Annecdotes and more - more additions

New additions to the site:

Letter to Governor Murphy on Conditions in Crawford County, Arkansas

Old Dick, the Drummer
Joe Parsons, a Maryland Brave
Parting Words to the Yankees
An Elegy, a poem: "L-E-G on my Leg"
The Rebel Retreat from Mill Spring
A Southern Scene - a poem
The Capture of Smithfield, Va.
A Pass for a Rebel
A Brilliant Exploit
An Incident of Mill Spring
A National Hymn
incident of the Hospital
A Home Scene
The Feast of Doughnuts
Lieut. Greble at Great Bethel.
A Humorous Incident
The Other "Abou‑Ben‑Adhem" - a poem on President James Buchanan
Young Hart the Guide
A Courageous Woman
The Great Bell Roland - a poem
Horses at Bull Run
Incidents of the Peninsula
'Cuteness of a Contraband Scout
An Affecting Incident
A Draft at Savannah, Ga.
Southern Women
A Model Body-Guard
The Fight at Big Bethel
Incident of War
Old Hannah
A Loyal Pigeon
Southern Ideas of Northern Bravery
Incidents of the Fort Donelson Fight

Back from a road trip... new additions

We just got back from a road trip from Dover Arkansas to Springfield Massachusetts... and back... 9 days away from my keyboard!

New additions today:
A Raw Recruit
Reminiscences of Shiloh
General Kelley and a Secession Girl
Origin of "Skedaddle"
A Touching Incident, a poem and its inspiration
An Incident of the Pulpit
An Old Bible Captured in Battle
Grave Inscription
Incidents of Fort Pickens
Disturbing an Orator
The "Home Guards"

Index of POW testimoney

http://www.pddoc.com/skedaddle/060/index.html provides an index to POW tesimoney on the pages completed last week. It may provide a basis for an extended index on our site.

Our harddrive has crashed again.  It's the same one that failed before, except that we were able to reformat it and continue to use it.  The good news is that very little was lost this time.  Because of other issues, mailing list for Skedaddle was moved to an on-line service and it was lost.  Almost all of the work that's been done recently is on-line at our web-site.  A few hours work on current projects, some personal photos and, of course, all of our saved internet "favorites" is primarily what we lost.  Of course, installation of a new hard drive, formatting it and installing all of the software are all additional costs in money and time. 

 

All of the material for the Index to Sanitary Commission's Report on treatment of prisoners has been reorganized and reindexed.

 

 

Home • e-Journal • Mail/Subscribe• Site Map • Free Graphics Skedaddle: Nineteenth Century Writings of the American Civil War APPENDIX TO THE REPORT OF THE SANITARY COMMITTEE: BEING THE EVIDENCE TAKEN BY THE COMMISSION RELATING TO TREATMENT OF UNION PRISONERS BY THE REBELS (index to the Appendix)

EVIDENCE OF OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY RETURNED AFTER CONFINEMENT IN REBEL PRISONS TESTIMONY OF PRIVATES AND NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS TESTIMONY OF COMMISSIONED AND MEDICAL OFFICERS EVIDENCE OF UNITED STATES ARMY SURGEONS, IN CHARGE OF THE FOUR HOSPITALS AT ANNAPOLIS AND BALTIMORE , MD., TO WHICH RETURNED UNION PRISONERS WERE BROUGHT FROM RICHMOND, VA. ALSO, EVIDENCE OBTAINED FROM EYE-WITNESSES Testimony of Surgeon B. A. VanderKieft Testimony, by Letter, of Surgeon William S. Ely Testimony of Surgeon G. B. Parker Surgeon G. B. Parker, recalled Testimony of Surgeon De Witt C. Peters Testimony of Surgeon A. Chapel Testimony of Miss D. L. Dix Testimony of Joseph B. Abbott QUARTERLY REPORT Of the Hospitals for the Federal prisoners, Richmond, Va., furnished by Surgeon-General C. S. A., April 1, 1864.  Obtained by a paroled and returned Federal prisoner. (Click on image to view.) EVIDENCE RELATING TO UNITED STATES STATIONS FOR REBEL PRISONERS Letter from Quartermaster-General M. C. Meigs Testimony taken at Fort Delaware Testimony taken at De Camp General Hospital, David's Island, New York Testimony on Johnson's Island, Near Sandusky, Ohio EVIDENCE OF SOLDIERS OF THE REBEL ARMY CONFINED AT UNITED STATES STATIONS Testimony taken at Lincoln Hospital, Washington, D. C. Testimony taken at De Camp General Hospital, David's Island, New York Testimony taken at Fort Delaware

