Chapter X: Part 10

If one of those men applies for a pension, he is called upon to
furnish the affidavit of some army surgeon who treated him after
his release and prior to discharge, showing that he then had the
disease on which he now claims a pension. For reasons stated, this
is impossible. The next thing is a call to furnish an affidavit
from some doctor who treated the man while at home on furlough, or
certainly immediately following his final discharge, showing that
he was then afflicted with identical disease on which pension is
now claimed. This is generally impossible, for many reasons.

In most cases the released prisoner felt it was not medicine he
wanted, but the kindly nursing of mother or wife, and nourishing
food. So no doctor was called, at least for some months after
reaching home. In the instances where the doctor was called, not
infrequently he cannot now be found, cannot swear that the soldier
had any particular disease for the first six months after reaching
home, as he was a mere skeleton from starvation, and it required
months of careful nursing before he had vitality enough for a
disease to manifest itself.

Then again in many cases the poor victim has never suffered from
any particular disease, but rather from a combination of numerous
ills, the sequence of a wrecked constitution commonly termed by
physicians, “General Debility.” But the commissioner refuses to
grant a pension on disease save where the proof is clear and
positive of the contracting of a particular disease while in the
service, of its existence at date of final discharge, and of its
continuous existence from year to year for each and every year, to
present date.

In most cases it is impossible for a prison survivor to furnish any
such proof, and hence his application is promptly rejected. Besides
these, there are hundreds of other obstacles in the way of the
surviving prisoner of war who applies for a pension. One thing is,
he is called upon to prove by comrades who were in prison with him,
the origin and nature of his disease, and his condition prior to
and at the time of his release. This is generally impossible, as he
was likely to have but few comrades in prison with whom he was on
intimate terms, and these, if not now dead, cannot be found, they
are men without sufficient knowledge of anatomy and physiology, and
not one out of a hundred could conscientiously swear to the origin
and diagnosis of the applicant’s disease. Is it not ridiculous for
the government to insist upon such preposterous evidence? Which,
if produced in due form, is a rule drawn up by the applicant’s
physican, and sworn to by the witness—“_cum grano salis_,”—and in
most cases amounts to perjury for charity’s sake.

Hence, it will be seen the difficulties surrounding the prison
survivor who is disabled and compelled to apply for a pension are
so numerous and insurmountable as to shut out a very large majority
of the most needy and deserving cases from the benefits of the
general pension laws entirely.

We claim, therefore, that as an act of equal justice to these men,
as compared with other soldiers, there ought to be a law passed
admitting them to pensions on record or other proof of confinement
in a confederate prison for a prescribed length of time—such as
Bill 4495—introduced by the Hon. J. Warren Keifer, M. C., of Ohio
provides for. And if this bill is to benefit these poor sufferers
any, it must be passed speedily, as those who yet remain will, at
best, survive but a few years longer.

This measure is not asked as a pencuniary compensation for the
personal losses these men sustained, as silver and gold cannot be
weighed as the price for untold sufferings, but it is asked that
they may be partly relieved from abject want, and their sufferings
alleviated to some extent by providing them with the necessaries of
life, for nearly all of them are extremely poor, consequent on the
wreck of their physical and mental powers.

LIST OF THE DEAD

The following are those who died and were buried at Andersonville, with full name, Co., Regt., date of death and No. of grave in the Cemetery at that place, alphabetically arranged by States. The No. before each name is the same as marked at the head of the graves. The list will be found to be very accurate.

ALABAMA.

7524 Barton Wm Cav 1 L Sept 1 64
2111 Berry J M, S’t “ 1 A May 17
4622 Belle Robert “ 1 A Aug 3
5505 Boobur Wm “ 1 E Aug 13
8425 Brice J C “ 1 L Sept 11
8147 Guthrie J “ 1 I Sept 8
2514 Henry P “ 1 F June 26
996 Jones Jno F “ 1 K Mar 15
4715 Mitchell Jno D 1 A Aug 4
5077 Ponders J Cav 1 H Aug 8
5763 Panter R 1 L Aug 15
6886 Patterson W D 1 K Aug 25
2504 Prett J R 1 F June 3
10900 Redman W R Cav 1 G Oct 14
4731 Stubbs W 1 I Aug 4
TOTAL 15.

