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518 Series II Volume VII- Serial 120 - Prisoners of War

Page 518 PRISONERS OF WAR AND STATE, ETC.

Consolidated return of the C. S. military prison, Camp Sumter, Andersonville, Ga., for the week ending July 31, 1864.

Date. Receive Recaptu Total In In Grand

d. red. receive prison hospita total.

d. quarter l.

s.

July 3 . . 3 27,712 1,645 29,360

25. . .

26. . . 36 . . 36 27,647 1,655 29,333

27. . . 673 . . 673 27,634 1,634 29,941

28. . . 1,029 . . 1,029 28,083 1,784 30,896

29. . . 1,110 . . 1,110 29,081 1,733 31,924

30. . . 4 2 6 30,088 1,751 31,845

31. . . . . . . . . 29,998 1,776 31,774

Escaped Died. Sent to Total In In Total

. other died, prison hospita on

posts. escaped quarter l. hand.

, sent s.

off,

paroled

,

release

d, and

exchang

e.

. . 63 . . 63 27,715 1,582 a29,297

. . 65 . . 65 27,678 1,590 b29,268

2 71 1 74 28,304 1,563 c29,867

2 80 . . 82 29,110 1,704 d30,814

2 83 . . 85 30,191 1,648 e31,839

. . 71 . . 71 30,092 1,682 f31,774

. . 96 . . 96 29,998 1,680 31,678

a 3 from Savannah.

b 31 from Salisbury, 5 from Augusta.

c{494 from Lynchburg, 39 from Atlanta.

{140 from Macon, and 1 sent to Macon.

d 1,019 from Atlanta, 10 from Augusta.

e 724 from Atlanta, 385 from Danville, 1 from Macon.

f 4 from Atlanta.

I certify that the above is a correct copy from my prison journal.

H. WIRZ,

Captain, Commanding Prison.

Captain W. S. WINDER,

Assistant Adjutant-General, Camp Sumter, Andersonville, Ga.

CAMP SUMTER, Anderson, Ga., July 31, 1864.

Return of staff officers acting under the orders of Brigadier General John H. Winder, commanding post at Andersonville, Ga., commanding camps and stockade containing the Federal prisoners of war and the guard troops for the same, the prison for Federal prisoners of war at Macon, &c., July 31, 1864.

Number. Name. Rank. Date of By whom On what

order. assigned. duty.

1 W. S. Captain June 3, Special

Winder a. and 1864. Orders,

. . assistant Numbers

-adjutant 129,

general. Adjutant

and

Inspector

General's

Office.

2 Robert W. Lieutenan June 3, . . . do. Sick and

Brown. t and 1864. . . . absent.

aide-de-

camp.

3 Warner . . June 3, . . . do.

Lewis. . Detailed 1864. . . .

. without

commissio

n.

4 S. Boyler Lieutenan June 3, . . . do. Assistan

Davis b. t and 1864. . . . t to the

. . aide-de- commanda

camp. nt of

Federal

prisoner

s at

this

post.

5. W. Shelby Captain, June 11, Special Provost-

Reed c. . Provision 1864. Orders, marshal

. al Army No. 136, at the

C. S. Adjutant post.

and

Inspector

General's

Office.

a The staff were brought with me by the verbal consent of the Adjutant and Inspector General to take with me such as I might require, there being no staff officers at this or the previous command to which I was assigned.

b Lieutenant and aide-de-camp to Major-General Trimble; wounded at Gettysburg; escaped from Federal hospital. Assigned to me for duty.

c. Assigned for thirty days, and waiting further orders from the War Department.


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