| From the Richmond Daily Dispatch |
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| January 14, 1864 |
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| Neglect of duty and Horrible Cruelty |
| The following statement made by a Richmond
correspondent of the Atlanta Confederacy demands an investigation by
the Commissary General, and the punishment of the agent guilty of this
flagrant neglect of duty and brutal carelessness: |
| While en route here several things came
under my observation worthy of note, and one especially that Congress
should not fail to take proper steps in regard to. At Kingville, S C., I saw three box cars loaded with
cattle {probably on the South Carolina RR}, with this endorsement
upon one of the boxes: "These cattle have been here for three
days, and have never received food or water. Where are the
commissaries? December 19, 1863" This caused me to inquire into
the matter; and I learned from a gentleman who lived there that they
had been there for six days and received neither food nor water. In
one of the boxes there were six dead, in another two, and in the third
one Several were down in each car that
in all probability died in the next twenty four hours. |
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