CONNECTICUT.

2380 Anderson A 14 K June 23 64
3461 Batchelder Benj 16 C July 17
3664 Baty John 16 C July 19
7306 Brunkissell H 14 D Aug 30
2833 Brennon M 14 B July 3
3224 Burns Jno 7 I July 12
10414 Blumly E 8 D Oct 6
545 Bigelow Wm 7 B Apr 14
11965 Ball H A 3 B Nov 11
12089 Brookmeyer T W 8 H Nov 18
12152 Burke H 16 D Nov 24
12209 Bone A 1 E Dec 1
10682 Burnham F, Cor 14 I Oct 11
10690 Barlow O L 16 E Oct 11
10876 Bennett N 18 H Oct 13
5806 Brown C H 1 H Aug 15
5919 Boyce Wm 7 B Aug 17
6083 Bishop B H Cav 1 I Aug 18
6184 Bushnell Wm 14 D Aug 19
1763 Bailey F 16 E Sept 4
2054 Brewer G E 21 A June 16
5596 Burns B 6 G Aug 14
5632 Balcomb 11 B Aug 14 64
5754 Beers James C 16 A Aug 15
11636 Birdsell D 16 D Oct 28
4296 Blakeslee H Cav 1 L July 30
3900 Bishop A 18 A July 24
1493 Besannon Peter 14 B June 2
2720 Babcock R 30 A July 1
2818 Baldwin Thos Cav 1 L July 3
2256 Bosworth A M 16 D June 21
5132 Bougin John 11 C Aug 8
5152 Brooks Wm D, Cor 16 F Aug 9
5308 Bower John 16 E Aug 11
5452 Bently F 6 H Aug 12
5464 Bently James Cav 1 I Aug 12
4830 Blackman A, Cor Art 2 C Aug 6
7742 Banning J F 16 E Sept 3
8018 Ballentine Robert 16 A Sept 6
12408 Bassett J B 11 B Jan 6 65
12540 Bohine C 2 E Jan 27
12620 Bennis Charles 7 K Feb 8
3707 Chapin J L 16 A July 21 64
3949 Cottrell P 7 C July 25
3941 Clarkson 11 H July 25
4367 Culler M 7 E July 31
4449 Connor D 18 F Aug 1
4848 Carrier D B 16 D Aug 6
6060 Cook W H Cav 1 G Aug 18
6153 Clark H H 16 F Aug 15
6846 Clark W 6 A Aug 25
5799 Champlain H 10 F Aug 15
336 Cane John 9 H Apr 2
620 Christian A M 1 A Apr 19
775 Crawford James 14 A Apr 28
7316 Chapman M 16 E Aug 30
7348 Cleary P Cav 1 B Aug 31
7395 Campbell Robert 7 E Aug 31
7418 Culler M 16 K Aug 31
7685 Carver John G 16 B Sept 3
7780 Cain Thomas 14 G Sept 4
9984 Crossley B 8 G Sept 29
10272 Coltier W 16 B Oct 3
11175 Callahan J 11 I Oct 19
11361 Candee D M Art 2 A Oct 23 64
25 Dowd F 7 I Mar 8
7325 Davis W Cav 1 L Aug 30
2813 Davis W 10 E July 3
3614 Damery John 6 A July 20
7597 Diebenthal H 11 C Sept 2
8568 Donoway J Cav 1 A Sept 12
8769 Dutton W H 16 K Sept 14
5446 Dugan Charles 16 K Aug 12
11339 Dean R 16 H Oct 23
11481 Demmings G A 16 I Oct 24
11889 Downer S 18 C Nov 7
11991 Demming B J 16 G Nov 13
3482 Emmonds A 16 K July 17
4437 Easterly Thomas 14 G July 31
4558 Earnest H C 6 I Aug 2
7346 Ensworth John 16 C Aug 31
7603 Edwards O J, Cor 8 G Sept 2
8368 Evans N L 16 I Sept 10
11608 Emmett W 16 K Oct 28
12442 Eaton W 6 F Jan 12 65
186 Fluit C W 14 G Mar 27 64
1277 Francell Otto 6 C May 22
2612 Fry S 7 D June 28
4444 Fibbles H 16 G Aug 1
4465 Fisher H 1 E Aug 1
5123 Florence J J, Cor 16 C Aug 8
5382 Fuller H S 24 H Aug 11
5913 Frisbie Levi Cav 1 G Aug 17
5556 Fogg C S’t 7 K Aug 13
8028 Feely M 7 I Sept 6
9089 Filby A 14 C Sept 18
