NO. 89. EXTRACTS FROM THE QUARTERLY SPECIAL RELIEF REPORT.; Of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, Washington D.C., April, 1865, Concerning the Rebel Hospitals at Richmond, Va., and the Provision Made for thier Patients, as Contrasted with the Supplies Furnished to Union Prisoners of War in Rebel Hands.
Washington DC: McGill & Witherow, 1865. 1st Edition, Sabin 76615. [1-3] 4-8 pp. 8vo., 9" x 5-3/4" Self wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. A VG+ copy, minor. Item #45010
An extract from the report of Frederick N. Knapp, Superintendent of Special Relief, read at the quarterly meeting of the Board of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, Washington, D.C., April 20, 1865. Knapp recounts first from first hand observations and letters from Dr. C. R. Agnew describing the "wretchedness and destitution" of the Union prisoners, exchanged or patroled from the Rebel prisons. The report describes several encounters with the prisoners they encountered, and the barbarity they suffered under.
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