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FIVE HUNDRED . QAYS IN REBEL PRISONS. 57
flesh on it, caused by poisonous vaccine . while at Belle
Isle.
N ext me lay Daniel Bixler, Co. B, 5th Iowa, who was
afflicted with scurvy and gangrene sores on his feet and
legs. Where the, sun had blistered them they had be-come
running sores and were filled with , vriggling larvae,
deposited there by the hideous maggot fly. No. iofIiis
grave, 9,, 846.
J ustafew feet awaYI were four mor~ of my company:'
Matthew F. Sparks, Albert T. Weliver, Job 1\ 1. Field
and William T'ippery, all four slowly dying of diarrhoea
and scurvy.
Sergt. Oliver I- I. Smith and Sergt. Chas, E. Walrath
had each an arm amputated from the effects of poisonous
vaccine while at Belle Isle, and . had been taken to the I
hospital outside', where/ rater, Walrath died and Smith
was paroled with the sick. With me were two of the 4th
Minnesota,' Grant and Kelly, bothrniddle- agedmenvwho
had the diarrhcea and had wasted away until they were
merely living skeletons, I, too, was afflicted with, scurvy
until my feet, ankles and knees swelled almostto burst
ing, and turned to a purplecolor. I could place a thumb
or' finger on my foot or leg and press in an inch, which
dent would remain twenty- four hours:
, All the above, except Oliver H. Smith died in the fol-lowing
six weeks, leaving me the" only survivorof our
original mess of' twenty men iwho had been turnedinto
Andersonville onlyfour months previously. Cowles and:':
Weliver remained longest .. After the " deaths ofGia~ t
Object Description
| Title | Five hundred days in Rebel prisons. |
| Author | Fosdick, Charles. |
| Description | The writer, who was taken prisoner at the battle of Chattanooga, narrates his experiences at Belle Isle, Andersonville and Florence. |
| Subject.LCSH | United States. Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1864); United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prison life. |
| Source | Bethany, Mo. : Printed at the Clipper book and job office, 1887. |
| Language | eng |
| Date | 1887 |
| Type | Text |
| Format | |
| Identifier | 973.771 F74f |
| Relation | Northwest Missouri State University Library Tom Hooper's Civil War Collection |
| Date.Digital | 2009 |
| Publisher.Digital | Missouri State Library |
| Rights | All images are in public domain |
| Contributing Institution | Northwest Missouri State University B. D. Owens Library |
| Copy Request | Contact Owens Library Archives /Special Collections at (660)562-1974. |
| Collection Name | Northwest Missouri State University Collection |
Description
| Title | Page 57 |
| Description | FIVE HUNDRED . QAYS IN REBEL PRISONS. 57 flesh on it, caused by poisonous vaccine . while at Belle Isle. N ext me lay Daniel Bixler, Co. B, 5th Iowa, who was afflicted with scurvy and gangrene sores on his feet and legs. Where the, sun had blistered them they had be-come running sores and were filled with , vriggling larvae, deposited there by the hideous maggot fly. No. iofIiis grave, 9,, 846. J ustafew feet awaYI were four mor~ of my company:' Matthew F. Sparks, Albert T. Weliver, Job 1\ 1. Field and William T'ippery, all four slowly dying of diarrhoea and scurvy. Sergt. Oliver I- I. Smith and Sergt. Chas, E. Walrath had each an arm amputated from the effects of poisonous vaccine while at Belle Isle, and . had been taken to the I hospital outside', where/ rater, Walrath died and Smith was paroled with the sick. With me were two of the 4th Minnesota,' Grant and Kelly, bothrniddle- agedmenvwho had the diarrhcea and had wasted away until they were merely living skeletons, I, too, was afflicted with, scurvy until my feet, ankles and knees swelled almostto burst ing, and turned to a purplecolor. I could place a thumb or' finger on my foot or leg and press in an inch, which dent would remain twenty- four hours: , All the above, except Oliver H. Smith died in the fol-lowing six weeks, leaving me the" only survivorof our original mess of' twenty men iwho had been turnedinto Andersonville onlyfour months previously. Cowles and:': Weliver remained longest .. After the " deaths ofGia~ t |
