and he basically blamed the prison guards were being cruel. one of the things that he knew was that if a prison guard shot an inmate, they would get a furlough. and so there was kind of an incentive for taking down union inmates. this new york soldier said i saw many men shot while i was there. i do not know their names. they were federal prisoners. the first man i saw shot was shortly after the dead line was established. i think it was in may. he was shot near the brook on the east side of the stockade. at the time there was no railing. there was simply posts struck along where they were going to put the dead line. and this man, in crossing, simply stepped inside one of the posts, and the sentry shot him. he failed to kill him but wounded him. i don t know his name. i also saw a man shot at the brook. he had just come in. he belonged to some regiment in grant s army. i think it was about the first part of july or the latter part of june. he had just come in and knew nothing
and they would be responsible for a group of 100 men. they were considered kind of the most responsible for each of these 100 sections. and that person got the ration and had to split it among everyone else. and again, try to imagine that, if i gave you let s say we gave nicole a loaf of bread. and she has to split it among 35 people. right? how are you going to split it? very carefully. very carefully indeed. because if you come up short, who doesn t get the ration? you do. so this is kind of the prickly situation here. the person who is responsible for issuing these rations has the most power. and also the ones who stand to suffer the most because if they issue these rations disproportionately, they re the ones that go without rations for that particular day. and incidentally, one of the things they also hated about wurz is that wurz had a series of wagons that would come in every morning and they would pick up the dead. because every day there was about a pile of abo
and that person got the ration and had to split it among everyone else. and again, try to imagine that, if i gave you let s say we gave nicole a loaf of bread. and she has to split it among 35 people. right? how are you going to split it? very carefully. very carefully indeed. because if you come up short, who doesn t get the ration? you do. so this is kind of the prickly situation here. the person who is responsible for issuing these rations has the most power. and also the ones who stand to suffer the most because if they issue these rations disproportionately, they re the ones that go without rations for that particular day. and incidentally, one of the things they also hated about wurz is that wurz had a series of wagons that would come in every morning and they would pick up the dead. because every day there was about a pile of about a dozen dead men. and they would be taken out and buried outside the prison. well, the same wagon that took out the dead would also c