Confederate Prisoners of War Bookmark

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"The words of woe, misery and despair; the sighs of wretchedness; the groans of anguish; the tears of affliction, and the continual wail of sorrow and torment, made the scene too horrid for contemplation, and too sickening to behold. The days of anguish are too detestable to be forced …

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"The words of woe, misery and despair; the sighs of wretchedness; the groans of anguish; the tears of affliction, and the continual wail of sorrow and torment, made the scene too horrid for contemplation, and too sickening to behold. The days of anguish are too detestable to be forced upon the memory; and I shudder, when called upon, to narrate the facts...Men of strong and vigorous frames sank down in sickness and misery under the tortures inflicted upon them." ~ Capt. J.J. Dunkle, 25th Va. Infantry

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Adequate time, study and history has never been afforded those unfortunate Southern souls who found themselves prisoners of an invading hoard during the war to preserve their sovereign independence. Their foreign captors could well afford sufficient food, medicine, water, shelter and clothing yet provided little or none. Freezing in the cold, thirsting in the heat, moldy, rotten or insect infested food, medicine, water, shelter and clothing yet provided little or none. Freezing in the cold, thirsting in the heat, moldy rotten or insect infested food and diseased water were their lot. This from a government administration whose official policy would not even permit doctors and medicines to be sent to their own soldiers held captive. Of the more than 220,000 Confederate prisoners over 26,000 perished, most needlessly, thousands more were damaged for life.