April 16, 1863, Tyler Reporter
The Little Rock True Democrat has the following concerning the Arkansas Post Prisoners. We trust their treatment in prison has not been so bad as represented. It now appears very certain that they have been exchanged, we shall probably hear from them soon:
The prison at Camp Douglas, Chicago, is a prefect pest house and slaughter pen. Our brave men immured in these dungeons die rapidly, and the infernal rascals who control the prison refused the patriots blankets, medicines or proper food. It was a vast receptacle of mud and filth, surrounded or covered by stagnant water, and so unhealthy that the guards stationed there began to sicken and die. The small pox broke out, and the would-be murderers became alarmed at the danger of disease spreading and grew afraid that in their attempts at the slow murder of patriots, they might spread disease among themselves. Of late, we are told, they have made some efforts to clean up the prison and build a hospital. Whenever we have found a list of deaths there, we have published the names of the Missourians, Arkansians and Texians. The following we find among the names of those who died in the four days, from 24th to 27th February:
(We only give those from Texas.)
John W Renfrew, of 7th Texas; James Jackson, T C Towell and R C Edmondson, of the 10th Texas. T Perry, D D Turner, W McMinn, Daniel Ketsell, W H Meigs, T R Tankerley, Allen Brian, W H Milton, Morton V Walker, W H Wilhams, Daniel J Tramel, B F Christopher, W S Coleman, and Robert T Work, of the 15th Texas. K A McKnight of the 16th Texas. Creed Engledon, Joseph Swinney, W O Taylor, Joseph Cobb, A P Lowry, E B Burris, R G Granberry, Thos S Watkins, Martin M Pendegrass, W O Embry and Allen F Barber of the 17th Texas. W A Stewart, A G Early, Thomas Elliott, T T Winn, W M Reynolds, Jos W Stetes, Joseph W Styles, N J Hyde, James B Ware and W H McDaniel, of the 18th Texas. John Foster, of the sappers and miners. Hugh March.