
Page 8 - A hard necessity, indeed, compels us to endure the evil of slavery for a time. It was imposed upon us by another nation, while we were yet in a state of colonial vassalage. It cannot be easily, or suddenly removed. Yet while it continues it is a blot on our national character, and every real lover of freedom confidently hopes that it will be effectually, though it must be gradually, wiped away; and earnestly looks for the means, by which this necessary object may be best attained.
Page 225 - And I here before God, measuring my words, knowing their full extent and import, declare that neither the deeds of the Duke of Alva in the Low Countries, nor the massacre of Saint Bartholomew, nor the thumbscrews and engines of torture of the Spanish Inquisition begin to compare in atrocity with the hideous crime of Andersonville.
Page 224 - JH Winder, and the substitution in his place of some one who unites both energy and good judgment with some feeling of humanity and consideration for the welfare and comfort (so far as is consistent with their safe- keeping) of the vast number of unfortunates placed under his control...
Page 217 - The effects of scurvy were manifested on every hand, and in all its various stages, from the muddy, pale complexion, pale gums, feeble, languid muscular motions, lowness of spirits, and fetid breath, to the dusky, dirty, leaden complexion, swollen features, spongy, purple, livid, fungoid, bleeding gums, loose teeth...