Prisoners of War 1861 65 a Record of Personal Experiences And a Study of the
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Vols. , writes November 17, 1863, to Colonel Hoffman, Commissary of Prisoners, Washington: "At Belle Isle a large proportion of our privates are without tents, barracks, or any shelter, herded like cattle on the cold, wet sand, lacking blankets, clothing, and sufficient food. Men are dying at the rate of ten a day. Of 14 brought in one evening 9 died before morning. The day's ration was a piece of coarse bread 5 by 2% by 3 inches. A Confederate official said to me: 4 It is a hard thing to say t...o you, but your men on Belle Isle are dying of starvation. ' Another Confederate officer said to me, 1 The Island is a perfect slaughter pen for your men. ' " G. Wm. Semple, Surgeon, C. S. A. , previously quoted in another connection, reports about Belle Isle, March 6, 1864: " An area sufficient for 3000 has now from 6000 to 10, 000 men in it. The whole surface of the camp is saturated with 306 PRISONERS OF WAR putrid animal matter. The bread is corn-meal, unsifted or bolted, and greatly increases disease.
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