This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_907825406_boundary Content-ID: <0_907825406@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII This is awesome! Sorry if it offends anyone, but it is so representative of the Civil War! Shirley --part0_907825406_boundary Content-ID: <0_907825406@inet_out.mail.hub.ofthe.net.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <TNROANE-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from relay29.mx.aol.com (relay29.mail.aol.com [172.31.109.29]) by air08.mail.aol.com (v50.16) with SMTP; Thu, 08 Oct 1998 00:52:11 -0400 Received: from bl-30.rootsweb.com (bl-30.rootsweb.com [207.113.245.30]) by relay29.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id AAA22387; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 00:51:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-30.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA20442; Wed, 7 Oct 1998 21:51:16 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 21:51:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <361C554D.8E4@hub.ofthe.net> Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 00:01:47 -0600 From: Doris Haynes <dhaynes@hub.ofthe.net> Reply-To: dhaynes@hub.ofthe.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC) Old-To: PYLE-L@rootsweb.com, RAN-CLAY-L@rootsweb.com Old-CC: TNROANE-L@rootsweb.com, HAYNES-L@rootsweb.com, TXELLIS-L@rootsweb.com, TXNAVARR-L@rootsweb.com, TXHENDER-@rootsweb.com, "GATROUP-L@rootsweb.comMSTISHOM-L"@rootsweb.com, ALFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TNROANE-L] Immortal Six-Hundred Resent-Message-ID: <"fz8L4.A.e-E.CTEH2"@bl-30.rootsweb.com> To: TNROANE-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: TNROANE-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <TNROANE-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/454 X-Loop: TNROANE-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: TNROANE-L-request@rootsweb.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit On 20 August 1864, a chosen group of 600 Confederate Officers left Ft. Delaware, as prisoners of war, bound for the Union Army base at Hilton Head, SC. Their purpose - to be placed in a stockade in front of Union batteries at the siege of Charleston. The 600 were landed on Morris Island, at the mouth of Charleston Harbor. Here they remained in an open 1 1/2 acre pen, under the shelling of friendly artillery fire. Three died on the starvation rations issued as a retaliation for the conditions of Union prisoners at Andersonville, GA and Salisbury, NC. On 21 October, after 45 days under fire, the weakened survivors were removed to Ft. Pulaski, GA. Here they were crowded into the cold, damp casemates of the fort. On 19 November, 197 of the men were sent back to Hilton Head to relieve the overcrowding. A "retaliation ration" of 10 ounces of moldy cornmeal and soured onion pickles was the only food given for 42 days. Thirteen men died at Ft. Pulaski and five at Hilton Head. The remaining members of the Immortal Six Hundred were returned at Ft. Delaware on 12 March 1865, where an additional 25 died. They became famous throughout the South for their adherence to principle, refusing to take the Oath of Allegiance under such adverse circumstances. We, the descendants of these men have been working five years to lobby Congress for permission to have a memorial marker placed at the cemetery at Ft. Pulaski for these brave men. Finally, this week, we have gotten the word that the work can go forward. The Park Service has given permission to have an intreperative marker with a freestanding plaque identifying the 600, plus the 13 who died there. Until now, it was believed by the Park Service that no cemetery existed, or that the bodies had been removed long ago...now thanks to some very dedicated Park Service archeologists, the cemetery has been located and some of the graves. Two books have been written about this group and if anyone had ancestors who were Officers in the CSA held at Ft. Delaware, I am happy to do look-ups for you. Also, if you are interested in making (Tax Deductible) donations to this cause, please get in contact with me. The project is expected to take $10,000 and we have $3,200 in the fund at present. My husband's grandfather, First Lt. John Lumpkin Haynes of the 14th Ala. Inf. from Lineville, Ala. was a survivor of this group and lived to be 84 years old, although he had a chronic lung condition from this ordeal. Thank you for your interest in reading this. Doris ==== TNROANE Mailing List ==== Pat Roberts McDonald has changed her URL for Roane County Roots to www.roanetn.com. You Roane County researchers....please change your bookmarks. --part0_907825406_boundary--