| Show DIED IN PRISON PENS Record of Those Who Passed Away in Military Confine mcnts Is an Appalling Appal-ling One The largest confederate prison was at Anderaonvlllo Ga where 45613 union Holdlern were Imprisoned The prison had Its maximum number on August 8 1804 when the rolls showed show-ed tho presence of 33114 Death claimed 12912 or 28 per cent of the sntlro number Every day tho death roll averaged 30 The greatest number num-ber ot deaths occurred on August 23 I 1Sr4 when 127 yielded up their lives The largest military prison In the north was at Elmlra whore 11910 prisoners pris-oners wore confined In an open pen or stockade The death list reached 2994 about 25 per cent In Match 1SG5 the greatest mortality occllrlCIIt95or 1CD per cent of all the deaths All except six of tho dead wore buried Infield In-field which was afterward plowed up d planted with wheat and now ithor summer nor winter shows a gn of where 3000 hapless confeder os were laid away The members of tho Womans Hellflf Corps make a great feature of Memorial Memo-rial day TIll pity of It all Is ttat there are so main new graves to decorate dec-orate each Iar |