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Statements and Documentation on Civil War POWs

Evidence Relating to Rebel Prisoners held in United States

(in the order presented)

Letter from M. C. Meigs, Quartermaster-General, United States Army

Fort Delaware, Delaware

Gilbert S. Clark, Captain, in Charge of Subsistence Department, Fort Delaware, Delaware

1864 Regulations for Stations Holding Prisoners of War and Political or State Prisoners

S. R. Craige, Captain, A. Q. M., Volunteers, Quartermaster's Office, Fort Delaware, Delaware

Gilbert S. Clark, Captain, recalled,  Fort Delaware, Delaware

George W. Ahl, Captain, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General and Commissary or Prisoners, Fort Delaware, Delaware

A. G. Wolf, Lieutenant and Commissary of Prisoners, Fort Delaware, Delaware

Special Order No. 157.

H. R. Silliman, Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Army, Fort Delaware, Delaware

A. G. Wolf, Lieutenant, recalled,  Fort Delaware, Delaware

Colin Arrott, Acting Assistant Surgeon, Fort Delaware, Delaware

 

More depositions on POW treatment and conditions "at the North"

David's Island, New York

Augustus Van Cortlandt, Acting Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Army, De Camp General Hospital, David's Island, New York

George W. Edwards, Acting Assistant Surgeon, De Camp General Hospital, Dean’s Island, New York

Deposition of John Howe, William Badger, George Badger, A. N. Brockway, and Wm. C. Pryor, Acting Assistant Surgeons, De Camp General Hospital, David's Island, New York

Rev. Robert Lowry, Chaplin, United States Army, Protestant Episcopal Minister

Johnson’s Island, near Sandusky, Ohio

Testimony taken at Washington D.C., June 3, 1864

Commissioners Present.—Mr. Wilkins, Dr. Wallace, Dr. Walden

Charles P. Wilson, Acting Assistant Surgeon, United States Army, Johnson's Island, Ohio

Depositions taken at Sandusky, Ohio.

T. Woodridge, M.D., Major, Surgeon in Charge of Depot for Prisoners of War on Johnson's Island and Surgeon for 128th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Regiment

Henry Evertman,  Surgeon U. S. Vols., Chief Medical Officer

Deposition taken at Kelley’s Island.

George C. Huntington, resident of Kelley's Island

 

Treatment of Civil War POWs

Civil War POW Statements

 

Connecticut

   1st Connecticut Cavalry

      Charles Farnsworth, Lieutenant-Colonel

      Charles Farnsworth, Lieutenant-Colonel, additional testimony

New York

   8th New York Cavalry

      Nelson D. Ferguson, Surgeon

Pennsylvania

   145th Pennsylvania Infantry

      D. W. Richards, M. D., Assistant Surgeon

 

Statements of U. S. surgeons and other witnesses

 

Maryland

   United States Army General Hospital Division No. 1, Annapolis

      B. A. VanderKieft, Surgeon in Charge
      William S. Ely, Surgeon, Executive Officer

   United States Army General Hospital Division No. 2, Annapolis

      G. B. Parker, Surgeon in Charge

      G. B. Parker, Surgeon in Charge, recalled

   Jarvis General Hospital, Baltimore

      De Witt C. Peters, Surgeon in Charge

   West's Buildings Hospital, Baltimore

      A. Chapel, Surgeon in Charge

   Baltimore

      Miss D. L. Dix

Washington, D. C.

   United States Sanitary Commission

      Joseph B. Abbott, Special Relief Agent

 

Evidence Relating to United States Stations for Rebel Prisoners 

 

Letter from M. C. Meigs, Quartermaster-General, United States Army

Gilbert S. Clark, Captain, in Charge of Subsistence Department, Fort Delaware