Annals of Cleveland

Sargeants store

Abstracts: 1

2600

Cleveland Morning Leader, 7 June 1864 (ed; 12 inches) ~ See original
p.4, col.4 ~ View at ChronAm

2600 -- L June 7, ed:4/4 - In a letter to the editor, Dr. Starkey sends
four photographs showing some of the cruelties practiced on Northern -
soldiers by Rebels. (Pictures are exhibited at Sargeant's store.) He
says lack of food causes nausea, indigestion, weakness, and death.
among the soldiers. The doctor hopes that doubting people will. view
these photographs and become convinced. - -
"The value of these photographs consists in the silent, mournful,
but irrefragible witness they bear to the tales of rebel cruelty." . . (12)

Wars / Civil War / Prisons and Prisoners

Index terms:

Sargeants store; Starkey, Dr.