10255 Frederick John 7 A Oct 3
12188 Fagan P D 11 A Nov 28
3028 Gordon John 14 G July 7
4096 Gray Pat 9 H July 27
4974 Grammon Jas Cav 1 K July 7
4005 Gulterman J, Mus 1 E July 26
5173 Gilmore J 16 C Aug 9
7057 Gallagher P 16 D Aug 28
7337 Gott G, Mus 18 - Aug 30
7592 Goodrich J W 16 C Sept 2
7646 Graigg W 16 B Sept 3
9423 Guina H M 11 G Sept 21
10300 Grady M 11 B Oct 4
10397 Gladstone Wm 6 K Oct 6
49 Holt Thomas Cav 1 A Mar 15
2336 Hughes Ed 14 D June 22
3195 Hitchcock Wm A 16 C July 12
3448 Hall Wm G 1 K July 17
3559 Holcomb D 14 D July 18
1350 Hilenthal Jas 14 C May 25
3033 Haskins Jas 16 D July 8
5029 Hollister A Cav 1 L Aug 8
5162 Hally Thomas 16 F Aug 9
5352 Hanson F A 15 I Aug 11
6695 Hodges Geo Cav 1 H Aug 24
4937 Harwood G 15 A Aug 7
6964 Hoyt E S 17 B Aug 27
7012 Hull M 16 E Aug 27
7380 Holcomb A A 16 E Aug 31
7642 Haley W 16 D Sept 3
7757 Hubbard H D 16 D Sept 4
8043 Haywood 18 E Sept 11
8613 Heath I, S’t 16 K Sept 13
9129 Hall B 16 G Sept 18
9369 Heart W 11 F Sept 20
9981 Hurley R A 16 I Sept 29 64
12086 Hibbard A 18 D Nov 18
12117 Hancock W 14 G Nov 22
12163 Hudson Chas 11 C Nov 26
8148 Hubbard B 16 A Nov 8
9340 Islay H 11 - Sept 4
737 Jamieson Charles 7 D April 26
5221 Johnson John 16 E Aug 10
7083 Johnson G W 11 G Aug 28
7365 Jamison J S, Q M S Cav 1 - Aug 31
7570 Jones Jno J 16 B Sept 2
7961 Jones James R 6 G Sept 6
8502 Johnson F 1 D Sept 12
11970 Johnson C S 16 E Nov 12
12340 Johnson W 16 E Dec 26
1590 Kingsbury C 14 K June 3
5186 Klineland L 11 C Aug 9
6374 Kempton B F 8 G Aug 21
6705 Kershoff B 6 H Aug 25
6748 Kelley F 14 I Aug 25
7749 Kaltry J Cav 1 L Sept 3
8065 Kimball H H 7 H Sept 7
8866 Kohlenburg C 7 D Sept 15
10233 Kearn T 16 A Oct 2
3401 Lenden H 16 D July 16
5893 Lastry J 10 I Aug 16
5499 Lewis J 8 E Aug 12
6124 Leonard W 14 H Aug 19
7912 Lavanaugh W O, S’t 16 C Sept 5
7956 Linker C 8 G Sept 6
9219 Lewis G H 7 G Sept 19
10228 Lee, farrier Cav 1 F Oct 2
74 Mills W J 6 D Mar 20
119 McCaulley Jas 14 D Mar 20
2295 Miller Charles 14 I June 21
3516 McCord P 16 G July 18
3644 Miller A 14 D July 19
3410 Mould James 11 E July 16
3933 McGinnis J W 15 E Aug 17
4079 Miller D Cav 1 E July 27
4417 Messenger A 16 G July 31
4492 McLean Wm 11 F Aug 1
4595 Marshalls B 8 H Aug 3
5238 Mickallis F 16 F Aug 10
7852 Miller F D 16 B Sept
8150 Modger A 10 I Sept 8
6902 Mape George 11 B Aug 25
6240 Marshal L 8 H July 20
7547 Moore A P, S’t Cav 1 H Sept 2
8446 Mathews S J 16 K Sept 11
8501 Myers L Cav 1 - Sept 12
9170 Mertis C 11 C Sept 18
9321 Milor W, S’t 14 F Sept 20
5328 Miller H 16 A Aug 11
6342 Malone John 16 B Aug 22
6426 Messey M 7 E Aug 22
6451 McGee Thomas 11 D Aug 22
6570 McDavid James 1 K Aug 23
6800 Meal John 11 D Aug 25
10595 McCreieth A 14 H Oct 10
10914 McKeon J 7 H Oct 14
11487 Murphy W 16 C Oct 26
11538 McDowell J 11 D Oct 27
