. . . that among the prisoners at Camp Chase were some seventy
contrabands, the slaves of rebel officers, also prisoners. They are the menials of their secesh owners,
in Camp Chase as at home, and are claimed to be “sacred” as private
property. This mode of dealing with
rebel prisoners, wicked and foolish in itself, becomes most provoking when we
recollect that some of our bravest and best, like Corcoran and Wilcox, in violation
of all faith and decency, are kept in felon’s cells or amid the stench, filth
and vermin of Richmond tobacco factories.
Cannot somebody give us an exhortation on charity, loving kindness and
courtesy towards the cut-throats who are prisoners in our camps? “Respect the rights of these chivalrous gentlemen,” quotha.
– Published in the Iowa State Register, Weekly
Edition, Des Moines Iowa, Wednesday, April 16, 1862, p. 1
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