James Robins, an Indiana soldier, is in our close proximity.
Was wounded and taken prisoner not long since Wound, which is in the thigh, is
in a terrible condition, and gangrene setting in. Although he was carried to
the gate to-day, was refused admission to the hospital or medical attendance.
Rebels say they have no medicine for us. Robins has been telling me about
himself and family at home, and his case is only one of a great many good
substantial men of families who must die in Southern prisons, as victims to
mismanagement. The poorer the Confederacy, and the meaner they are, the more
need that our government should get us away from here, and not put
objectionable men at the head of exchange to prevent our being sent home or
back to our commands.
SOURCE: John L. Ransom, Andersonville Diary, p.
45-6
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