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Day and date of greatest number of prisoners at Andersonville — 33,114— August 8th, 1864. Día y fecha del mayor número de prisioneros en Andersonville - 33,114— 8 de Agosto de 1864. Number of Prisoners received during its occupation, 45,613. Número de presos recibidos durante su ocupación, 45.613. Daily average of deaths during its occupation, 29. Promedio diario de muertes durante su ocupación, 29 Ratio of mortality per 1,000 of mean strength, 24 per cent. Relación de mortalidad por 1.000 de fuerza media, 24 por ciento Mortality of 18,000 registered patients, 75 per cent. Mortalidad de 18.000 pacientes registrados, 75 por ciento.

29th, Bread today. Día 29. Hoy hay Pan. They say they must get meal to one half and bread to the other half on alternate days. Dicen que tienen que dar harina a una mitad y pan a la otra mitad en días alternados. Raiders are getting worse every day. Los Asaltantes se ponen peor cada día. Some prisoners escaped from the guards yesterday while out after fire-wood; Captain Wirz started the blood hounds after them. Algunos prisioneros escaparon de los guardias ayer mientras estaban fuera consiguiendo leña; El Capitán Wirz mando a los sabuesos tras ellos.

Trial of Henry Wirz, In the foregoing pages' you will find the name of Capt. Henry Wirz mentioned in several instances as being cruel and inhuman to the Union prisoners. He was tried and convicted of murder, the trial commencing August 23, 1865 and ending October 26, 1865, hundreds of witnesses testified that he committed murder on eleven soldiers who were confined in Andersonville, Ga., prison. He was sentenced to death and the sentence was executed at Washington, D. C. between the hours of 10 and 11 o'clock, Friday morning, November 10, 1865. His body was interred in the Arsenal grounds. (The above was taken from the official report of the trial of Henry Wirz ) (THE END.)

2d. No change in food today. Men busy over the fire making cakes, mush, coffee and a variety of things, all out of corn meal. We can beat the cooks at home. Our recipes are varied and numerous.

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