12134 Montjoy T 5 C Nov 23
5044 Nichols C 16 G Aug 8
6222 Northrop John 7 D Aug 20
7331 North S S, S’t Cav 1 D Aug 30
10895 Nichols M 7 I Oct 14 64
4565 Orton H C 6 I Aug 9
7511 Olena R Cav 1 E Sept 1
8276 Orr A 14 H Sept 14
2960 Pendalton W 14 C July 6
3808 Pompey C 14 B July 24
4356 Parker S B 10 B July 31
3803 Phelps S G 1 H July 22
4934 Pimble A 16 I Aug 7
5002 Plum James 11 G Aug 8
5386 Patchey J Cav 1 I Aug 12
7487 Post C, S’t 16 K Sept 1
7688 Potache A 7 G Sept 3
9248 Phillips J I 8 B Sept 19
9444 Padfrey Sylvanus 8 H Sept 21
9533 Painter N P 7 C Sept 22
10676 Puritan O Cav 1 L Oct 11
11616 Peir A 7 D Oct 28
2804 Ruther J, S’t Cav 1 E July 3
2871 Reed H H Art 2 H July 4
3674 Risley E, S’t 10 B July 20
4636 Reins Wm 11 I Aug 3
5902 Ross D 10 K Aug 16
6400 Robinson H 21 K Aug 21
7696 Ringwood R 14 I Aug 25
8078 Reed John 7 B Sept 7
8170 Richardson C S 16 E Sept 9
8345 Ray A 11 G Sept 10
7310 Reed Rob’t K 7 A Aug 30
8662 Roper H 16 G Sept 13
10029 Robinson J W 18 D Sept 29
10196 Richardson D T 16 G Oct 2
10416 Reynolds E 1 E Oct 6
12031 Rathbone B 2 A Nov 15
4 Stone H I Cav 1 A Mar 3
234 Smith Horace 7 D Mar 29
2405 Seward G H 14 A June 24
2474 Stephens E W Cav 1 L June 25
3010 Scott W 14 D July 7
3026 Sutcliff B 21 G July 7
3041 Stuart J 7 - July 8
3522 Smith J 14 I July 18
3598 Sherwood D 1 D July 18
4212 Smith C E, S’t Cav 1 L July 27
4316 Stranbell L 11 C July 30
4555 Straum James Art 2 D Aug 2
4722 Sullivan M 16 D Aug 4
4892 Steel Sam 14 C Aug 6
5385 Shults C T 14 I Aug 12
5563 Stino P 16 K Aug 13
5712 Steele Sam 16 C Aug 15
5725 Smith S 7 B Aug 15
6734 Steele James M 16 F Aug 18
7070 Stephens B H 14 - Aug 28
7975 Smith Henry 5 H Sept 6
8088 Short L C 18 K Sept 7
8235 Smally L 16 E Sept 9
9304 Starkweather E M Cav 1 L Sept 20
9435 Sutliff J 16 C Sept 21
9648 See L 1 G Sept 24
9987 Sling D 7 F Sept 29
10138 Schubert K 16 K Oct 1
10247 Sparring T 7 K Oct 3
10476 Steele H 16 F Oct 7
10787 Stauff J Cav 1 L Oct 12
12005 Swift J 1 K Nov 14
12288 Smith J T 7 D Dec 13
541 Taylor Moses 14 E April 14 64
4443 Thompson Wm T 14 I Aug 1
5427 Thompson F 14 A Aug 12
5479 Tibbles Wm 16 G Aug 12
7723 Tredway J H, S’t 15 E Aug 3
10035 Tisdale Ed F Cav 1 B Sept 29
10142 Taylor J 14 I Oct 1
11089 Turner H 11 A Oct 18
3107 Valter H 14 A July 10
401 Winship J H 18 C April 6
2158 Welden Henry 7 E June 19
2601 Warner E Cav 1 E June 28
5543 Wickert Henry 14 C Aug 13
5222 Wright C 16 B Aug 10
4649 Wheely James 10 G Aug 3
5675 Wenchell John L 16 E Aug 14
6138 Way H C 16 K Aug 19
6918 Wiggleworth M L Art 2 H Aug 26
8024 West Chas H 16 I Sept 6
9028 Williams H D, S’t 16 F Sept 17
9265 Wheeler J Cav 1 M Sept 19
9512 Ward Gilbert, S’t 11 - Sept 22
10033 Weins John 6 K Sept 29
12600 Ward G W 18 C Feb 6 65
6394 Young C S, S’t 16 C Aug 21 64
TOTAL 290.

DELAWARE.

8812 Aiken Wm 7 G Sept 15 64
5529 Boice J 4 - Aug 13
7016 Brown J H 2 I Aug 27
1709 Callihan Jno 1 B June 7
2698 Conoway F 1 K June 30
4394 Conley J H 2 F July 31
12253 Connor G Cav 1 D Dec 9
10868 Conner C 2 F Oct 13
11245 Cunningham K 1 F Oct 13
6217 Donohue H 2 D Aug 20
6677 Emmett W 1 K Aug 24
2091 Field S 2 D June 17
9004 Hanning H, Drum 2 F Sept 17
8346 Hills W 2 K Sept 10
5504 Hobson W Cav 1 E Aug 13
9839 Hudson G W, S’t 2 Sept 27
11634 Hussey J R Cav 1 D Oct 28
790 Joseph W C 1 E April 28
5346 Jones H 2 B Aug 11
11410 Kinney M 1 D Oct 24
8292 Laughlin R M 1 C Sept 9
483 Limpkins J H 2 D April 9
5956 Maham Jas 2 C Aug 17
8972 Moxworthy Geo 2 D Sept 16
9580 Martin J 1 G Sept 23
9043 Manner C 2 K Sept 28
1671 McCracklin H 1 B June 6
11570 McKinney J 1 F Oct 27
12407 McBride 2 F Jan 6 65
9450 Norris Clarence Cav 1 L Sept 21 64
6607 Peterson P 4 F Aug 20
8743 Piffer W 2 F Aug 14
7551 Reitter G 2 F Sept 2
11534 Riddler H A 1 H Oct 27
6618 Saurot John 2 E Aug 23
6479 Sholder Ed 2 H Aug 22
6593 Simble Wm Cav 1 C Aug 23
12707 Sill James 2 K Feb 28 65
5764 Smith E E 2 E Aug 15 64
276 Taylor Robert 1 G Mch 31 64
8082 Thorn H I 2 D Sept 8
9324 Tilbrick E L Cav 1 L Sept 20
11981 Warner G 2 K Nov 13
10302 Wilds J 2 K Oct 4
198 Wilburn Geo 2 G Mch 27
TOTAL 55.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

8449 Boissonnault F M Cav 1 H Sept 11 64
11700 Clark Theodore Cav 1 I Oct 31
11180 Farrell C Cav 1 E Oct 19
5736 Gray G S Cav 1 K Aug 15
9463 Pillman John Cav 1 D Sept 21
6873 Ridley A C Cav 1 M Aug 26
11716 Russel T Cav 1 D Nov 1
6847 Stretch J Cav 1 G Aug 25
8189 Sergeant L, S’t Cav 1 G Sept 8 64
11742 Stanhope W H “ 1 I Nov 2
12457 Veasie F “ 1 K Jan 15 65
8172 Winworth G “ 1 G Sept 8 64
8807 Wiggins Nat “ 1 M Sept 15
10301 Wilson W “ 1 E Oct 3
TOTAL 14.

ILLINOIS.